About this position

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 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.