NURSE – HEALTH EDUCATOR
Full time @Medecins Sans Frontieres/ Doctors Without Borders (MSF) posted 2 days ago in Non-profit and Social Services Shortlist Email JobJob Detail
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Job ID 32935
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Career Level Executive
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Experience 2-3 Years
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Min. Qualification Bachelor's Degree
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Gender Any
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Industry Experience NGO
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No. of Vacancy 2
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Job Location Chittagong Division
Job Description
Experience
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- At least 2 years
Additional Requirements
- Age 20 to 59 years
Education &Other Qualifications:
Essential: Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Nursing / Diploma in nursing
Essential : BNMC registration
Desirable: Training on health education
Experience :
Essential : 2 years of previous experience in MSF or previous experience in other NGO’s as Nurse.
Desirable: Experience in NCD projects/ Nutrition Program will be an added value.
Language :
Essential: English & Bangla
Essential : Chittagonian
Competencies :
• Results and Quality Orientation L1
• Teamwork and Cooperation L1
• Behavioural Flexibility L1
• Commitment to MSF Principles L1
• Stress Management L2
Responsibilities & Context
Accountabilities :
• Knowing, promoting, implementing and following up the universal hygiene standards/ precautions, bio-hazard prevention and infection control, security rules and other protocols and procedures in the medical premises and ensuring high standards of hygiene of his/her working environment. Respecting medical secrets and confidentiality at all times.
• Organizing and conducting individual and group health education/counselling sessions for patients and caregivers, ensuring correct understanding of disease, treatment plan, lifestyle modification and follow-up requirements.
• Supporting adherence and self-management for chronic patients by providing clear information on medication use, warning signs, and when to return urgently
• Ensuring patients are properly received, oriented, and supported during their visit, and identifying any emergency or deterioration, providing first actions within nursing scope and referring to the clinician/doctor when necessary.
• Sending material to be sterilized/ and recuperates it from sterilization/For Calibration when applicable.
• Carrying out admission, surveillance and follow-up of patients (i.e. assessment of the evolution of their state of health and the identification of any emergency situation or deterioration
• Perform cleaning and minor maintenance for biomedical equipment used. Following the user manual and protocols and alert supervisor in case of malfunctioning.
• Supervising and training nurse-aids, Health assistant. Camp Based Health promoters and other related staff under his/her supervision (When applicable), ensuring teamwork and adherence to all appropriate protocols and procedures.
MSF Section/Context Specific Accountabilities:
• Provide structured NCD health education and counselling.
• Conduct peer education activities and support patient training sessions to improve self-management and long-term adherence.
• Educate insulin-dependent patients on practical aspects such as injection technique, prescribed dose management, site rotation, and safe storage.
• Guide asthma and COPD patients on proper inhaler and spacer use, ensuring correct technique through return demonstrations.
• Support patients in mastering glucometer use and implementing self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) according to project guidance.
• Maintain proper documentation of health education activities and submit reports to supervisor when required.Regularly cross-check activity data with the registrar/team (e.g. health education sessions completed, remaining patients for planned activities such as distribution campaigns) and report gaps or inconsistencies
• Maintain stock under responsibility (e.g. glucometer, strips, lancets and education materials) and report any shortage to ensure continuity of services.
• Adapt to new implementations and service evolutions (e.g. Insulin clay pot, insulin pens, SMBG scale-up, updated NCD education package) as per project needs.
• Demonstrate adaptation to the work conditions in the refugee camps and express readiness to transfer to another MSF outpatient facility as needed by the project.
• Provide nursing gap coverage when required to ensure continuation of NCD services and patient care activities.Participate in the activities under her/his scope of responsibility as requested and needed by the project
Compensation & Other Benefits
– Permanent /short term contract
– Salary per month according to level five (5) of the internal MSF salary grid (BDT 68,500/- gross). Salary is not negotiable. Income tax deduction from salary will be applicable based on the current income tax rule.
– 2 annual leave days per month worked.
– Medical insurance for employee and direct dependents based on MSF Health Care Policy
– 2 Festival Bonuses after completion of one year of uninterrupted service.
– There are no provisions for relocations.
Provide structured, continuous and patient-centered health education and counseling for Non-Communicable Disease patients ensuring improved self-management, adherence, correct device techniques, early recognition of danger signs, and continuity of care, in line with MSF protocols, confidentiality principles, and universal hygiene standards
Online Application:
Please apply through the following link by 24/02/2026 with updated resume, cover letter, and other relevant documents i.e. NID, Experience Certificate, degree and training certificate.
Application Link:
https://ee.msf.org/x/QdrjjMVr
Hardcopy : No hardcopy applications will be accepted for this vacancy.
Important Notes :
• All incomplete applications or those not clearly labelled will be rejected.
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews/testing.
• Application documents are non-returnable; please do not submit original documents.
• No applications will be accepted after the deadline.
• Only Bangladesh citizens will be considered for this position.
• No monetary, goods or service offers, nor favoritism, will be tolerated in a recruitment process. MSF reserves the right to refuse any candidate having benefited from such acts. Any illicit solicitations can be reported to the justice system. MSF reserves the right to refuse any candidate having benefited from such acts and will stop collaboration with any workers involved in such acts.
• MSF offers equal recruitment and development opportunities without any form of discrimination based on gender, religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity, geographical origin, disability or any other discriminatory ground.
• Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
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