Neonatal Nurses

Activities

  • Provide training and follow-up to improve knowledge and skills of locally hired team members
  • Oversee the selection process for newly hired local team members
  • Transfer of knowledge and practical skills of the team through on the job training to ensure the quality of care provided to neonates
  • Manage pharmacy and medical devices
  • Collect, manage, and report data; monitor project functions
  • Control hospital infections
  • Collaborate with the human resources department, logistics department, and finance department
  • Lead diplomacy and negotiations with related organisations when required                              

REQUIREMENTS

  • Compliance with essential requirements for all potential candidates
  • RN (Div.1) status 
  • Minimum five years nursing (RN) experience with at least two years experience in special care nursery, newborn unit or NICU
  • Experience in neonatal resuscitation
  • Experience in recognition and management of common neonatal issues such as prematurity, hypoxemia, and hypothermia
  • Neonatal nurse experience in identification of severe neonatal issues such as sepsis and asphyxia 
  • Over one year of infection control experience
  • Available for assignment for a minimum of nine months or longer
  • Current practising certificate and must display no recent gap in clinical experience greater than two years
  • Willingness to abide by Médecins Sans Frontières medical protocols

DESIRABLE

  • Additional and/or specific qualification in neonatal nursing​
  • Experience in additional areas – particularly NICU, PICU, obstetrics, paediatric emergency department
  • Work experience or study in nutrition, tropical medicine, infectious diseases (HIV/AIDS, TB), refugee health or international public health
  • Senior managerial experience (e.g. clinical nurse facilitator/consultant, manager) clinical education and/or training experience

SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION 

Please apply if your skills and experience match the profile requirements and essential criteria above. Allow approximately 1 hour to complete to application. 

Before starting the application, please prepare the following: 

  1. CV 
  2. Motivation letter 
  3. Skills assessment (below) 

Use our guide on how to write a CV to help you prepare your application.

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