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Full Time |
Borno Maiduguri |
Posted 5 years ago |
Job Title: Health Outreach Assistant
Requisition ID: req7098
Location: Maiduguri, Borno
Sector: Health
Employment Category: Fixed Term
Employment Type: Full-Time
Open to Expatriates: No
Job Overview/Summary
- The Health Outreach assistant is responsible for patient care at the mobile clinics and overseeing community health activities for the population in the catchment area of IRC mobile clinics in Konduga, Borno State.
- The Health Outreach assistant reports to the team leader/health clinical officer.
Qualifications
- Registered Nurse, whith BNSc is an added advantage
- A mature person of high professional discipline and moral integrity, able to work under stress as the situation may dictate.
- Must possess the practicing license and relavant certificate.
- Experience in nutrition is an added advantage.
Competencies:
- Two to three years experience in clinical medicine or public health.
- Proven experience in community based programming with the ability to motivate and lead community volunteers.
- Ability to work with displaced communities with diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds.
- Experience in working in a team.
- Flexible to travel and work in different locations.
- Ability to speak Hausa and local languages will be added advantage.
- Proficiency in computer skills, especially in MS Word and Excel is an added advantage.
Specific Security Situation/Housing
- The security situation in the NE continues to be volatile at level 3 (orange). security level as it’s one of the three states of emergency (SoE) in the NE of the country. The candidate should be prepared to implement programming in insecure environments
Standards for Professional Conduct:
- The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way – Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation
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Job Features
Job Category | Medical/ Healthcare / Pharmaceutical |
Deadline | Not Specified. |