Position Title:
Head Nurse
Start Date:
September 2021
Status:
Full-time, renewable
Reports to:
Healthcare Program Manager
Supervises:
Infirmary St. Etienne (ISE) Nurses
Mission Statement: To improve the quality of life for the Haitian people, particularly children.
Brief Organizational Summary: Hope for Haiti is an innovative and creative international development organization that has been working in Haiti for 30 years. The organization partners with private donors to create community-based sustainable change through a grassroots and strategic holistic approach. Hope for Haiti is an action-oriented and fast-paced organization that believes in partnership solutions to poverty alleviation. Our vision for Haiti: joyful children, healthy families, thriving communities, and the resources to make it so. Hope for Haiti has a distinguished and well-established Board of Directors that provides the organization with strong governance, oversight, and strategic direction. Building upon the organization’s proven track record of success, Hope for Haiti stays true to its mission and founding principles while offering a dynamic and supportive work environment. For more information about Hope for Haiti, please visit www.hopeforhaiti.com.
Role Purpose:
Under the supervision of the Healthcare Program Manager, the Head Nurse will work closely with the Healthcare Program in supporting operations, logistics, and programmatic needs. The Head Nurse is a part of a team who is responsible for ensuring that the Infirmary St. Etienne (ISE) provides effective, efficient, and quality healthcare to our patients.. The Head Nurse is responsible for, but not limited to, supervision and scheduling of all nurses, providing patient care, and providing reporting. The range of responsibilities of the Head Nurse requires a professional leader who is a flexible and patient person with a strong capacity for problem solving, organization, and task orientation.
This is a National position based full-time in Les Cayes, Haiti.
Essential Duties and Tasks
- Provide supervision to all ISE nurses
- Assign and communicate nurse work stations weekly and ensure nursing staff adhere to hours of operations
- Share professional development plans for all nurses each fiscal year by identifying opportunities and sharing with the Director of Culture and Leadership (DCL)
- Participate in recruitment, onboarding, and training of new nurses along with Medical Leadership Team and DCL
- Share and enforce Hope for Haiti policies and procedures
- Attend monthly Haiti Leadership meetings
- Provide care to patients at the Infirmary St. Etienne
- Ensure that nursing care meets regulatory standards by MSPP and ensure ISE nurses are providing the best care
- Attend local and regional MSPP events, trainings, meetings, and other Healthcare Events on behalf of HFH
- Evaluate nursing staff performance by coordinating all staff meetings and individual check-ins as needed, as well as completing annual performance reviews
- Manage budget lines related to programmatic activities and submit monthly Purchase Order (PO) requests
- Assist medical team in tracking inventory of medications and medical supplies in our EMR system, and assist in procurement process as detailed in Hope for Haiti’s Procurement Policy
- Think strategically about current and new patient care programs and work with leadership team to makes suggestions on how to improve our programs and processes
- Submit weekly and monthly reports on the KPI Tracker.
- Provide donor specific content as needed for donor reporting and provide content for grant proposals.
- Provide written and spoken translation for reports, mailings and trips as needed
- Assist with volunteer medical teams, donors, and on-site visits at Infirmary St. Etienne in coordination with the Operation Department.
- Other tasks as assigned
EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE
- Degree in Nursing or Healthcare Management, MSPP Medical License required
- Advanced skills in Windows, Microsoft Office Suite, Google Tools and Internet
- Experience in Healthcare Management
- Good written and reporting skills
- Ability to write and speak in English and Haitian Creole or French required
- Passion and enthusiasm for non-profit work
- Ability to work under pressure while maintaining a positive attitude and joyful demeanor
- Ability to work and establish good relationships with co-workers, partners, and non-partners
- Ability to traverse distances of over 10 kilometers at varying elevations and to move 30 pounds over shoulders.
PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS THAT ALIGN WITH CORE VALUES
Resiliency
- Ability to respond appropriately and sensitively to cultural differences as they arise among the organization’s service population
- Flexible, adaptable, patient and accepting of the fact that Hope for Haiti and its activities are constantly evolving in line with its resources and goals.
- Ability to adapt to and make level-headed decisions in stressful situations
- High energy and strong physical condition, including but not limited to the ability to hike distances over 5 kilometers and lift at least 30 lbs over the shoulders
Empower
- Ability to conduct and participate in staff meetings and strategic planning professionally and to represent Hope for Haiti’s mission to team members and colleagues
Accountable
- Excellent organizational skills and ability to prioritize assigned tasks.
- Personal commitment to the mission and vision of Hope for Haiti and a desire to help the most vulnerable population
- Maintains the highest level of confidentiality with sensitive information
Collaboration
- Ability to effectively work with a team
- Ability to resolve interpersonal conflict while preserving a team-oriented outlook
Hope
- A shared belief that there is always a pathway to improvement despite the challenges that lie ahead.
- Positive outlook and ability to work through difficult situations knowing that it’s possible to achieve desired outcomes.