ANAESTHETIST NURSE - RESERVE POOL

Role summary Performing all anaesthetic medical activities according to MSF policies, protocols and universal hygiene standards, in order to ensure the quality of pre, during and post-operative care of patients. Duties and responsibilities • Performing consultations to patients due for surgery, evaluating of the risks of operating (in collaboration with the surgeon), obtaining patient’s written authorization for their operation, providing patients with appropriate information on their illness and treatments, and deciding on what type of anaesthetics to be used • According to set procedures, carrying out all nursing anaesthetics related activities during surgery in order to collaborate in patient's adequate anaesthetized state and safety during the process. Preparing the drugs, material, and equipment required for the surgery. Monitoring patients throughout the whole intervention and administering and maintaining anaesthetics following the rules of hygiene and asepsis in force. • Providing post-operative care, including immediate post-operative surveillance in the recovery room and special patients present in the intensive care unit, in order to adapt the prescriptions, with special focus on patient's pain relief, during the stabilization and recovery process. Does round consultations with the Surgeon Doctor once or twice a day, discussing therapeutic orientations with the department manager, renewing prescriptions and ensuring they are followed. Systematically evaluating patients' pain to adapt prescriptions and/or therapies for their relief. • Respecting, promoting and ensuring medical confidentiality and implementing and following hygiene rules, procedures and protocols at all times as well as looking after the integrity of anaesthesia material (decontamination, sterilisation, storage conditions, etc.) and other equipment, in order to ensure the safety and protection of patients and other staff. Knowing accidental blood exposure policy and procedure and implementing them when necessary. • Ensuring that all staff using medical devices are qualified and trained. Ensuring cleaning and minor maintenance tasks are performed according to the protocols. Reporting any malfunction to the project biomedical service. • Carrying out all pharmacy related activities (stock control, station's re-stocking, inventories, expired drugs, etc.) and other equipment of anaesthetic ward, doing special follow-up of narcotics and sedatives (register, consumptions, empty phials, etc.), ensuring enough stock-up and the good functioning to carry-out the medical activities. Drawing up pharmacy orders according to needs. • Collaborating with other departments and supporting other medical services in order to support the overall MSF project with his/her expertise and capabilities. Training other medical staff when applicable and working particularly in close collaboration with the accident and emergency department and midwifery and obstetrics team in the maternity department (especially to resuscitate new-borns). • Carrying out administrative procedures and documents (fill in of patients files, forms, statistics, data base, etc.), in order to have updated and correct information about the day-to-day activities. • In collaboration with the Surgeon Doctor, carrying out quantitative surgical-anaesthesia data collection, drawing up and sending out reports for the monthly follow up of peri-surgical mortality and for the quality of anaesthesia/pain management and informing the direct supervisor immediately in the event of medical error. MSF Section/Context Specific Accountabilities · Responsible for the proper use and care of all biomedical equipment (all types of medical machines and instruments) related to anaethesia. In case of malfunction/breakage/loss, report immediately to Line manager / Head Nurse/ Hospital coordinator. · Supports other medical services whenever needed, and works particularly in close collaboration with the accident and emergency department and midwifery and obstetrics team in the maternity department (specially to resuscitate new-borns). · Is the reference person for pain managment for the patients in the defferent departments of the hospital in case if it needed within the health facility · Responsible for the proper use and care of all biomedical equipment (all types of medical machines and instruments) in the OT. In case of malfunction/breakage/loss, report immediately to Line manager / Head Nurse/ Hospital coordinator. · In close collaboration with IPC supervisor follow IPC mesures in OT according to MSF IPC protocols. · Prioritize emergency cases for surgery and follow MSF SOPs and protocols · Prepare and report a medical incident to line manager immediately. · When applicable train other medical staff · Give regular feedback to the line manager and report directly any issue or incident · Flexible to perform additional work-related tasks requested by the Line manager. · Drag management , especially narcotic drag should be managed in the metaric box with key. · Check the consumption for each surgery and sum up and fill in the tally sheet correctly before the end of shift not to make discrepancy. Job requirements Minimum Requirements and Competencies Education - Nursing diploma. Essential - Specialisation as anaesthetist nurse. Essential. - Bachelor in Nursing. Desirable. Experience - One year previous supervised work experience as an anaesthetist nurse. Essential - Having worked in MSF or other NGOs. Desirable. Languages - Dari and Pashto. Essential - English language. Essential Knowledge - Basic computer skills. Desirable Competencies • Results • Teamwork • Flexibility • Commitment • Service