MAIN PURPOSE
Defining, ensuring, monitoring and evaluating all patient care related activities in the hospital by providing effective nursing leadership and management of team according to UKMED/SYFS standards and protocols in order to guarantee the continuity and quality of health care in the project

2    ACCOUNTABILITIES
•    Ensuring high quality nursing care, proper functioning of the hospital and the continuity of general medical care provided for patients according to UKMED/SYFS Nursing Guidelines, standards and protocols.
•    Defining nursing objectives, developing/amending nursing guidelines and protocols and collaborating with the Nurses to achieve training objectives and empowerment of supervisors. Ensuring the respect of patient interest and autonomy and the proper implementation and adherence to UKMED/SYFS protocols, standards and procedures.
•    Regularly auditing and ensuring the maintenance of and adherence to infection prevention control standards within the health facility. Keeping a safe hospital environment, intervening and alerting the T2 lead/Medical Coordinator in case of security incidents and hygiene concerns in the hospital.
•    Supervising the ED and  Nursing team under his/her responsibility and following up unit activities with the supervisors. Participating at rounds, attending meetings and facilitating collaborations.
•    Planning and supervising, with the support of the HR department, recruitment, staff appraisals, supporting CPD and orgainsing staff training.
•    Ensuring efficient management of the pharmacy (ensuring the weekly orders are done to avoid exceptional orders, managing expired items and regular inventories)
•    In coordination with the project biomedical service supervising the appropriate use of medical devices and anticipating and communicating future needs.
•    Coordinating with logistics and the Hospital Facilities Manager to ensure that the infrastructure is maintained in good condition, non-food items are tracked and kept and transfer systems in the hospital are organized (e.g. patients and medicines) ensuring appropriate staff and support equipment
o    Ensuring proper and timely data collection from supervisors and assists in the analysis of monthly data for inpatient and outpatient departments. Prepares the monthly nursing and hygiene SitReps. Reviewing all nursing incident reports and intervenes when necessary
o    Attends the MCI committee, works towards improvements, facilitates Simex’s and debriefs.

3    EDUCATION
Bachelor’s degree in nursing
Master’s degree in management or public health is an added advantage

4    EXPERIENCE
•    Nursing and systems-level experience (either supervisory or managerial).
•    Maternal and/or paediatric program experience.
•    Experience as a nurse supervisor
•    Experience in both medical and surgical nursing a plus
NOTE: The responsibilities mentioned above are not exhaustive and other work may be requested depending on the needs of daily work.

The work of UKMED is characterized by great flexibility and mobility, this is all true as this position can evolve over time and the imperatives of the Clinic.
As a result, the employee may be required to perform other duties on the UKMED A project.
This job profile is an integral part of the employment contract.