| Job Location: | Kabul |
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| Nationality: | National |
| Category: | Health Care Nurse |
| Employment Type: | Full Time |
| Salary: | As per CDE salary scale |
| Vacancy Number: | CDE-Nurse-04-2024 |
| No. Of Jobs: | 1 |
| City: | CDE office, Kabul, Afghanistan |
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| Organization: | La Chaîne de l'Espoir |
| Years of Experience: | At least 1 year as Nurse in the public or private sector, preferably in paediatrics |
| Contract Duration: | Until 31 Jan 2025 |
| Gender: | Male/Female |
| Education: | Degree in Nursing from a recognized university. |
| Close date: | 2024-07-11 |
About La Chaîne de l'Espoir:
La Chaîne de l’Espoir is an international NGO founded in 1994. Its mission is to strengthen health systems to give everyone, especially children, the same chances of survival and development. Helping the most vulnerable children is more than an ethical obligation, it is a prerequisite for achieving the 2030 goals for children's health and well-being.
We work in 30 countries with a comprehensive approach, focusing on children, mothers and disadvantaged communities:
La Chaîne de l'Espoir has been working in Afghanistan since the early 2000s. In 2005, it built the French Medical Institute for Children (FMIC) in Kabul, a non-profit pediatric hospital, to provide high quality surgical care for young patients. Since 2006, the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) has been responsible for the overall management of the FMIC, with La Chaîne de l'Espoir providing medical support and access to the most vulnerable populations.
In 2016, the hospital expanded with the opening of the Mother and Child Unit offering gynecology, obstetrics and neonatology services, becoming the French Medical Institute for Mothers and Children (FMIC). Services for adults have also been developed in recent years.
The goal of La Chaîne de l’Espoir is to increase the access to quality medical and surgical care in particular for the most vulnerable Afghans. To do so, La Chaîne de l’Espoir:
In 2022-2023, La Chaîne de l'Espoir will continue to provide free access to quality specialized care for the most vulnerable Afghan children and women.
Contribute to provide full support and guidance to the beneficiaries of the project in their medical treatment.
Responsibility 1: Participate in the medical treatment follow-up of the beneficiaries.
Activity 1.1: Accompany the beneficiaries to the FMIC for each step of their treatment (OPD and IPD). Provide clear medical explanation and guidance regarding their pathologies, their full medical and surgical treatment at FMIC, and the CDE rules and processes, while always respecting their privacy and confidentiality principle.
Activity 1.2: In OPD consultations, provide comprehensive support to the beneficiaries and follow-up their health care pathway by:
Activity 1.3: In IPD/ICU, conduct inpatient visits, discuss with the doctors or the nurse in charge of the IPD/ICU to understand if there is a problem for a patient. Provide clear explanations and guidance to the beneficiaries admitted. Inform them to return to the CDE office once discharged from the hospital. Give feedback to the Medical Officer and Medical Coordinator if needed. Raise any issue immediately (e.g. critical conditions, decease, ICU admission need).
Activity 1.4: On a regular basis, call the beneficiaries back by telephone to ensure continuity in the follow-up on their treatment, verify their medical conditions or investigate a missed appointment.
Activity 1.5: Maintain team coordination and give proper handover to the colleagues to ensure proper follow-up of the beneficiaries.
Activity 1.6: Maximize technical knowledge, make research, and share relevant information to the other Nurses to improve the general team technical knowledge. Attend meetings and trainings as per the assignment.
Responsibility 2: Ensure high accuracy in the data management and administrative steps.
Activity 2.1: Prepare and classify the medical records for the beneficiaries who have a consultation the next day. Prepare the OPD/IPD lists and CDE consultation forms for the next day and share with the relevant focal points as per the assignment.
Activity 2.2: Fill and update the hard files with the required information to properly follow-up the patient’s treatment. Write clear, detailed, and relevant nursing notes. File the patient’s documentation (discharge paper, death certificate, etc.) appropriately in the folders. Archive the files in the nursing cabinet properly. Support the M&E department with the patients’ hard files when required.
Activity 2.3: Fill and update the soft database to properly follow-up the patient’s treatment. Update the database with nursing notes and consultation dates. Revise the database on a regular basis to identify missing information, mistakes, or any issues. Raise any issues /challenges to Medical Officer.
Responsibility 3: Contribute to the wellbeing and support of the beneficiaries during their stay at the WCH.
Activity 3.1: Provide active listening and basic PSS to the children and adults. Reassure them as necessary when they face stressful situations (e.g. explain the risks of a surgery in a soothing way and adapt the speech to children so as they understand their treatment process, answer their questions and doubts). Liaise with the Social Care Facilitators and supervisors whenever a beneficiary needs specific psychological attention.
Activity 3.2: Conduct awareness sessions daily in the Women and Children’s House (Hygiene, Pre and Post surgery care, etc. and any topic raised by the beneficiaries themselves that they would like to address). Support the Project Manager in the creation of new tools for those sessions.
Activity 3.3: In the Women and Children’s House, as well as in the hospital, pay specific attention to the wellbeing and safety of beneficiaries, especially for the children and women, as per CDE Protection policies. Ensure they are always treated with respect.
Activity 3.4: Contribute to maintain high standards of hygiene in CDE office and Women and Children’s House and raise any issue to the Medical Officer.
The responsibilities and activities of the Nurse as described above are not exhaustive and might progress according to the project needs.
Education
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Only those interested qualified candidates who meet essential job requirements should submit their CVs and cover letters online to afg.recruitment@chainedelespoir.org
Please indicate your name in the title of your email plus vacancy number (CDE-Nurse-04-2024).
Only short-listed candidates will be invited for a written test and interview.