Fresh Jobs at MSI Reproductive Choices

Objectives

• The Centre Coordinator at MSI is responsible for effectively and efficiently delivering clinical services in alignment with the organization's strategy.
• They contribute to MSI's future program direction, drive sustainability, and increase access to family planning and reproductive health services.
• The coordinator provides leadership to the medical team, ensuring the achievement of MSI's mission and targets. They coordinate clinic units, establish effective communication systems, and develop the team's business and management capacity.
• Additionally, they oversee clinical services, maintain quality care, manage resources, and collaborate with government and non-governmental agencies.
• The role requires a degree in Nursing/Midwifery/Public Health, 6 years of relevant experience, and strong technical and interpersonal skills.

Overall Responsibilities
Strategy and Planning:

• Contributing towards MSI Nigeria’s strategy and future programme direction, with particular focus on driving MSI Nigeria towards programme sustainability and increasing access to family planning and SRH services in Nigeria through proper clinical services
• Actively participate in MSI Nigeria quarterly performance reviews
• Contributing to annual business plans and facilitating the business planning process (service target setting and activity planning in MSI-Clinics)
• Assisting the development of project ideas and providing input into proposals to attract donor funds.
• Prepares clinical services annual targets and when approved, ensures their implementation.

Team Leadership:

• Provide overall leadership and direction to the medical team in ensuring the achievement of MSI Nigeria’s mission and strategic objectives as well as targets of the clinic.
• Coordinate the different clinic units (OPD, OR, Lab.) and is responsible for the organization, deployment, supervision and performance appraisal of clinic staff in accordance with MSI Nigeria personnel policies.
• Set up effective communication system within the clinic and other units of MSI Nigeria program, technical and operational teams.
• Establish the priorities and focus of the medical team under his clinic and ensure proper coordination.
• Advise and provide expertise to all medical team.
• Monitor and evaluate clinical services provided by the medical team and control the quality.
• Developing strong business and management capacity amongst the medical team
• Motivate, coach, train and continuously set and reviewing performance targets for the medical team.
• Ensuring all human resource issues for the medical team are handled according to MSI Nigeria procedures.
• Assess medical staff training needs and arrange training in consultation with the Team Development Manager, Area managers.
• Conducting annual performance appraisals for the medical team

Clinical Services:

• Ensures the maintenance of efficient delivery of client care and the confidentiality of all cases, in accordance with accepted standard medical practices and professional code of conduct.
• Performs nursing duties, as required, including providing antenatal care, delivery service, family planning / MCH and counselling services, assisting the theatre nurse and disseminating health education/ information.
• Decides on clients eligible for subsidized I free services, as per the organization’s standing regulations.
• Ensures that clients’ cards and other records are up-to-date, orderly, properly filed and readily retrievable for reference and inspection.
• Prepares and submits work programmes and periodic reports of the clinic.
• Liaises, as appropriate with government and non-governmental agencies to promote MSI Nigeria’s interest.
• Collaborates in the evaluation of clinical programmes and research undertaking and the subsequent application of research findings.

Resource Management:

• Is responsible for the acquisition of drugs, contraceptives, and other supplies, ensures their proper receipt, storage, safe keep, issuance, and regular replenishment by pro-establishing re-order level.
• Approves supplies’ requests and issuance and authorizes financial payments as per the organization’s financial policy.
• Ensures that all fees collected from clients are deposited regularly.
• Assists in the reviews of clinic service charges.
• Performs other administrative duties essential for the day-to-day running of the clinic.
• Identifies, proposes and when approved implements improved clinic management system designed for the enhancement of client load, the provision of quality of care and the sustainability of the programme.
• Prepares and submits work plan and budget of the clinic.
• Produce periodic performance report including service costs and expenses of the clinic.
• Avails herself/himself to regular stock taking and audit as and when required.
• Undertakes any other relevant duties that may be assigned to her/him by the Regional Manager/ Country director.

Qualifications

• A First Degree in Medicine and Surgery (MBBS/MD)
• Not less than 2 years post-NYSC experience in similar position.
• Membership of relevant professional body
• Ultrasound skills is an added advantage.
• Experience within the reproductive healthcare sector
• Track record in achieving clinical quality and financial targets

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Job Description

• As a Clinical Services Provider at MSI, your role is pivotal in delivering high-quality reproductive health services to patients in the assigned Clinic of Excellence.
• Upholding clinic policies, principles, and applicable laws, you will provide therapeutic patient care, ensure a safe and therapeutic environment, and contribute to the development of nursing care within the clinic.
• Your attention to detail, excellent provider-client interaction skills, and good communication abilities will be instrumental in delivering services and documenting patient information accurately. With a minimum of 3 years of post-graduationexperience in a midwifery position, you possess the necessary expertise to work independently, prioritize tasks, and manage clinical supplies and equipment effectively. Your commitment to extraordinary customer relations, quality care service, and the well-being of clients aligns with MSI Nigeria mission to enable individuals to have children by choice, promoting a culture where abuse is not tolerated and safeguarding clients from harm.

Responsibilities

• To give high quality MSI Nigeria’s focused core clinical services in the assigned Clinic of excellence.
• To uphold Marie Stopes Clinic policies and procedures, principles of responsibilities, and applicable state, federal and local laws.
• Exhibits excellent customer relations to patients, visitors, and co-workers.
• Show courtesy, compassion, and respect to all within the clinic environment, providing a safe and therapeutic environment for patients and staff.
• To participate fully in MSI Nigeria Institutional strengthens and Capacity Building activities where appropriate.

Clinical Responsibilities:

• Conform to the critical service standards established for the clinic and the medical team.
• Provide therapeutic patient care in accordance with the patients care code, established by the physician, within scope of practice.
• Assist with and contributing to development of nursing care within the clinic.
• Deliver requested service while counselling patients to full knowledge of service to be provided before uptake.
• Assisting physician or other medical staff personnel with examinations and treatments by providing support to patient, chaperoning and other assistance as directed or required.
• Within scope, evaluates patient's condition by observing signs, symptoms, and reactions to therapy, to identify unexpected and/or significant findings, initiate appropriate emergency procedures, as necessary.
• Ensure proper management and maintenance of all clinical supplies and equipment.
• Documents patient signs, symptoms, observations, and therapeutic treatments to patient's medical record.
• Dispense prescribed drugs to patients with written and verbal instructions on usage.
• Ensures cleanliness of nursing module, patient room, and environment and proper functioning of patient care equipment by visual inspection, routine testing, and other related methods.
• Ensure proper sterilisation of clinic instruments daily.
• Proper supervision of the IPO in maintaining the Infection Prevention policy.
• Support in ensuring the adequate and time requisition of items, stock management and record keeping.

Communication and Administration:

• Ensure formal communications with the various health partners are properly documented.
• Follow up on all client complaints relating to any of the MSI Nigeria services and make recommendations.
• Make proper use of available information systems in MSI to facilitate service delivery & trainings.
• Assist the team with interviews relating to clinical issues to protect MSI Nigeria reputation.
• Collate information/data on services provided in the field.
• Manage and properly account for all MSI Nigeria resources and properties at the clinic.
• Support the marketing team by providing technical advice to clients at the small and large group activations periodically of all service numbers reported into CLIC with regional support team members.
• Check the data storage system to ensure that the forms are complete, chronological, andstored in a fire and tamper proof cabinet.
• Validate all client records with daily summary sheets and CLIC records for correctness and consistency.
• Ensure overall DQA score of 100%

Qualifications

• Possess a minimum 3 years post-graduation experience in a Bedside Nursing/Midwifery position in an established healthcare system.
• Experience with working in sexual and reproductive health, especially family planning will be an added advantage.
• Current NMCN License
• BCLS Certification.
• Must have proven experience to working with minimum supervision.
• Excellent provider-client interaction skills
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Articulate and analytical with attention to detail
• Possess working knowledge of health delivery system in Nigeria.