RECRUITMENT NOTICE

                         INTERNAL & EXTERNAL

Médecins Sans Frontières is recruiting for its project in Amman a

Female Caretaker

CONTEXT

Médecins Sans Frontières is a private, non-profit international humanitarian organization dedicated to providing medical assistance to populations in crisis, without discrimination and regardless of race, religion, creed, or political affiliation. Médecins Sans Frontières is running a reconstructive surgery program in Amman and is seeking to recruit (1) Female Caretaker.

MAIN PURPOSE

Assisting in the nursing activities with hospitalized patients, according to nurses' and doctors' prescriptions, universal hygiene standards, and MSF protocols, standards, and procedures to ensure the delivery of quality medical care for patients.

ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Assisting the nurse in organizing and providing care and treatments to patients, respecting at all times, the rules of hygiene, safety, comfort, dignity, medical secret, and patient confidentiality. Giving response to nurse’s requirements in case of an emergency
• Participating in the surveillance and monitoring of the patient and reporting to the nurse any relevant information. Compensating patients’ possible lack of autonomy by assisting and helping them with feeding, personal hygiene, movements, and general comfort
• Participating in the monitoring of nursing activities (correctly filling in patient files, etc.) and ensuring a relevant transfer of information between duty teams.  Reporting any problem arising in the care unit, especially the loss, robbery, or damage of equipment or medicines.
• Ensuring cleanliness of his/her working environment (including facilities, material, linen, equipment, and carrying out the sorting and disposal of waste)
• Working together with the nurses, cleaners, and caretakers.
• Participating actively in the hospital platform (meetings, committee,.), training, and basic health education sessions
• Participating in any other related activities as requested by the line manager
• Performing minor maintenance and cleaning of the biomedical equipment following the user manual and protocols. Alerting the supervisor in case of malfunctioning of any device.

THE JOB PROFILE

• Nursing certificate (Associated nurse) or Nursing Diploma or Highschool Certificate in Nursing
• Minimum 1 year is required.
• Fluency in both Arabic and English.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills; an open-minded person with good organization, and communication skills – service and solution-oriented.
• Flexible, and able to work in a multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural environment.

WORK LOCATION:          Al Mowasah Hospital in Marka, Amman.

CONTRACT:                      Fixed-term contract for 6 months, including 3 months trial period

Probable start date:       June 2024

Interested applicants should submit their curriculum vitae, and letter of motivation in English, no later than 6^th June 2024 through Akhtaboot website.

Only candidates meeting the requirements will be called for through their email addresses

Notice: No monetary transactions, neither demands of favors in kind, nor other types of favoritism will be tolerated in the recruitment process.  MSF reserves the right to refuse the hiring of a candidate having benefitted from such acts. All illicit demands of these types may be pursued through the judicial system.