Entry Level Nurse Counselling Focal Mentor NGO Jobs - Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)

Organisation: Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)

Duty Station: Kasese, Uganda

Medecins

Sans Frontieres (MSF) is an international independent medical humanitarian

organization that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict,

epidemics, natural disasters and exclusion from health care.

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Ensure all TB/HIV Health education and
  
  adherence counselling activities for patients accessing health services in
  
  the MSF supported health facilities are being performed as required


• Support and mentor health facility
  
  counselling staff so that they should acquire the necessary knowledge and
  
  skills to give adequate education and effective counselling to the clients
  
  in need of services


• Supervise and evaluate the activities
  
  concerning his/her field of action (Nursing and Midwifery activities
  
  related to TB/HIV) in collaboration with the in charge of the health
  
  centre and the rest of the team by supporting the team with the overall
  
  organization and the functioning of the activities in the health centre.


• Work closely with the Landing Sites Doctor
  
  identify and plan the priorities    
  
  according to MOH values, policies and protocols and universal
  
  health standards, in order to warrant the quality and continuity of the
  
  health care and the development of the project action plan.    

Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 

• The applicant should hold be a Ugandan who
  
  holds an Approved Diploma of Comprehensive nurse or Registered Nurse   Midwife) with a Certificate in HIV/AIDS
  
  Counselling


• A minimum of two years’ experience of HIV/TB
  
  related work experience in Government, MSF or other NGOs


• Computer literacy skills i.e. proficiency in
  
  Microsoft Word and Excel


• Competencies: Results, teamwork, flexibility,
  
  commitment, stress management, diplomatic


• Languages: Local language essential (Lukonjo,
  
  Lunyankole)

All

interested candidates applicants should send their hand written application

letter (letter of motivation) with a detailed CV indicating postal address,

phone contacts, photocopies of academic documents and working certificates and

minimum two referees to the following email address kaseserecruitment@gmail.com