Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) translating to Doctors without Borders, was founded in 1971 in Paris by a group of journalists and doctors. Today, we are a worldwide movement of nearly 68,000 people.

Médecins Sans Frontières is an international, independent medical humanitarian organization that provides medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from healthcare. Our teams are made up of tens of thousands of health professionals, logistics, and administrative staff - bound together by our charter.  Our actions are guided by medical ethics and the principles of impartiality, independence, and neutrality. 

Médecins Sans Frontières started its work in Ethiopia in 1984 during the famine, after that the different sections were providing different medical assistance in the country. Currently, MSF-Holland operates in four projects in Ethiopia: Amhara Neglected Diseases and Emergency, Tigray Primary Health Care, Kule South Sudan Refugees, and Somali Region Mobile Health.

Duties & Responsibilities:

1. Define, organize, implement and follow-up all care and nursing related activities in the project, ensuring the daily management of the human resources as well as the implementation of the MSF nursing protocols, in order to warrant efficiency , quality and continuity of prescribed care.

General Accountabilities: 

• Plan and organize all nursing related activities (IPD, OPD, maternity, nutrition, etc.), its organization design and sizing and participates in the definition and update of its associated budget in order to efficiently maintain the continuity of the healthcare at the standard quality levels.

• Coordinate and supervise the implementation of the legal therapeutic protocols, procedures and standards, providing technical support when needed, to ensure the quality of the nursing care, confidentiality and information traceability, patient surveillance, as well as ensuring that therapeutic and sterilization rules are used by the health care personnel.

• Ensures all administrative procedures and documents (individual patient’s card and registration book, discharge paper, transfer paper, etc.) are used correctly, as well as the existing data management tools (i.e. Fuchia, EpiInfo, etc.).

• In cooperation with the pharmacist and medical coordinator, supervise the management and running of the medical equipment and pharmacy activity, preparing new orders when required, supervising expiration terms and consumption patterns, in order to ensure its rational use as well as that pharmacy stock levels are permanently updated and above minimum safety point.

• In close coordination with the HR department, plan and supervise the associated processes (recruitment, training, evaluation, development and communication) of the nursing staff of the project in order to ensure both the sizing and the amount of knowledge required, improve people capabilities

• May be responsible for scheduling duty rosters, shifts and on call of nursing staff.

• In accordance with medical prescriptions and according to protocols in force, supervise the distribution of drugs and equipment as well as train nursing staff to ensure a rationale use of both.

• Be responsible for the surveillance of patients in wards and train nursing staff on Patient Therapeutic Education (PTE), i.e. keeping contact with all patients, informing them regularly about their health state and responding to their questions.

• In close coordination with the logistics manager, supervise laboratory outputs related to nursing activities (blood test) to ensure samples are collected correctly and results are provided on time.

• Supervise nutritional activities to ensure that therapeutic food is provided regularly and complies with quality and quantity standards

• Supervise implementation of protocols depending on project objectives (Prevention Parent To Child Transmission (PPTCT), Post Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP)) and social services (Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT), Information, Education ad Communication (IEC), Sexually Gender Based Violence (SGBV), mental health services, etc.

• Report to the line manager on any relevant information linked to nursing activities and participates in monthly reports and definition of annual planning, budget for the project

Overall Objective:

Response to acute medical-humanitarian needs in Amhara region and reduced morbidity and mortality amongst migrants and vulnerable populations affected by Kala Azar and snakebites and improved monitoring/surveillance

Project Purpose:

Ensure the medical humanitarian needs of conflict affected populations in Northwest Amhara Region are addressed and improve access to free and quality care for Kala Azar and snakebites

Specific Objectives

• Emergency medical-humanitarian situation in Northwest Amhara region is monitored, assessed and responded to.

• Patients with Kala Azar receive quality, person-centered care in a timely manner at      Abdurafi Health Center and identified decentralized sites.

• Patients with Snake bites receive quality, person-centered care in a timely manner at Abdurafi Health Center and identified decentralized sites.

• Operational research and pilot implementation strategies carried out to improve care for patients with snakebites and Kala Azar and inform policy change.

• Improvement in the healthstatus of the population is advocated forat national and        international forums using relevant humanitarian and medical data.

General

The NAM will be responsible for the quality of the nursing care including IPC & PCC through supervising. Nursing team supervisor & Nurses on the needs and will be responsible for the daily management/ and needed adjustments of clinic activities to the medical context.

Ensuring access to the conflict-affected population (negotiation) as well temoignage/witnessing and reporting of red flag incidents and violence related incidence among admitted patients will be a strong component of the position within. Furthermore, the position includes.

The Nursing Activity Manager (NAM) position will be based in the Abdurafi/Midre-Genet Health Centre. This

health centre receives referrals from the BOH health centre (based next door) for 2 specific illnesses (1) Kala

1. Azar (2) Snake bites. These conditions primarily affect a mobile migrant population that often stays in open

2. field conditions exposing them to high risk.

3. The project is also aiming at decentralizing Kala Azar and snakebite management to 3 health facilities i.e.

4. Humera, Abrajira and Metema, locations where most of the patients are coming. As such, the NAM will play

5. a pivotal role in ensuring effective nursing care knowledge and skill transfer to the RHB counterparts.

In close collaboration with the  MAM and MTL

• Identify gaps in nursing care and ensure nursing staff are appropriately trained on Kala Azar and Snake Bite management through case discussions and/or on job training.

• Ensure all patients receive quality free-of-charge care for complicated and non-complicated Kala Azar and snakebite, including provision of psychosocial counselling and nutrition support.

• Support provision of timely referrals to other secondary health facilities as required. In addition, Follow up on referrals with referral nurse and feedback as necessary.

• Ensure collections of weekly/ monthly data inlcuding surveillance data using the right tools and contribute to the sitrep/MMR

• Participate in tracking the quality of care indicators as requested by the project and the mission

• Support the MSF and BoH IPCsupervisors in the   implemention  IPC standards.

• Participate in preparedness for assessements and exploratory missions as needed

• Participate in community engagement at the community level, strengthening the community awareness about MSF activities and principles.

• Support staff training on emergency scenarios ensuring Nurses understand their roles for each given scenario

• Support E-Prep and any emergency responses that may be required

• Support provision ad-hoc medical supply donations  based on the most urgent needs

• Participate in active and passive surveillance and exploratory assessments

• Participate in collection of epidemiologic data at the local, zonal and regional level

• The NAM is expected to be flexible to gap fill other positions as needed

• No. of positions: 1(One)

• Place of work: Midr Genet (Abdurafi)

• Position holder report to:-  Medical team leader (MTL)

• Length of contract: (6 months with possibility of extension)

• Remuneration and Benefits:

• Starting gross salary AS per the organizational salary scale 

• Medical cover: as per the organization's policy

• Hardship allowance 30% of gross salary 

• Date(10 working days): 15 may 2025 closing date 28 May 202

Job Requirements

Education

• Essential Criteria:  Nursing diploma for general or specialized health services

• Desirable criteria:  Bachelor in science of Nursing; specialization or training in tropical medicine would be an asset

Experience

• Essential Criteria working experience of at least two years in nursing activities related jobs.

• Desirable criteria working experience in MSF or other NGO’s in developing countries.

• MSF experience in NTD specifically in KA & SB); TB, HIV & Palliative nursing care essential 

Working experience with MSF in at least one emergency context in a similar positon and or any Senior Nursing management position experience

Languages                                   

• Essential, mission language; local working language would be an asset.

• Fluency in English and Amharic (written and spoken)

Knowledge

• Computer literacy

• Proven strong management skills 

• Hands-on approach 

Self-starter

Competences

• People management and development L2,

• Commitment to MSF principle L2,

• Behavioral flexibility  L3,

• Result and quality orientation L3,

• Team work and cooperation L3

How to Apply

Interested applicants can submit their CV and application letter, including photocopies of all supporting documents, via THIS LINK, until 28 May 2025 please be informed that we do not accept applications in other forms.

Please Note that we only contact short-listed candidates and only short-listed candidates with the required documents are allowed to attend further assessment.

• Medical positions; original Professional license

Sincerity of Declarations and Documents Submitted to MSF

Use of false documents to gain employment with MSF will lead to automatic cancelation from the recruitment process and if found after employment it will lead to termination 

We strive to promote, create, and maintain a safe organizational culture for all people who work for and with MSF OCA, including our partners. Moreover, we ensure that the workplace, wherever staff are located, is built on respect, tolerance, diversity, and inclusion that delivers a safe and respectful environment.

At Médecins Sans Frontières we are committed to ensuring diversity, equity, and inclusion within our organization and encourage qualified applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply.

Job Requirements Degree or Diploma in Nursing, or in a related field of study with relevant work experience Duties & Responsibilities: - Plan and organize all nursing related activities (IPD, OPD, maternity, nutrition, etc.), its organization design and sizing and participates in the definition and update of its associated budget in order to efficiently maintain the continuity of the healthcare at the standard quality levels - In cooperation with the pharmacist and medical coordinator, supervise the management and running of the medical equipment and pharmacy activity, preparing new orders when required, supervising expiration terms and consumption patterns, in order to ensure its rational use as well as that pharmacy stock levels are permanently updated and above minimum safety point How to Apply Apply using the provided link below