As a provider of international cooperation services for sustainable development and international education work, GIZ – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit – is dedicated to building a future worth living around the world.

Around the world, we have over 50 years of experience in a wide variety of areas, including rural and economic development, education and employment, energy and the environment, and peace and security. Together with our partners, we work to deliver flexible, effective and cost-effective solutions that offer people better prospects and sustainably improve their living conditions.

As a public-benefit German federal enterprise, we are committed to meeting our clients’ high standards of transparency and accountability. The German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) is our main commissioning party. European Union institutions, the United Nations, the private sector and national governments also benefit from our services.

In Ethiopia, GIZ has been implementing development programs on behalf of the German government for over 40 years together with our national partners. The focus of our work in the country is on vocational education and employment promotion, sustainable use of natural resources, land management and food security, biodiversity and forestry. GIZ has recently started a new project in the health sector as well.

Over the last decade Ethiopia has made mayor progress in increasing access to healthcare and reducing morbidity and mortality. The focus now has shifted to more advanced care requiring higher qualifications, enhanced quality of training content and institutions and introduction of academic training. In addition, the increasing use of medical equipment and biomedical technologies requires the training and posting of biomedical technicians and engineers and a coherent national concept for comprehensive management of technical devices. This includes identification, inventory, installation, maintenance, repair and safe disposal. Also, staff needs to be trained on the safe and correct use of available technologies. There is a high need for well-trained, skilled and competent health personnel, for better-equipped teachers and trainers and more suitable training materials and trainings that match future requirements in the world of work.

The Project

“Capacity building in the field of training for health care specialists and technicians” is a new project implemented by GIZ in Ethiopia on behalf of the German Government.

It will contribute to a more practice oriented pre- and in-service training of staff, in particular nurses and biomedical technicians. It addresses the framework conditions (e.g. policy, overarching medical equipment strategy, curricula and training) and advises the Federal Ministry of Health, the Regional Health Office of Oromia, instructors at selected training institutions and health services on vocational and in-service training of nurses and biomedical technicians. It will work with institutions at all levels to improve the overall management of medical equipment and their use as part of day-to-day practice, in particular in Oromia. While a strong focus is on the health sector, close cooperation with partners in the education sector will be key to the project’s success.

Position:                                 National Expert Nurse m/w

Place of Work:                      Nekemte

Application deadline:           October 25, 2018

TASKS

·         Support to the practical pre-service and in-service education of nurses at Nekemte Regional Referral Hospital and potentially other/surrounding hospitals with a focus on bedside teaching

·         Support to improving hospital processes related to in-patient and out-patient treatment

·         Quality management in line with national level quality assurance approaches (e.g. 5S Kaizen)

·         Cooperation with relevant health and training institutions

·         Close collaboration with the hospital management team and lead nursing officers

·         Close technical cooperation with the Development Advisor placed at the Nekemte Health Science College

·         Contributions to M&E of the project and to knowledge management

QUALIFICATION; EXPERIENCES AND MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

·         Experienced nurse (m/f) with academic degree in nursing science, teaching qualification in the area of practical nursing is an asset

·         Proven practical working experience > 5 years

·         Experience with quality assurance and advise on quality management in hospitals (in addition to 5S Kaizen approach)

·         Experienced user of MS Office

·         Fluent written and spoken English and Amharic, knowledge of Oromo language; German is an asset