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Save the Children in Rwanda

Save the Children has been working in Rwanda since 1994 in partnership with the Government of Rwanda and local stakeholders to promote a bright future for children, with experience working in all 30 districts of the country. The main areas of focus are education, child protection, child rights governance and health and nutrition in humanitarian and development contexts. Our intention is to work to the highest standard for the children that we serve – a mission which we take seriously. We are a learning organisation that is extremely committed to constantly adapting and improving the way in which we work, with children’s and community’s voices at the heart of this.

ROLE PURPOSE: The Clinical Nurse will work to contribute through the provision of quality primary health care(Curative, Promotive and Preventive Health Care) in Nkamira Health Post located in Nkamira Transit Center.

Responsibilities or duties

Management of patient/client, health and illness

• Assist clinicians, Midwives, lab, vaccination and pharmacy in running of general duties as define per each department as per MOH/WHO guidelines.
• Manage triage, taking vital signs and organize patients for consultation.
• Conduct vaccination for children and pregnant women.
• Undertake dressing, Suturing of deep wounds etc.
• Conduct Nursing care of patients as per Doctors guidelines & Instructions
• Ensure compliance to MoH/WHO guidelines of rational drug use
• In collaboration with the consulting staff (MD, Midwife & Fellow Nurses) provide treatment as per MOH/WHO treatment guidelines and protocols
• Follow disease surveillance and trends through review of weekly and monthly morbidity data generated from the clinic
• Work with other Medical Team and PHC Nurses to operationalize emergency preparedness to be able to respond to any potential outbreaks
• Collect laboratory spacemen and prepare them for test
• Monitor medical consumptions and re-supply based on the data collected at the service delivery to minimize stock out of medicines.
• Provide pre referral and referral nursing care and ensure nursing care process is respected during referrals to secondary and tertiary level hospital.
• Promote health and well-being through the use of health promotion, health education, screening and therapeutic communication skills
• Clearly communicate the health status of the patient using appropriate terminology, technology and format.
• Provide safe, evidence-based, cost-effective, individualized patient care.
• Set, practise and maintain infection prevention control measures within his/her working environment.
• Maintain accurate and contemporaneous records, utilizing computer or tablets systems where appropriate.

Professional role

• Promote personal development and clinical excellence.
• Work with the nursing team and others in developing new roles, responding to changing healthcare needs.
• Facilitate and participate in multi-disciplinary education and clinical supervision.
• Maintain own professional development in line with the Nursing and Midwifery Council Regulations.
• Pro-actively promote the role of the nursing professional within the practice, and externally to key stakeholders and other agencies

Team role

• Support other healthcare team members and accept referrals from other team members.
• Participate as a key member of the multi-professional team through the development of collaborative and innovative practice.

Organizational role

• Complete records, audits, and reports and respond to appropriate questions and requests.
• Support effective communication channels between the whole team and attend meetings as requested.
• Ensure that common patient complaints might also be the catalyst for change within practice procedures.
• In additional to the above listed responsibilities, the Nurse will also be responsible for any other duty deemed necessary by the Line Manager.

Nutrition support

• Promote evidence-based practice through the use of the latest research-based guidelines.
• Monitor the effectiveness of the clinical practice through the quality assurance strategies such as the use of audit and peer review.
• Participate in continuing professional development opportunities such as CME to ensure that up-to-date evidence-based knowledge and competence in all aspects of the role is maintained
• Ensure all children, pregnant and lactating women are identified, admitted and discharged from emergency nutrition programs as per national nutritional protocol and guidelines.
• Establish a referral mechanisms of both moderately and severely malnourished children and women.
• Conduct health and nutrition education sessions, screening children for malnutrition, systematic treatment, supplementary and therapeutic food distribution.

Qualifications or requirements (e.g., education, skills)

Advanced diploma(A1) or Bachelors degree(Ao) in General Nursing registered by from National Council of Nurses and Midwifes (with VALID license)

Experience needed

• Significant nursing experience working in public or private health facilities.
• Experience of working in humanitarian settings is an asset.
• Having training in Infection Prevention and Control (IPC)hygiene and tropical medicine is an asset.

Any other provided details (e.g., benefits, work environment, team info, or additional notes)

BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)

Accountability:

• holds self accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
• holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.

Ambition:

• sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same
• widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
• future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.

Collaboration:

• builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters
• values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
• approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.

Creativity:

• develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
• willing to take disciplined risks.

Integrity:

• honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

Essential

• Comprehensive knowledge and skills in nursing care processes
• Excellent liaison abilities and good communication skills (French, Kinyarwanda and English preferred).
• Excellent knowledge of patients rights and health professional rights
• Knowledge of aseptic and sterilisation methods;
• Strong capacity of nosocomial infection prevention
• Organisation and hygiene skills, knowledge and behaviour.
• Computer knowledge (Microsoft office, M.S Word, MS Excel)

Desireable

• Language skills in Kinyarwanda, English, and French
• Extensive experience of working in health service delivery in Refugees settings;
• Excellent knowledge of patients rights and health professional rights.

• Assist clinicians, Midwives, lab, vaccination and pharmacy in running of general duties as define per each department as per MOH/WHO guidelines.
• Manage triage, taking vital signs and organize patients for consultation.
• Conduct vaccination for children and pregnant women.
• Undertake dressing, Suturing of deep wounds etc.
• Conduct Nursing care of patients as per Doctors guidelines & Instructions
• Ensure compliance to MoH/WHO guidelines of rational drug use
• In collaboration with the consulting staff (MD, Midwife & Fellow Nurses) provide treatment as per MOH/WHO treatment guidelines and protocols
• Follow disease surveillance and trends through review of weekly and monthly morbidity data generated from the clinic
• Work with other Medical Team and PHC Nurses to operationalize emergency preparedness to be able to respond to any potential outbreaks
• Collect laboratory spacemen and prepare them for test
• Monitor medical consumptions and re-supply based on the data collected at the service delivery to minimize stock out of medicines.
• Provide pre referral and referral nursing care and ensure nursing care process is respected during referrals to secondary and tertiary level hospital.
• Promote health and well-being through the use of health promotion, health education, screening and therapeutic communication skills
• Clearly communicate the health status of the patient using appropriate terminology, technology and format.
• Provide safe, evidence-based, cost-effective, individualized patient care.
• Set, practise and maintain infection prevention control measures within his/her working environment.
• Maintain accurate and contemporaneous records, utilizing computer or tablets systems where appropriate.
• Promote personal development and clinical excellence.
• Work with the nursing team and others in developing new roles, responding to changing healthcare needs.
• Facilitate and participate in multi-disciplinary education and clinical supervision.
• Maintain own professional development in line with the Nursing and Midwifery Council Regulations.
• Pro-actively promote the role of the nursing professional within the practice, and externally to key stakeholders and other agencies
• Support other healthcare team members and accept referrals from other team members.
• Participate as a key member of the multi-professional team through the development of collaborative and innovative practice.
• Complete records, audits, and reports and respond to appropriate questions and requests.
• Support effective communication channels between the whole team and attend meetings as requested.
• Ensure that common patient complaints might also be the catalyst for change within practice procedures.
• In additional to the above listed responsibilities, the Nurse will also be responsible for any other duty deemed necessary by the Line Manager.
• Promote evidence-based practice through the use of the latest research-based guidelines.
• Monitor the effectiveness of the clinical practice through the quality assurance strategies such as the use of audit and peer review.
• Participate in continuing professional development opportunities such as CME to ensure that up-to-date evidence-based knowledge and competence in all aspects of the role is maintained
• Ensure all children, pregnant and lactating women are identified, admitted and discharged from emergency nutrition programs as per national nutritional protocol and guidelines.
• Establish a referral mechanisms of both moderately and severely malnourished children and women.
• Conduct health and nutrition education sessions, screening children for malnutrition, systematic treatment, supplementary and therapeutic food distribution.

• Comprehensive knowledge and skills in nursing care processes
• Excellent liaison abilities and good communication skills (French, Kinyarwanda and English preferred).
• Excellent knowledge of patients rights and health professional rights
• Knowledge of aseptic and sterilisation methods;
• Strong capacity of nosocomial infection prevention
• Organisation and hygiene skills, knowledge and behaviour.
• Computer knowledge (Microsoft office, M.S Word, MS Excel)
• Language skills in Kinyarwanda, English, and French
• Extensive experience of working in health service delivery in Refugees settings;
• Excellent knowledge of patients rights and health professional rights.

• Advanced diploma(A1) or Bachelors degree(Ao) in General Nursing registered by from National Council of Nurses and Midwifes (with VALID license)
• Significant nursing experience working in public or private health facilities.
• Experience of working in humanitarian settings is an asset.
• Having training in Infection Prevention and Control (IPC)hygiene and tropical medicine is an asset.