**POSITION OVERVIEW:**

CURE Niger Hospital is seeking a dynamic, visionary Nurse Manager to lead clinical excellence and inspire a high-performing nursing team in a mission-driven surgical hospital serving children with treatable disabilities.

This is a leadership opportunity to influence patient outcomes, strengthen systems of care, and develop future nurse leaders. As a member of the Senior Management Team, you will set the tone for nursing culture, champion patient safety, and help drive hospital-wide quality improvements.

You will oversee staffing, budgeting, recruitment, clinical standards, and nursing best practices — ensuring that every patient receives safe, compassionate, and exceptional care.

**Why CURE?**

At CURE Niger, you will serve at the intersection of clinical excellence and compassionate mission.

Here’s what makes this opportunity powerful:

- **Lead with Purpose:** Every system you strengthen and every nurse you develop directly impacts a child’s future.
- **Shape the Standard of Care:** Influence nursing excellence in a growing pediatric surgical hospital.
- **Executive-Level Influence:** As part of the Senior Management Team, you help shape hospital strategy — not just manage tasks.
- **Build Leaders:** Develop, mentor, and empower the next generation of nursing professionals.
- **Global Network Impact:** Collaborate with nursing leaders across CURE’s international hospitals to standardize best practices.
- **Professionally Rewarding Work:** Gain broad leadership experience spanning quality improvement, infection control, budgeting, workforce development, and hospital operations.

This role is ideal for a confident leader who thrives in environments where ownership, initiative, and mission alignment matter.

**Key Responsibilities**

- **Provide Strategic Nursing Leadership:** Lead, develop, and supervise the nursing department, ensuring strong staffing models, leadership development, policy implementation, and alignment with hospital-wide objectives.
- **Drive Clinical Excellence:** Ensure delivery of safe, high-quality nursing care through standardized practices, surgical safety adherence, strong documentation, and continuous professional development.
- **Champion Quality & Patient Safety:** Lead data-driven improvement initiatives, monitor nursing quality indicators, oversee sentinel event reviews, and strengthen medication and safety protocols.
- **Strengthen Infection Prevention & Regulatory Compliance:** Implement and oversee IPC programs, ensure regulatory compliance, and use surveillance data to continuously improve patient safety processes.
- **Manage Operational & Financial Performance:** Oversee departmental budgeting, workforce planning, reporting requirements, and implementation of standardized care processes across the CURE network.

**Required Qualifications**

- Bachelor of Science in Nursing from a recognized institution, with a current license to practice with no restrictions is required.
- French and English speaking, required.
- Microsoft Office, Zoom and EMR experience required.
- Minimum of 5 years of post-education experience, with at least 2 years in pediatric nursing.
- Cross-Cultural experience required.

**Preferred Qualifications**

- A Master's degree in Nursing Administration/Healthcare Management is preferred.
- Experience in quality management certification or accreditation (SafeCare or JCIA).
- Experience in clinical policies and procedures formulation.
- American NGO experience preferred.