وظيفة: Registered Nurse – ممرضة مسجلة للعمل مع Skoun Lebanese Addictions Center

SKOUN is a Lebanese, non-profit, non-governmental organization and one of the first outpatient facilities that provide accessible treatment, education, and protection for all people who use drugs while maintaining its values regarding inclusion, accessibility, integrity, and dignity.

For 20 years, SKOUN has been caring for the most vulnerable populations in Lebanon and strives to ensure drug use and addiction are treated as primary health issues.

SKOUN aims to support the development of community-based substance use and mental health system in line with the National Mental Health Strategy and model of care, tackling gender barriers in service access and gender biases in service provision through offering quality and gender-sensitive services to women, men, boys, girls, and gender non-conforming individuals living in Lebanon, particularly the most vulnerable groups and people at risk.

About the project:

Under the project of Mental Health Strengthening and Innovation Project for Equal Access to Health Care. A consortium of three organizations, MdM, Skoun, Embrace, and the National Mental Health Program (NMHP), supported by the Agence Francaise de Development (AFD), aims to improve the opportunities for women, men, boys, girls, and gender non-compliant individuals in Lebanon to enjoy the best possible mental health and wellbeing.

The consortium aims to reach its objective by supporting community-based Mental Health and Psycho-Social Support (MHPSS) and Substance Uses (SU) systems offering appropriate, quality, and gender-inclusive services to all people living in Lebanon, particularly the most vulnerable groups and people at risk while tackling gender barriers in service access and gender biases in service provision.

Summary

Registered Nurse is expected to

1. Conduct the medical assessment for the patients (If needed)
   • Psychoeducation for patients about the medication, HIV, & Hepatitis B and C
   • Administer and document urine tests/ results for all SU patients
2. Follow-up lab tests and medication stock
   • Follow up on the tests recommended by the psychiatrist/ therapists
   • Ensure that weekly OST prescriptions are correctly filled and comply with MOH protocol
   • Follow up on any side effects from the Psychotropic medication in coordination with the Psychiatrist.
   • Coordinate with the hospital pharmacist and consistently inform Skoun's Head Nurse of any shortage in medications.
3. Responsible for the patients' file
   • The nurse will make sure that no one will have access to the patients' file except the clinical team
   • Responsible for safekeeping doctor's prescription pads and stamps
   • Make sure to fill out all the forms needed for the nursing department
4. Responsible for the link between the Psychiatrist, Case Manager, and Therapists
   • Follow up on patients' schedules with the clinical team if and when needed
   • The nurse will work in coordination with the team and will be part of the clinical meetings
5. Reporting and meetings
   • Provide weekly reports if required
   • Reporting the data to the Head Nurse
6. Operating Skoun hotline on a rotation basis

Deliverables:

• Administer urine tests
• Follow up on medication reconciliation, lab tests, and medication stock
• Coordinate with Skoun's Clinical team

Competencies:

Operational Skills

• Commitment and Good communication skills
• Ability to deal with emotionally charged and pressured situations
• Strong ability to observe, analyze, take initiative and report to the head nurse
• Ability to work with a team
• Computer Skills (Excel- World- PowerPoint)

Technical

• Medical Testing
• Hepatitis B and C Testing
• HIV Testing
• Needle Injection