🇸🇱 Job Vacancy @ UNICEF – International Individual Consultant: Nurse Trainer for the Post Basic Neonatal Nursing Certificate Programme
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For every child, health
Please access UNICEF Sierra Leone information here and here
How can you make a difference?
- Facilitate acquisition / reinforcement of key standardized technical skills and knowledge to trainees’ as per the Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MoHS) new-born care protocols and SOPs.
- Conduct training in the skills lab at Ola During Children’s Hospital, assess performance of trainees, identify individual learning needs of trainees as well as identify non-performers (trainees) in consultation with the Training Coordinator and develop performance improvement plans for the trainees.
- Undertake mentoring, coaching and supportive supervision visits to the four hospitals to support the trainees in post-training transfer of knowledge and skills and assist in the implementation of performance standards.
- Support, mentor, and coach the local faculty members to enhance their capacity in conducting training, assessing trainees’ performance, developing performance improvement plans for trainees, facilitating post-training knowledge/skills transfer, and overall running of the Programme.
- Prepare quarterly plans and targets of training sessions and mentoring / coaching / supportive supervision visits in consultation with the Training Coordinator.
- Prepare and maintain monthly and quarterly progress reports on training activities and mentoring / coaching / supportive supervision visits, with identification of best practices, lessons learnt, challenges and corrective measures needed to address them.
- Participate in SCBUs quality improvement efforts and measures at the four regional hospitals, including initiatives at transforming Ola During Children’s Hospital into a centre of excellence for care of small and sick new-borns.
- Support monthly SCBU data analysis and tracking at the four regional hospitals and use of the analysed data to tailor mentoring and coaching of trainees to identified gaps and needs.
Please see attached ToR for detailed information. TOR - Post Basic Nurse Trainer .pdf
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
- Basic degree or Higher Diploma in Nursing with specialization in neonatal nursing / paediatric nursing.
- Advanced degree in Nursing is an added advantage.
- At least 8 years of progressively responsible clinical experience in Maternal and New-born health with clinical training experience.
- Experience of providing technical assistance/consultancy/teaching experience in any of the related programme like in Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care / Essential New-born Care / Essential Childbirth Care; Experience working with educational or clinical training programs
- Experience in health data collection, analysis, assessment, monitoring, and evaluation.
- Experience in mentorship / coaching / supportive supervision of clinical nurse teams
- Experience in teamwork in culturally diverse contexts.
- Experience of working in West Africa, specifically Sierra Leone is a strong asset
- Familiarity with the UN system, including similar prior work in the UN system, is an asset
- Excellent analytical and organizational skills, including effective communication and people skills; ability to communicate and coordinate with various stakeholders and to express ideas and concepts concisely and clearly in written and oral form
- Fluency in oral and written English is mandatory
Management, Organization And Timeframe
The Nurse Trainer will be under the direct technical supervision of the Training Coordinator of the MoHS, with management supervision of the MNCH/HIV Specialist at UNICEF Sierra Leone office, and under the overall guidance and oversight of the Chief, Health & Nutrition Section at UNICEF Sierra Leone office. S/he will operate from Ola During Children’s Hospital in Freetown and will have regular interactions with hospital management and medical teams at the four regional hospitals, Directorate of Reproductive and Child Health and Directorate of Nursing and Midwifery at MoHS, and other relevant health partners. Travel to SCBUs at the four regional hospitals, and if need be, Peripheral Health Units (PHUs) and catchment communities, is required.
This is an initial 6-month assignment with possibility of extension depending on continued need and availability of funds.
For every Child, you demonstrate…
UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA).
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UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.
UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for consultants/individual contractors with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the selection process and afterwards in your assignment.
UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.
Remarks
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.
Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures, and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and individual contractors are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws.
The selected candidate is solely responsible to ensure that the visa (applicable) and health insurance required to perform the duties of the contract are valid for the entire period of the contract. Selected candidates are subject to confirmation of fully vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the assignment. It does not apply to consultants who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their consultancy contracts.
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