Stabilization Center Nurse needed at Premiere Urgence Internationale
Job title : Stabilization Center Nurse
Job Location : Borno
Deadline : May 12, 2024
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Responsibilities
Consultation and Patients Care:
- Welcome patients to the facility
- Apply the procedures of triage and perform admissions for the new cases as per the protocol
- Ensure quality and timely identification and treatment of medical complications associated with malnutrition in liaison with the Physicians
- Give and advice on the drug regimen for the patients
- Supervise and coordinate the strict patient management in the Stabilization center and ensure the laid protocols are followed
- Participate in daily SC ward rounds with the Physicians and fill the patient cards after the round, medications and other patient examinations or procedures
- Strictly monitor and record the vital signs regularly as in the protocol and report any deviation from the normal
- Ensure that all required observations, prescribed treatment and procedures are properly carried out and documented on patient’s charts
- Refer to the doctor in charge or to the doctor on call relevant information such as patient’s status and laboratory results, which would assist in proper clinical management
- Monitor therapeutic Feeds and ensure that children get 3 hourly therapeutic feeds as required
- Carry out regular procedure like taking blood samples, providing IV medications and other necessary procedures as per the physician’s prescriptions
- Facilitate a timely referral of complicated SAM cases from the OTPs to the SC and vice versa and escort patient when necessary.
- Provide all other necessary nursing care and procedures for the patients.
- Assist patients with activities of daily living while in the ward
Team Management and Internal Coordination:
- Provide regular mentoring and on-the-job training for the SC Nutrition Feeding Assistants
- Ensure caretakers of SC patients receive appropriate nutrition education and referred and linked to community IYCF team
- Participate actively in meetings when required
Work Environment:
- Maintain equipment’s in good condition and submit regular inventory report
- Maintain a safe and clean working environment by complying with universal standards, procedures, rules and regulations
- Adhere to infection-control policies and protocols, medication administration and storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations
Reporting:
- Maintain registration and track the consumption of medicines, therapeutic foods and other consumables and share the report with the SC ward head physician
- Responsible for the collection, compilation and analysis of quality data and production of the required reports for the SC activities in charge
- Ensure that all admissions, discharges, transfers and deaths are properly recorded as they occur
- Report any difficulties or delays in the implementation of activities
Specific Code of Conduct:
- Ensure that SC beneficiaries, caretakers and members of the community are treated respectfully at all times
- Maintain patient confidentiality at all time
- Respect the rights of the patients and caretakers/attendants under his/her care.
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