Job title: (Paediatric) Nurse Educator
Location: Ola During Children’s Hospital (ODCH), Freetown, Sierra Leone
Reports to: Country Director, Welbodi Partnership
Supports: Nurse training offices at ODCH and PCMH, Paediatric Nurse training at COMAHS
Duration: 12 months, with possibility of extension
Start Date: Mid-August / Early September 2014
Application Deadline: 25th July 2014
Essential
• A recognised professional nurse qualification with additional qualification or significant experience in paediatric nursing
• A minimum of 3 years recent experience within a relevant training environment
• Graduate level degree in relevant field
• Evidence of teaching and adult learning skills to provide post-basic nurse training e.g. Certificate Ed, PGCE, or extensive teaching experience
• Proven leader with experience supervising a culturally diverse team
• Excellent people skills and demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with people from diverse backgrounds
• Ability to self-motivate and work autonomously within the scope of the role
• Ability to provide clinical mentorship and use the clinical supervision process effectively
• Proven financial management competency
• Excellent computer skills in Excel, Word, PowerPoint etc.
• Excellent written and spoken English communication skills
• Commitment to the goals and principles of Welbodi Partnership
Highly desirable
• Experience of working and living in a developing country, preferably in Africa
• Experience of nursing and teaching nurses in West Africa
• Education to Master’s degree level in a related subject area
• Krio or other local language ability a plus
The Nurse educator will join the Welbodi Partnership team in Freetown between mid-August and early September 2014. Benefits include a return flight to/from Sierra Leone, cost of visas and residence permits, cost of national professional registration, shared accommodation, emergency medical and travel insurance, transportation to and from work and a stipend of $1000 per month.
Interested candidates should email a copy of their CV, cover letter, and a list of three relevant references to jobs@welbodipartnership.org by July 25, 2014. The job title should be included in the subject line. We welcome applicants of any nationality, including Sierra Leoneans at home or in the diaspora. Only those applicants shortlisted for an interview will be notified.
Overall Responsibility and Key Activities
• To support the Nurses’ Training Office at ODCH and help ensure the continuous implementation of high quality in-service training for nurses.
• To work closely with the Nursing/Midwifery department at PCMH to help establish a nurses’/midwives’ training office, and help ensure the continuous implementation of high quality in-service training for nurses and midwives.
• To support COMAHS – Faculty of Nursing, in the implementation of the Specialist Paediatric Nurse Training Course.
• To maintain/support the nurse training office at ODCH, in collaboration with ODCH staff, and provide mentorship to the national nurse educator and national assistants.
• To support efforts to develop and implement officially recognized continuing professional development schemes at both hospitals, in collaboration with hospital staff and the Ministry of Health and Sanitation.
• To monitor and evaluate all training and mentorship activities, specifically focused on measurable clinical outcomes and behaviour change amongst nursing staff, and report quarterly to the Welbodi Partnership Board, hospital management and the MOHS on a regular basis.
• To support the development of a competency-based assessment framework for students with theoretical and practical evaluation tools which assess mastery of concepts, skills and attitudes and to reinforce learning.
• To facilitate learning in a clinical setting with a specific focus on strengthening learners’ clinical skills, critical thinking ability (including tools for reflective practice and problem solving), ward leadership and management skills and clinical supervision/mentorship capacity.
• To work with national nurse educators to set up a system in which the learners can develop personal learning plans, including goals and objectives and outcomes during their placement against a timeline.
• To manage funds secured for nurse/midwifery training activities and report accordingly.
Communications and Working Relationships
• Ministry of Health and Sanitation (including but not limited to the Chief Nursing Officer, Directorate of Training, Human Resources for Health Directorate)
• College of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences – Faculty of Nursing
• Ola During Children’s Hospital management
• Princess Christian Maternity Hospital management
• Professional nursing institutions
• Other organisations working at ODCH/PCMH, or in paediatric or nursing care in Sierra Leone (including Cap Anamur, SOLTHIS, ACF, Friends of Maternity, UNFPA, UNICEF)
• Sierra Leone Institute of Child Health (SLICH)
