Main Purpose:

Providing nursing care, treatment and follow-up of patients, according to doctors’ prescriptions, protocols applied in service and universal hygiene standards/precautions, in order to ensure the quality and continuity of care for the targeted population.

Accountabilities:

• Knowing, promoting, implementing and following up the universal hygiene standards/ precautions, bio-hazard prevention and infection control, security rules and other protocols and procedures in the medical premises and ensuring high standards of hygiene of his/her working environment. Respecting medical secrets and confidentiality at all times.
• Organizing and carrying out care and treatments according to medical prescriptions, and assisting during consultations, daily rounds and other medical procedures. Participating in health education of the patient (and family) when necessary. 
• Identifying Sexually Gender Based Violence victims and referring them to the medical team so they can receive the necessary treatment. Knowing and is aware of the importance and appropriate use of the Post Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) Kit
• Ensuring patients are properly received and installed and that those with lack of autonomy are assisted, especially regarding their feeding, personal hygiene, movements and comfort. For ER and OPD nurse, ensuring triage of patients in waiting areas, wards or during emergencies, detecting the priority acute/emergency cases,  carrying out first aid care and referring them to the doctor when necessary
• Sending material to be sterilized and recuperates it from sterilization
• Carrying out admission, surveillance and follow-up of patients (i.e. assessment of the evolution of their state of health and the identification of any emergency situation or deterioration
• Carrying and supervising administrative procedures and documents (fill in patient’s files, forms, consumptions, statistics, registers, health files, etc.), ensuring an appropriate written/oral handover, and reporting any problematic situations and cases that may arise. Participating in data collection and keeping doctors/supervisors informed .
• Participating in the department-related pharmacy and medical equipment control and maintenance (quality and its functioning, storage conditions, follow-up of expired drugs inventories, stock takes of medicines and material at every team changeover ensuring no material is taken out of nursing area/wards without prior authorisation, etc.) 
• Perform cleaning and minor maintenance for  biomedical equipment used. Following the user manual and  protocols and alert supervisor in case of malfunctioning. 
• Supervising and training nurse-aids, nutritional assistants, cleaners and other related staff under his/her supervision, ensuring teamwork and adherence to all appropriate protocols and procedures.
• Perform quick medical screening and assessment to new patients and existing patients on medical or psychological problem, open the file and send to the clinician and initiate medical care according to the triage category; and inform the clinician on timely manner.  
• Prioritizes any patient that presents in the clinic with urgent medical needs and informs the doctor or the supervisor immediately. 
• Assists doctors with procedures and exams in the emergency situations / first aid when needed.
• Provide the nursing part of Antenatal Care and Post-natal care for women through advising mothers about the importance of breastfeeding, vac-cination, baby/mother care and alarming signs that need medical attention.  
• Prepare, assist MD and follow-up family planning procedures in consultation rooms, while strictly applying hygiene protocols. 
• Provide counselling for medication to patients according to medical prescription, ensuring the patient understands the correct drug name, dose, quantity, expiry date, directions for use and additional required information and providing clear instructions and advice on how to take the drug, when, how long, how to store, possible side-effects and any other relevant warnings. Making sure the patient understands in order to ensure correct treatment. 
• Performing rapid laboratory tests and control tests are carried out regularly. Informing doctors with the results of tests and keeping a record of the analysis with data from patients. 
• Ensuring proper cleaning, maintenance, and arranging of all materials and equipment in the clinic, ensuring consumable items are in adequate supply in order to prevent stock-out, through informing the line manager and/or Pharma Manager. This includes being responsible for all required automatic instrument calibration for point of care tests carrying out proper storage as needed.  
• Producing regular reports on the work carried out as part of the multidisciplinary team and contributing to the monthly medical report. 
• Follow up and provide counselling for family planning methods for patients and inform MD if there is any side effect from the method or if patient wants to change to another method. 
• Assist in the administrative procedures assigned by the line manager (Reports -Data collection).
• Be able to work in the clinic in a collegial way, as part of a team with other medical and non-medical staff, to ensure a more efficient patient workflow.
• Carrying out other duties as assigned by the line manager.