Médecins du Monde Nurse Counsellor Job in Nairobi Kenya

Position: Nurse Counsellor, Harm Reduction

Status: Employee
 

Starting date: ASAP

Country: Kenya

Base: Nairobi, Kenya

Context of the mission: Médecins du Monde (MdM) is an international humanitarian organization whose mission is to provide medical care for the most vulnerable populations, the world over, including France. 

It seeks to stimulate voluntary commitment from doctors, other health care providers, and from those whose expertise in other fields is needed for its activities, to enlist all competent support required for the achievement of its projects, and to seek at all times to encourage close working relationships with population in its care. 

The present job description might be adapted according to the regional context and the uprising potential emergencies.

Duties 

He / she will, with the program team, ensure the following responsibilities.
 

1. Perform daily medical activities in the clinic in Drop In Center

• Welcome the patients, prepare the medical records and sort patients depending on degree of gravity and refer to the clinic urgently if needed.
• Perform nursing care in assigned position:

1. take vital signs of the patients before consultation
2. Carry out wound care / dressing
3. Assist clinician in collecting blood samples and other samples for HIV, STI  and OIs when necessary
4. Provide Hepatitis B vaccination
5. Provide medication to patients based on medical prescription and fill the pharmacy data accordingly

• Control the medical equipment and maintain clinic hygiene and equipment standards to a high level in accordance with best practice, ensure sterilization of medical instruments.
• Handle patients’ charts, store and file the records.
• Provide  and perform :

1. Pre- and post-test HIV counselling as well as tests.
2. Pre and post-test Hepatitis counselling as well as tests
3. Perform ART/TB counselling and adherence follow up

• Participate in mobile clinic and other campaigns

2. Perform specialized counselling activities for patients

• Organize proactively individual counselling sessions (VCT, ART, Methadone) for patients on request or as referred by outreach workers
• Set up a strict follow-up of those patients
• Pro-actively involve family members, relatives and friends of the patients if required, taking prior patient’s agreement.
• Regularly consult outreach team to discuss on individual cases as the need arise
• Participate in decision making process to refer (with clinical officer) patients to specialist services if required
• Respect at all times patient requests and confidentiality.
• Organize proactively collective support groups (PLH, ART, Partner, Methadone etc.) on a regular basis in collaboration with other staffs

3. Participate in Training and sensitization activities

• Participate in monthly peer trainings and sensitization of local stakeholders on request

4. Data collection and information management

• Collect information on counselling, blood tests according to MdM data collection tools
• Support the data clerk in getting proper information by maintaining the (systematic) patients’ chart flow among the consultation room, counselling room and mobile clinic
• Maintain confidentially of patients files and keep the clinic data well organized
• Ensure systematic filing of lab results
• Update the death register of patients.
• Provide input to his/her line-manager in preparation of monthly report.

5. Perform other duties upon request

• Participate in weekly meetings and other program related meetings.
• Perform cash management for costs related to referral
• Promote skills and knowledge transfer to other MDM staff, eventually replicating the contents of attended trainings.
• Behave professionally; showing at all times respect and empathy for patients / target group.
• Show initiative, participate in developing/adapting MDM strategy to target group’s needs

Functional Links

Line of management: He/she works inside the project’s HR organizational chart. (See related document).
 

Line manager: Clinical Officer, Harm Reduction (answerable to Program coordinator)
    
Background of the Candidate

Sex: Male / Female
 

Nationality: Kenya
 

Language: English (fluent),Swahili (fluent)
 

Humanitarian Experience: Experience in similar position at least 3 years 
Experience in working with marginalized population preferably people who use drug
 

Computer: Able to use Windows environment (word, excel)efficiently

Skills Required :

• Degree/diploma in Nursing
• High national diploma [HND] / Degree/ diploma in counselling
• Working experience in hospital settings  or similar experiences on INGO (international NGO)
• Working experience with most at risk populations (MARPs)/key affected population
• Ability to work quickly, under pressure, and with short deadlines
• Necessity to manage priorities and to adapt them daily according to the context
• Ability to manage own tasks
• Must demonstrate flexibility to adapt to changing requirements.

Personal skills required:

• Excellent nursing and counselling skills
• Ability to listen and share decisions
• Flexibility, Reactivity, anticipation, adaptability, initiativeness
• Non-judgemental  attitude towards (injecting) drug use and (injecting) drug users
• Respecting confidentiality of beneficiaries and security of data bases
• Good communication skills
• Report writing (an asset)

If you believe you are the ideal candidate we are looking for, please submit your application and CV to the following email address recruitement.mdm@gmail.com with the title: Harm Reduction Nurse Counsellor, Kenya by Friday, 7th November 2014. 

Only shortlisted applicant will be contacted.

No application will be considered after the closing date as well as any application received by phone or in our office.

MDM is an equal employer and female candidates are encouraged to apply.