Nurse – Project in Ile de France – M/F AT Doctors Without Borders

Médecins Sans Frontières, an international humanitarian medical association created in 1971, provides medical assistance to populations whose lives are threatened: mainly in the event of armed conflicts, but also epidemics, pandemics, natural disasters or even exclusion from care. The French section is present in around thirty countries.

As part of a replacement, we are looking for a Nurse for our project in Ile de France .

Context :

MSF has three areas of activity on its Ile de France project:

• A day center for unaccompanied minors (UMA): access to legal and social support, access to somatic and mental health care, referrals to common law), located in Pantin (93);
• An accommodation system for boys and girls, with educational support, located in Sevran (93);
• A Mobile Clinic made up of a multidisciplinary (medical-social) team.

Position objectives:

Conduct an assessment of the state of health of unaccompanied minors (boys and girls) in the program, offer them nursing monitoring as well as support to ensure the quality and continuity of care. Refer to common rights structures for prevention and/or medical treatment.

Main responsibilities:

Support for young people

• Assess the state of health and identify the health needs of beneficiaries seen in day care.
• Participate in the decision to include the most vulnerable young people in the reinforced monitoring by the Pantin multidisciplinary team.
• Make a nursing diagnosis and implement appropriate actions
• Organize the care of unaccompanied minors throughout their intra- and extra-hospital care journey and ensure follow-up (making appointments, checking understanding of treatment, communication with care service staff in hospitals, CMS, etc.)
• Work in close collaboration with identified health structures (referencing, health coverage, etc.)
• Work with the multidisciplinary team to ensure comprehensive care (psychologist, social worker, cultural mediator and lawyer)
• Discuss any specific problem with the head of the somatic center and the multidisciplinary team (victims of violence, victims of torture, specific guidance for young girls, etc.)
• Develop and organize a health education dynamic by developing individual and collective sessions, providing information on the operation of common rights systems for access to health
• Know, promote, implement and follow universal hygiene standards/precautions at all times.

Reporting

• Execute administrative procedures and documents (fill the database and medical tools, e.g. monitoring complex cases)
• Compile medical data entered during consultations and participate in the development of the monthly medical Sitrep

Communication & Advocacy

• Participate in the project’s testimony and communication activities.
• Report problematic situations and cases by informing your superior before making any decision outside the previously established framework
• Document issues not yet listed in order to improve the quality of medical care and guidance (part of health advocacy)

Multidisciplinary

• Participate in institutional or inter-association meetings related to the medical/paramedical care of unaccompanied minors
• Identify health structures that can accommodate unaccompanied minors
• Participate in different team meetings

Required profile

Education : Recognized nursing diploma essential

Knowledge of the French health system, child protection, foreigners’ rights, reception and care systems for unaccompanied minors.

Experience :

• Minimum two years in a similar paramedical position, experience with MSF or other NGOs desirable.

Skills and abilities: Ability to be autonomous; Teamwork and cooperation; Very good relational skills; Adaptability ; Sense of hearing ; confidentiality; Rigor and autonomy; Flexibility of behavior; Adherence to MSF’s humanitarian principles; Sense of service

Languages : French and English required

Status : Fixed-term contract of 1 year (employment contract under French law)

Terms :

€2,820 gross monthly over 13 months. 22 RTT days per year. Supplementary health care 100% covered by Médecins Sans Frontières. Restaurant vouchers with a face value of €9.00 (60% covered by MSF). Position based in Patin (93500). 50% coverage of public transport fare or equivalent.

Position to be filled at the beginning of January 2024