Position: Nurse Counsellor, Harm Reduction
Status: Employee
Starting date: ASAP
Country: Kenya
Base: Nairobi,
Kenya
Context of the mission: Médecins
du Monde (MdM) is an international humanitarian organization whose mission is
to provide medical care for the most vulnerable populations, the world over,
including France.
It seeks to stimulate voluntary
commitment from doctors, other health care providers, and from those whose
expertise in other fields is needed for its activities, to enlist all competent
support required for the achievement of its projects, and to seek at all times
to encourage close working relationships with population in its care.
The present job description might be
adapted according to the regional context and the uprising potential
emergencies.
Duties
He / she will, with the program team, ensure the following responsibilities.
Duties
He / she will, with the program team, ensure the following responsibilities.
1. Perform daily medical activities
in the clinic in Drop In Center
- Welcome the patients, prepare the medical
records and sort patients depending on degree of gravity and refer to the
clinic urgently if needed.
- Perform nursing care in assigned position:
- take vital signs of the patients before
consultation
- Carry out wound care / dressing
- Assist clinician in collecting blood samples
and other samples for HIV, STI and OIs when necessary
- Provide Hepatitis B vaccination
- Provide medication to patients based on
medical prescription and fill the pharmacy data accordingly
- Control the medical equipment and maintain
clinic hygiene and equipment standards to a high level in accordance with
best practice, ensure sterilization of medical instruments.
- Handle patients’ charts, store and file the
records.
- Provide and perform :
- Pre- and post-test HIV counselling as well as
tests.
- Pre and post-test Hepatitis counselling as
well as tests
- Perform ART/TB counselling and adherence
follow up
- Participate in mobile clinic and other
campaigns
2. Perform specialized counselling
activities for patients
- Organize proactively individual counselling
sessions (VCT, ART, Methadone) for patients on request or as referred by
outreach workers
- Set up a strict follow-up of those patients
- Pro-actively involve family members, relatives
and friends of the patients if required, taking prior patient’s agreement.
- Regularly consult outreach team to discuss on
individual cases as the need arise
- Participate in decision making process to
refer (with clinical officer) patients to specialist services if required
- Respect at all times patient requests and
confidentiality.
- Organize proactively collective support groups
(PLH, ART, Partner, Methadone etc.) on a regular basis in collaboration
with other staffs
3. Participate in Training and
sensitization activities
- Participate in monthly peer trainings and
sensitization of local stakeholders on request
4. Data collection and information
management
- Collect information on counselling, blood
tests according to MdM data collection tools
- Support the data clerk in getting proper
information by maintaining the (systematic) patients’ chart flow among the
consultation room, counselling room and mobile clinic
- Maintain confidentially of patients files and
keep the clinic data well organized
- Ensure systematic filing of lab results
- Update the death register of patients.
- Provide input to his/her line-manager in
preparation of monthly report.
5. Perform other duties upon request
- Participate in weekly meetings and other
program related meetings.
- Perform cash management for costs related to
referral
- Promote skills and knowledge transfer to other
MDM staff, eventually replicating the contents of attended trainings.
- Behave professionally; showing at all times
respect and empathy for patients / target group.
- Show initiative, participate in
developing/adapting MDM strategy to target group’s needs
Functional Links
Line of management: He/she works inside the project’s HR organizational chart. (See related document).
Line of management: He/she works inside the project’s HR organizational chart. (See related document).
Line manager: Clinical Officer, Harm
Reduction (answerable to Program coordinator)
Background of the Candidate
Sex: Male / Female
Background of the Candidate
Sex: Male / Female
Nationality: Kenya
Language: English (fluent),Swahili
(fluent)
Humanitarian Experience: Experience
in similar position at least 3 years
Experience in working with marginalized population preferably people who use drug
Experience in working with marginalized population preferably people who use drug
Computer: Able to use Windows
environment (word, excel)efficiently
Skills Required :
Skills Required :
- Degree/diploma in Nursing
- High national diploma [HND] / Degree/ diploma
in counselling
- Working experience in hospital settings
or similar experiences on INGO (international NGO)
- Working experience with most at risk
populations (MARPs)/key affected population
- Ability to work quickly, under pressure, and
with short deadlines
- Necessity to manage priorities and to adapt
them daily according to the context
- Ability to manage own tasks
- Must demonstrate flexibility to adapt to
changing requirements.
Personal skills required:
- Excellent nursing and counselling skills
- Ability to listen and share decisions
- Flexibility, Reactivity, anticipation,
adaptability, initiativeness
- Non-judgemental attitude towards
(injecting) drug use and (injecting) drug users
- Respecting confidentiality of beneficiaries
and security of data bases
- Good communication skills
- Report writing (an asset)
Vacancy: Training & Capacity Building Officer
Programme: Harm Reduction Program MdM Kenya
Programme: Harm Reduction Program MdM Kenya
Place: Nairobi
Starting date: ASAP
Report to: Program
Coordinator
In collaboration with: Program
Coordinator, Medical Coordinator, Data Clerk
Context of the Mission: Médecins du Monde (MdM) is an international humanitarian organisation whose mission is to provide medical care for the most vulnerable populations, the world over, including France.
Context of the Mission: Médecins du Monde (MdM) is an international humanitarian organisation whose mission is to provide medical care for the most vulnerable populations, the world over, including France.
It seeks to stimulate voluntary
commitment from doctors, other health care providers, and from those whose
expertise in other fields is needed for its activities, to enlist all competent
support required for the achievement of its projects, and to seek at all times
to encourage close working relationships with populations in its care.
Tasks and
Responsibilities
Training & Capacity Building:
Training & Capacity Building:
- Support Coordinators in the development of the
capacity building component of the program: developing training plans,
training methods, training topics/modules, etc.
- In collaboration with Coordinators, develop
training/sensitization modules for participants in English and Swahili
- In collaboration with Program Coordinator and
other colleagues, assess training needs of participants and stakeholders
- Deliver training sessions to MdM staff, PWUD
(including peer educators), volunteers, interns and other stakeholders
(such as medical staff, police, NGO staff, religious & administrative
leaders, etc.)
- In collaboration with Coordinators and Data
Clerk, develop pre and post-training questionnaires and evaluation forms
for training sessions and analyse results of those tools
- Write reports on each training session
- Stay informed on protocols, guidelines and all
relevant information related to the program
- Contribute to the development of IEC materials
for PWUD
- Coordinate all aspects of the coordination of
yearly training calendar
- Support coordinators in promoting MdM training
offer, preparing brochures, mapping training offers of other institutions
in the same field and streamlining the training curriculum, exchange
experience with trainers from other institutions, etc.
- Support Coordinators in external
communications related to the program and the production of a diverse
range of information products (brochures, leaflets, videos…)
- Support Coordinators in developing a training
guide, contributing to MdM transversal training program, developing
information resources (library) for stakeholders.
- Responsible for the logistics of training sessions
(invitations, training materials, refreshments, etc.)
- Any other tasks as requested by Program
Coordinator
The Training & Capacity Building
Officer will be responsible for training and capacity building around the
issues of Harm Reduction.
The position will require excellent
facilitation skills, organizational skills, and the confidence to work with a
variety of people from different partner organizations
Skills & Competencies:
Essential:
Skills & Competencies:
Essential:
- At least 3 years’ experience in training and
community mobilization activities
- A degree in any related field
- Excellent oral and written communication
skills
- Knowledge and experience in training
curriculum design, development, and delivery
- Non-judgemental attitude
- Fluent in Swahili and English
- Familiarity with current technology:
computers, networks and software, including Windows XP Professional
programs such as Microsoft Word and Excel, Power Point, Publisher, Outlook
and databases
- Exceptional writing, editing, and oral
communications skills in English
Desirable:
- Prior knowledge of harm reduction programmes
- Experience with event coordination
- Familiarity with marginalized populations and
established commitment to cultural diversity and cultural competence is
essential.
If you believe you are the ideal
candidate we are looking for, please submit your application and CV to the
following email address recruitement.mdm@gmail.com with the title by 13th
November 2014.
Only shortlisted applicant will be
contacted.
No application will be considered after the closing date as well as any application received by phone or in our office.
MDM is an equal employer and female candidates are encouraged to apply.
