Nurse - Immediate Start

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 both in a fixed as well as in a mobile setting.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:

• 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 ethics and confidentiality at all times.
• Organizing and carrying out care and treatments according to medical prescriptions, and assisting during consultations and other medical procedures. Participating in health education of the patient (and family) when necessary.
• Being an active team member of the Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) Response team, identifying SGBV survivors, supporting survivors and providing them with the necessary information and referrals for their care. Ensuring patients are properly received and installed and that those with lack of autonomy are assisted, ensuring triage of patients in waiting areas 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 and supervising administrative procedures and documents (fill in patient’s files, forms, consumption, 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 etc.).
• Supporting and participating in health promotion and the KM6 NCD and family planning program.
• 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.

REQUIRED SKILLS AND CONDITIONS:

• Essential Nurse Diploma/Degree recognized by Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA). Masters in public health or post-basic studies in midwifery desirable.
• Possess a Valid Annual Practicing Certificate (APC)
• Essential; 2 years previous working experience with other NGO’s and experience in supervising and training others in a team setting desirable.
• Bahasa Malaysia and English essential; accessory: Mandarin, Tamil, Hokkien, Hindi, Burmese.
• Competencies: Result and quality orientation, teamwork & cooperation, behavioural flexibility, commitment to MSF principles and stress management.
• Additional; Candidate who is legally eligible to work in Malaysia.