State-Registered Pediatric Nurse

Marie Hilbert

I am a humanitarian health leader with additional training in Tropical Medicine, International Health and Humanitarian Program Coordination.

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About

I am a state-registered pediatric nurse with strong expertise in neonatology and pediatrics, and experience in humanitarian health leadership with Médecins Sans Frontières in Yemen, South Sudan and Pakistan.

My career spans hospitals and health programmes across France, Switzerland, Luxembourg, French Guiana, Mayotte, Wallis, Saint-Barthélemy and beyond — from neonatal intensive care to primary healthcare, vaccination campaigns and child protection.

100+staff I have managed
Head NurseMSF Haydan Hospital, Yemen
5languages I speak
BioforceHumanitarian Program Coordinator

Experience

Humanitarian — Médecins Sans Frontières

May 2025 – Dec 2025
Head Nurse · Haydan Hospital (100+ beds), Yemen
MCC · IPDs · OPD · Surgery · Malnutrition · Outbreak
Aug 2022 – Jun 2023
Nurse Trainer / Clinical Support · Aweil State Hospital, South Sudan
Neonatology, Maternal and Child Care
Sep 2021 – Feb 2022
Nurse Trainer / Clinical Support · Peshawar Women's Hospital, Pakistan
Neonatology, Maternal and Child Care

Nurse / Paediatric Nurse

Nov 2024 – Mar 2025
EHNV, Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland
Neonatology, Pediatrics and Pediatric Emergency Unit
Nov 2023 – Mar 2024
ASPMAD, Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland
Maternal and Child Protection
Dec 2023 – Feb 2024
EHNV, Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland
Neonatology, Pediatrics and Pediatric Emergency Unit
Oct 2023
Réserve Sanitaire, Santé Publique France
Neonatology and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, France
Apr 2022 – Jul 2022
Hôpital du Jura, Delémont, Switzerland
Neonatology, Maternity and Pediatrics
Nov 2020 – Jun 2021
Hôpital de Bruyn, Saint-Barthélemy
Emergency and Medicine Unit
Dec 2020 – May 2021
French Red Cross, Antilles-Guyane region
COVID-19 Screening and Vaccination Center, Saint-Barthélemy
Feb 2020 – Sep 2020
Andrée Rosemon Hospital, Cayenne, French Guiana
Primary Healthcare Center, Apatou
Sep 2019 – Jan 2020
Centre Hospitalier de l'Ouest Guyanais, Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, French Guiana
Newborn Unit and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Earlier experience (2014 – 2019)
Jul 2019 – Aug 2019
Réserve Sanitaire, Santé Publique France
Vaccination Campaign, Maternal and Child Protection, Mayotte
Feb 2018 – Feb 2019
Centre Hospitalier de Mamoudzou, Mayotte
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Dec 2017 – Jan 2018
Agence de Santé de Wallis et Futuna, Wallis
Obstetrics and Gynecology Unit
Jul 2017 – Nov 2017
Dr E. Bohler Private Clinic, Luxembourg
Maternity Unit
Jun 2017
Bionext Laboratories, Luxembourg
Medical Analysis Laboratory
May 2017
Marie-Madeleine Hospital, Unisanté+, Forbach, France
Long-Term Care Unit
Mar 2016 – Apr 2017
Working Holiday Visa, Australia
One year abroad
Feb – Mar 2016
Departmental Child Protection Center, Metz, France
Child Protection
Oct 2014 – Jun 2017
Appel Médical, Temporary Work Agency, France
Short-term missions in the medical and social sector
Dec 2014
Lemire Hospital, Unisanté+, Saint-Avold, France
Rehabilitation and Recovery Care

Education & Training

Mar 2024 – Jun 2024

Humanitarian Program Coordinator

Bioforce Institute, Vénissieux, France

Mar 2019 – Jun 2019

Postgraduate Diploma in Tropical Medicine & International Health

Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

Jan 2015 – Dec 2015

State Diploma in Pediatric Nursing

CHR Metz-Thionville Pediatric Nursing School, France

Sep 2011 – Jul 2014

State Diploma in Nursing

Forbach Nursing Institute, France

Management training: WOW 1 (June 2023) · WOW 2 (August 2025)

Skills

Leadership & Management

  • Managing teams of 100+ staff
  • HR, financial and material resource management
  • Risk management, safety and negotiation
  • Project cycle management and stakeholder relations
  • Quality-oriented project management compliant with humanitarian standards
  • Organizing and leading meetings; conflict management
  • Strong collaboration with the logistics sector

Clinical

  • Strong expertise in neonatology and pediatrics
  • Training, tutoring, performance evaluation and monitoring
  • Anticipates and manages emergencies calmly
  • Effective stress management

Personal

  • Adaptable to multicultural environments
  • Able to manage isolation and confinement
  • Well-organized, rigorous and punctual
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office
  • Musician and theatre practice
  • Licences: motorcycle (A), car (B), trailer (E), coastal boat

Volunteering & Research

  • Médecins du Monde, Mayotte (May 2018 – Feb 2019): primary healthcare access for migrants
  • French National Sea Rescue Society, Saint-Barthélemy (Dec 2020 – Jun 2021)
  • "Campaign against racism", Europa Youth (Oct 2014)
  • Research: Nurse/Nurse-aid collaboration; Supporting teenage parenthood

Languages

FrenchNative
EnglishB2
GermanB1
ArabicB1
SpanishA1

Contact

References available upon request.

hilbertmarie@gmail.com