Vacancy Announcement

Job title:  

SECHN or Wound Care Nurse

Work Location:

Kono

Department:

Clinical (minor Surgical)

Reports to:

Wellbody Clinical Lead

Requisition #:

4286

Line Management

No

Application Status

External Advert

Organisation Profile

Partners In Health (PIH) is an international health organization relentlessly committed to improving the health of the poor and marginalized. PIH partners with local governments to build local capacity and works closely with impoverished communities to deliver high-quality health care, address the root causes of illness, train providers, advance research, and advocate for global policy change. Our delivered services in the field are based in our partnership with the Governments and Ministries of Health and the support to education, training and mentorship to Health care workers and students is one of our pillars for the Health care system strengthening.

PIH currently has implementation programs in Haiti, Rwanda, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Peru, Mexico, Russia, Sierra Leone and Navajo Nation. Through our partnership with Harvard Medical School and the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, we support a wide range of programs in dozens of other countries around the world. 

Our Work In Sierra Leone:

Partners In Health (PIH) began supporting the government of Sierra Leone in response to the Ebola epidemic in October 2014. Recognizing the large need for continued investments in the health system after Ebola, PIH is committed to long-term health system strengthening in support of the Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MOHS), guided by the same principles as our emergency response and our work around the world: public sector accompaniment, integrated and comprehensive services, social justice, nimbleness and flexibility, partnership, community ownership, and evidence-based interventions. In the aftermath of the epidemic, PIH is committed to supporting the delivery of comprehensive health services in Sierra Leone, from the community level to the health center and to referral hospitals.

Position Overview

The SECHN or Wound Care Nurse will work alongside physicians, CHOs and Nurses under the supervision of the Wellbody Clinical Lead to provide high quality minor surgical care services to patients because WBA Clinic is a growing, busy clinic built on teamwork, you will also be expected to assist in other clinical areas as needed.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Essential duties and responsibilities in the dressing room

• Be responsible for the proper cleaning and sterilization of instruments and equipment for dressing.
• Collect, record and store dressing materials from the pharmacy. Be responsible for the tracking of all stocks coming in the wound care department.
• Make sure that the dressing room is always kept clean and tidy.
• Record all dressings done on daily bases in the dressings register.
• Make sure that all dressing materials are available prior to any dressing.
• Adhere to health, safety, and infection control protocols.
• Do incision and drainage of abscesses
• Do appropriate debridement and suturing
• Cleaning wounds to eliminate bacteria and debris and reduce infection risk.
• Bandaging the wounds by creating a barrier against microorganisms and changing the dressings regularly, as appropriate.
• Collaborating with other patient care team members to decide the need for any additional therapies or adjuvant care.
• Educating patients and caregivers on how to manage and dress wounds to aid healing following surgery.
• Provide technical training and supervision of wound care assistant

Other duties and responsibilities

General Nursing:

• Triage patients presenting to the clinic based on their level of acuity;
• Ensures that patients presenting to the clinic are managed appropriately including identifying those who need transfer to a higher level of care.
• Obtain and document patients’ vital signs, recognizing and responding to abnormal vital signs appropriately.
• Maintain proper patient records through effective documentation.
• Provide health education to the patients and their care-givers.
• Deliver high standards of care in collaboration with the rest of the clinical team.
• Responsible for the preparation of monthly reports to be submitted to the appropriate departments for further analysis. Display high level of commitment by being adaptable and being able to function in a busy work environment, including rotating to other units at the clinic as required
• Maintain confidentiality and impartiality and involve families in the plan of care.
• Promote patient/family-centered care to ensure that their needs are met.
• Engage and participate in clinical education or in-service training as determined by the Clinical Lead of the facility, mentorship team or the Director of Nursing.
• Participate in quality improvement projects and other related studies that could improve on the delivery of care to patients.
• Administer and record medication given to patients
• Monitor patients appropriately in the observation ward prior to discharge or referral
• Perform other duties related to the role, as may be required by the Clinical Lead or Director of Nursing.

Prevention of Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Harassment

At Partners In Health, we are committed to ensuring that those who benefit from our work- including our patients, families and community members – as well as our staff are treated with dignity and respect and protected from sexual exploitation, abuse and sexual harassment. A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Partners In Health’s PSEAH policy. Partner In Health will request information from applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment.  By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.

Education and Work Experience Requirements

• Current and valid clinical license, (SECHN Certificate and License).
• Clinical experience in operating theatre, dressing area and General Nursing preferred.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills, must be able to take initiative and problem-solve, and must be flexible.
• Ability to work well with a team, be dependable, and hard-working.
• Ability to be adaptable and function well in a busy work environment, including rotating to other units as required.
• Commitment to social justice and human rights.
• Demonstrated understanding and respect for PIH’s mission and values.
• Must NOT hold dual employment from private or national consolidated funds.

Social Justice

We are a global health and social justice organization that responds to the moral imperative to provide high-quality health care globally to those who need it most. We strive to ease suffering by placing patients at the center of all care, bringing the benefits of modern medicine to all.

Method of application

Interested candidates are required to apply through our website: www.pih.org/employment  In your application, please ensure to include names, addresses, email addresses and telephone numbers of three (3) referees not later than 12:00pm GMT (Midnight) on Tuesday 3rd  September 2024