Nursing/Midwife Coordinator
Trócaire, Somalia
Job Description
Trócaire is one of Ireland’s leading International NGOs, having 50 years’ of experience in international development and humanitarian work. Trócaire works with and through local organisations to alleviate poverty and injustice and is a member of worldwide networks such as Caritas Internationalis and Cooperation Internationale pour le Development et la Solidarité (CIDSE).
Trócaire has been working in Gedo for 30 years and currently implements an integrated Health, Nutrition and Protection programme as well as an education and emergency response to address the most urgent needs of the Gedo population.
Trócaire is now recruiting a Nurse/Midwife Coordinator. The Nurse/Midwife Coordinator will have overall responsibility for the quality of nursing care and midwifery in Trocaire support health facilities and for capacity building /mentoring of Nurses and Midwives. Working with District Health Board (DHBs) staff and Trócaire staff, S/he will ensure that the nursing services at hospital, MCH and Outreach level are of a high standard.
Trócaire is committed to Safeguarding Programme Participants from Exploitation and Abuse and has specific policies on this commitment (including a Global Code of Conduct) which outlines the expected behaviour and the responsibility of all staff, consultants and other organisational representatives. Any candidate offered a job with Trócaire will be expected to sign Trócaire’s Safeguarding Policies and Global Code of Conduct as an appendix to their contract of employment and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these documents.
Reporting to Health and Nutrition Programme Manager, this is a fixed term for one year (renewable).
Key Duties and Responsibilities
Programme activities:
- Supervise the Nurse/midwifes activities in liaison with the medical officers and zonal coordinator and Matrons in the hospital so as to ensure good nursing practices throughout the facilities
- Support the Hospital Matrons and Primary Health Supervisors in the supervision of health staff working at the hospitals, health centres and Primary Health Units (PHU) and ensure that quality care is offered and that high standards of care are maintained.
- Plan and organise with Nurse/midwife trainers all nursing-related activities within the Trocaire Health project (i.e. hospitals, health centres Primary health units and mobile clinics)
- Coordinate the duty roster, shifts and on-calls of nursing staff and contribute to monthly reports according to guidelines
- Ensure that all nursing administrative procedures and documents (individual patient cards and registration book, discharge forms, transfer forms, etc.) and existing data management tools are used correctly.
- Lead and support the development and implementation of Nursing protocols and standard operating procedures.
- Ensure universal precautions and infection prevention guidelines are followed in service provision and monitor adherence to hygiene procedures for materials (sterilisation, waste disposal), rooms and equipment in general
- Train the departmental in charges on stocking control procedure and standardize the requisition procedures.
- In collaboration with medical teams organize and conduct regular in-service training and refresher courses for the nursing staff at the district level.
- Ensure all hospital nursing departments have written Standard Operating Procedures that guide the day-to-day activities
- Ensure quality of care is maintained through sharing of updated guidelines and protocols in line with MOH and WHO
- Assist the team in ordering of medical supplies on a trimester basis, in line with the projected consumption and available funding; and follow up on delivery of the same through the logistics department
- Attend and participate in weekly Continuous Medical Education (CME) sessions at the hospital.
- Co-ordinate referrals of in-patients in a timely manner, through the Medical officers and other nurses.
Human Resource:
- Routinely monitor nursing staff performance according to their job descriptions and planned objectives and provide written feedback in a timely manner
- Coordinate with the Medical officers on identification of staff that will require close mentoring and coaching
- Convene and attend monthly meetings with medical officers, nursing staff and other support staff on performance feedback, information sharing and problem solving
- Support in all disciplinary issues as they arise with support of the Hospital Matron and Medical officers.
- Participate in the recruitment process of all nursing positions, including participating in the interview process.