Outreach Nurse

OUTREACH NURSE – NABLUS – COVID PROJECT

Médecins Sans Frontières “Doctors without Borders” is a private, non-profit international humanitarian organization dedicated to providing medical assistance to populations in crisis, without discrimination and regardless of race, religion, creed or political affiliation.

MSF-France has been present in the West Bank since 1988, mostly focusing in mental health care in Nablus governorate. In addition, MSF-France has been assisting MOH teams of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society Hospital in Nablus since Jan 2021. 

MSF-France is currently seeking an OUTREACH NURSE for its Covid Project in Nablus. 

While expanding their support to the COVID response, MSF-F is seeking an OUTREACH NURSE to provide nursing care, treatment and follow-up of patients, according to doctors’ prescriptions, protocols applied in service and universal hygiene standards/precautions, in order to ensure the quality and continuity of care for COVID patients care in Nablus governorate.

Main accountabilities 

• Working with the COVID 19 MSF multidiciplinary team in Nablus, MoH and other actors (e.g. private sector) to support and contribute to a standardised and effective outreach team model to follow up patients living with moderate and severe confirmed COVID 19 in the community
• Collaborate with exisiting structures to complement rather than compete with providers already engaged with home based care
• With outreach doctor:

• mapping of actors providing community follow up (providers of home O2 and ventilatory support 
• mapping of referral pathways to PRCS from other facilities and engagement with referring partners 
• Identification and evaluation of patients being discharged from the Emergency Department at PRCS hospital and other facilities as validated by MoH, for home-based care including home O2 where available
• Review of patients having home-based care for COVID 19 via telephone and in person with outreach doctor 
• Referral of patients who are not responding to home based care to PRCS for admission 
• Help develop messaging around minimising transmission and other relevant topics
• Responsible for nursing care of patients under outreach follow up

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Education Essential nurse degree/diploma / Desirable bachelor’s in science of Nursing

Experience Essential 2 years of previous experience

Desirable: Outreach or home-based care experience

COVID case management

Comparable experience with MSF or other NGO

Languages Essential: Arabic and good command of English 

Competencies Results and quality orientation; teamwork and cooperation; behavioral flexibility; commitment to MSF Principles; stress management

Interested candidates must apply by submitting their:

• Updated CV in English (max 2 pages)
• Cover letter in English (max 1 page)
• Scan of national ID card
• Scan of their diplomas

Via this link on Formstack

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: Thursday 29 April 2021