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Nurse Mentor - Butterworth, ECFull job descriptionSummary of PositionDoctors without Borders seeks to employ a suitable qualified Nurse Mentor to join the team in Butterworth.Providing robust onsite continuous training/ coaching/ mentoring and enhances supervision, supporting, and enhancing high-level problem-solving, diagnostic, and decision-making skills, leading case discussions, and addressing issues of quality assurance, as well providing consultations on complex cases according to MSF nursing protocols, standards and procedures, in order to warrant efficiency, quality and continuity of prescribed care.Overall ResponsibilitiesIdentify any possible competency gaps and other system-level issues that obstruct quality care delivery, mainly in more remote health facilities where resources, including specialised training, medications, and equipment, are more limited.Together with NAM and PMR, analyse gaps and develop a plan to address these in order to implement centres of excellence in NCD care in selected PHC facilities.Implement all nursing-related activities concerning the Differentiated Service Delivery (DSD) activities and programme.Develop and roll-out Mentorship strategy with the leadership of NAM:Work closely with the NAM in planning and rolling out the mentorship programme, as well as support the planning, implementation and evaluation of the mentorship workshops.Provide guidance and share clinical experiences to help mentees gain confidence in detecting, diagnosing, treating, and providing long-term continuous management for patients with NCDs.Support the mentees to calculate minimal stock levels to avoid any drug stock-outs/ensure that operational research, pharmacy stock levels are constantly updated and are always above the minimum safety point.The mentoring strategy will involve sitting next to the mentee during clinic hours and carrying out the mentoring during routine NCD consultations. Included in the one-on-one mentoring process will be the giving of small theoretical interactive teaching sessions to small groups of clinicians;Support the decentralisation of services including task shifting and task sharing strategies for NCDs from PHCs sentinel sites to ePuPs to ensure health care services are more accessible;Implement legal therapeutic protocols, procedures and standards of the DSD services and operational research planned according to MSF protocols and in collaboration with the DoH, EAM and PMR, supervising the distribution (according to medical prescriptions) and pharmacy activity, and supervising expiration terms and consumption patterns to mitigate against stockouts;Work with the NAM to gather the data needed for operational research and programmatic analysis;Contribute to the Reporting where needed and quarterly reporting indicating the development and progress of the nurse mentorship;Participate in meetings, seminars, conferences, workshops, and webinars in line with relevant nursing and community healthcare as contributing services to the universal health coverage and improvement of the person and people-oriented quality;To adhere to the MSF charter and principles and to promote a positive image of MSF through your professional attitude and behaviour;To refer to the supervisor where appropriate for guidance on clinical, administrative and strategic problems;Collaborate closely with MoH for the decision-making process and implementation of activities;Attend internal and external meetings representing the department as required by the line supervisor/manager;Ability to work in close collaboration with other partners;General RequirementsEducationGrade 12 / Matric Certificate.Nursing diploma: general or specialised health services and/or Bachelors degree in Nursing Science.Valid registration with the South African Nursing Council.Desirable: Specialization or training in nursing education/mentorship and quality improvement methodologies in Community Nursing or Primary Health Care Nursing.ExperienceSupporting Nursing Care Strategies, including Nurse Training /Mentorship program for at least 1 year.A minimum of 1-year consulting experience in South African primary care settings in the management of chronic diseases.Desirable: Working in an MSF and DoH partnership context, managing facility-based/Outreach Nursing team, previous experience in MSF or other NGOs in developing countries & South African citizenship.South African citizenship or a valid working visa is a must.LanguageFluent in English and ability to communicate in IsiXhosa (or other Nguni languages).Job Advantages and Career OpportunitiesExperience in a well-known and professionally recognised international medical humanitarian organisation.Salary package comparable to other non-profit organisations.100% health insurance coverage.10% pension contribution towards the employer fund.To ApplyPlease email a one-page motivation letter, your comprehensive CV with details of 3 contactable referees to msfocb-butterworth-hrfin@brussels.msf.org or hand deliver to Doctors Without Borders, 46 Scanlan Street, Butterworth, between Monday- Friday, 08h00- 16h30.NB: Applicants who previously submitted applications are encouraged not to re-apply.Closing date: 26 July 2024.Doctors Without Borders South Africa Mission NPC reserves the right not to make an appointment if a suitable candidate cannot be found. While we thank all interested applicants, further communication will be limited to short-listed candidates only, and no late applications will be accepted after the closing date.

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