Director of Nursing
Liberia
JOB DETAIL
Description
| PIH JOB DESCRIPTION (Director of Nursing) | ||||
| Position Title: | Director of Nursing | |||
| Reports to: | Executive Director, PIH Liberia | |||
| Department: | Nursing | |||
| Supervises: | Nursing Lead | |||
| Work Location: | Maryland | |||
| Employment Type: | Full Time | |||
| Position Overview: | ||||
| Partners In Health seeks a qualified, dynamic candidate for the position of Director of Nursing for our West Africa clinical program. The Nursing Director will play a central role in the implementation PIH’s core mission and values, program development, clinical programs management, implementation, and strategic planning. The Director of Nursing will work in close collaboration with the PIH Liberia Director of Clinical Services, PIHL Community Program Director, PIHL Director of Policy and Partnership to ensure sustainable execution of priorities in accordance with national Ministry of Health guidelines. We are seeking an individual experienced in strategy, quality improvement, program development, budget/grant management, and clinical leadership, who can provide key assessments, and vision related to the PIH Liberia clinical program.
Position summary: This person will be based in Maryland County, Liberia with some travel to the Ministry of Health and Board of Nursing and Midwifery in Monrovia to accompany in strategic planning and implementation of national nursing and midwifery policies and guidelines. |
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| Organizational Profile: | ||||
| Partners In Health (PIH) is an international health organization relentlessly committed to improving the health of the poor and marginalized. PIH partners with local governments to build local capacity and works closely with impoverished communities to deliver high-quality health care, address the root causes of illness, train providers, advance research, and advocate for global policy change. Our delivered services in the field are based in our partnership with the Governments and Ministries of Health and the support to education, training and mentorship to Health care workers and students is one of our pillars for the Health care system strengthening.
PIH currently has implementation programs in Haiti, Rwanda, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Peru, Mexico, Russia, Liberia and Navajo Nation. Through our partnership with Harvard Medical School and the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, we support a wide range of programs in dozens of other countries around the world. Our Work In Liberia: Partners In Health (PIH) began supporting the government of Liberia in response to the Ebola epidemic in October 2014. Recognizing the large need for continued investments in the health system after Ebola, PIH is committed to long-term health system strengthening in support of the Ministry of Health (MOH), guided by the same principles as our emergency response and our work around the world: public sector accompaniment, integrated and comprehensive services, social justice, nimbleness and flexibility, partnership, community ownership, and evidence-based interventions. In the aftermath of the epidemic, PIH is committed to supporting the delivery of comprehensive health services in Liberia, from the community level to the health center and to referral hospitals. |
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| Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse: | ||||
| At Partners In Health, we are committed to ensuring that those who benefit from our work- including our patients, families and community members –as well as our staff are treated with dignity and respect and protected from sexual exploitation, abuse and sexual harassment. A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Partner In Health’s PSEAH policy. Partners In Health will request information from applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures. | ||||
| Social Justice |
| We are a global health and social justice organization that responds to the moral imperative to provide high-quality health care globally to those who need it most. We strive to ease suffering by placing patients at the center of all care, bringing the benefits of modern medicine to all. |
| Method of Application |
| All interested candidates are encouraged to send their functional resume and cover letter to: [email protected] stating the position they are applying for in the subject line or drop their application to the Security booth at the nearest PIH Liberia Office on or before August 9, 2024 not later than 4:30 pm. All open positions with PIH are also posted on our employment website: https://www.pih.org/pages/employment . |
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