Overview
The Nursing Care Advisor provides strategic, technical, and implementation support to ensure the delivery of high-quality clinical and nursing care across MSF Ubuntu programs, aligning with international medical standards and people-centered care approaches.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop, implement, and monitor clinical nursing care strategies.
- Lead initiatives to improve the quality of clinical and nursing care.
- Identify, develop, and implement tools, guidelines, and documents related to nursing care.
- Provide guidance and technical support to projects and country programs.
- Ensure high standards of Infection Prevention and Control (IPC).
- Ensure medical master supply lists and catalogues are updated.
- Contribute to MSF Ubuntu’s medical operational vision, strategies, and programming.
- Identify, validate, and/or develop key tools and documents related to nursing care management.
- Provide expert technical advice to program teams and advisors on patient care and nursing practices.
- Support field teams in maintaining quality of care through structured quality improvement processes.
- Support accurate collection, analysis, and use of nursing and IPC-related data.
- Promote hand hygiene awareness and support its implementation.
- Support Med-Ops Cell managers (med)/health advisors in defining nursing care strategies.
- Conduct briefings and debriefings with country program and relevant HQ staff.
- Undertake country program visits.
- Identify priority nursing competencies and capacity development needs.
- Map training needs and contribute to the design of training strategies.
- Support implementation of training, mentoring, and supervision activities.
- Participate as a facilitator in MSF Ubuntu and international MSF training courses.
- Represent MSF Ubuntu within intersectional nursing platform, community of practice (CoP), and relevant technical working groups.
- Lead or contribute to specific thematic initiatives and projects.
- Build and strengthen networks with local institutions and organizations.
- Support recruitment, validation, mentoring, and development of nursing staff and talent pools.
- Collaborate with L&D and nursing platforms to promote knowledge sharing and mentoring.
- Facilitate learning through workshops, webinars, and community of practice platforms.
- Build the capacity of programs teams on nursing care standards, systems, and tools.
Required Experience
- Minimum of five (5) years’ relevant professional experience in clinical nursing care with MSF or international medical-humanitarian organizations (essential).
- Proven experience in nursing supervision, mentoring, and training, with strong pedagogical skills.
- Demonstrated commitment to multicultural collaboration, equity, diversity, inclusion, and continuous learning.
Qualifications
- A qualified Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Nursing (BSc or MSc) is essential.
- Postgraduate qualifications in Pediatrics and/or Neonatology is essential.
- Postgraduate qualification or certification in Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) is an asset.
