Medevac Nurse
1
nurse – specialized in anesthesia/ER (Medevac Nurse)
Contract: Performance Contract
Médecins Sans Frontières is a private, non-profit international humanitarian organization acting in the name of universal medical ethics and international humanitarian law.
Médecins
Sans Frontieres provides medical assistance to populations in need without
discrimination and regardless of race, religion or political criteria.
Currently MSF is working in 8 different regions in South-Central Somalia and is interested to contract an experienced nurse specialized in anesthesia or ER to do medical evacuations for our international staff in case of medical emergencies.
Duties:
The Medevac Nurse will assist the Medevac Doctor or perform in the absence of the Doctor on the following tasks:
- Advice on the type of drugs, material and equipment required for medical evacuation depending on the case involved.
- Help in the organization and preparation of evacuating the patient(s) at either Nairobi Hospital or the Aga-Khan University Hospital in Nairobi
- Stabilization of patient(s) before flight.
- Offer in flight care to patient(s) as condition of patient demands.
- Hand over of patients to the referral hospital with all the patients notes
- Write a summary of the procedures done on patient before arrival to hospital.
- Regular feedback to the medical coordinator involved during the evacuation.
Skills
required
- Registered nurse specialized in advanced life support.
- Registered with the nursing council of Kenya.
Other
requirements:
- Based in Nairobi
- Valid travel documents to Somalia.
- Ready to leave at any time when security has been cleared by MSF.
- Practice rights in Aga-Khan University and Nairobi Hospitals will be an added advantage.
Type
of Contract
This is not a full time job.
The
selected candidate will be required to fly to Somalia on demand as this is only
for emergencies and will be paid only in case of evacuation with a lump sum.
Location
- An agreement to be signed in Nairobi.
- Nurse to be based in Nairobi.
- Evacuations will be conducted from Somalia to Nairobi.
All applicants should send an application letter, detailed CV (with references) and copies of diplomas and work certificates to the
Finance
and Human Resource Coordinator,
MSF
France Somalia,
PO
Box 13578-00800, Nairobi
or
per email at msff-somalie-nairobi@paris.msf.org:
Please state “Medevac Nurse” in the subject line of the email.
Only short-listed applicants will be contacted for an interview.
Closing date: 6 June 2012, 17:00hrs.