Nurse

Location:                  Gwanda Project

Type of Contract:  Fixed term contract with probation period of three months

Start Date:              January 2025

Immediate Supervisor:   Nursing Activity Manager

Objective of the Post

Provide nursing care, treatment and follow-up of for small-scale artisanal miners, host communities and other beneficiaries according to MoHCC protocols and universal hygiene standards and precautions.

Responsibilities:

• Provide comprehensive health care at mobile clinic outreach sites in hard-to-reach areas
• Organize and carry out care and treatment according to medical prescriptions, assist during consultations, daily routines, and other medical procedures, and participate in health education
• Support provision of the preparation, transport, distribution, and storage of medical supplies, including isolation of expired drugs or reagents
• Promote universal hygiene standards/precautions, bio-hazard prevention, infection control, and other protocols and procedures in medical sites to ensure medical ethics and client confidentiality
• Ensure strong administration for patient files, forms, consumption, statistics, register data, health files, etc.
• Identify and support SGBV survivors and patients struggling with substance abuse or terminal conditions
• Screen patients for common conditions e.g., HIV, TB, STI, Cervical Cancer etc.
• Participate in control of pharmacy and medical equipment management and maintenance
• Ensure biomedical equipment and materials are clean and maintained
• Play a key role in data collection, analysis and reporting from mobile clinic activities

Person Specifications:

• Degree/Diploma in Nursing, registered with the Nurses Council of Zimbabwe
• Counseling qualification, public health or data management training and qualifications are added advantages
• Experience in offering VIAC is an added advantage
• Two years minimum working experience in a medical humanitarian environment
• Agile and motivated to work in an international humanitarian context, following safeguarding principles
• Flexible with good interpersonal skills and the ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Computer literate with experience of all Microsoft office packages
• Strong command of English and local languages

Interested candidates meeting the above criteria should forward their detailed CVs & motivation letter indicating he position being applied for on or before 30 December 2024, to the Human Resources Assistant, MSF–Belgium, 4 Lawley Street, 4th Avenue, Gwanda or by email to msfocb-gwanda-adminfin@brussels.msf.org 

N.B.     Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted within 3 weeks of advert closure

Please note that MSF-Belgium, Zimbabwe Mission does not solicit any organization or individual to recruit on their behalf. No fee is charged throughout the recruitment, selection and placement process. Canvassing will lead to disqualification of candidates