Job Title: Nurse
Locations: Gwoza, Askira / Uba – Borno
Employment Type: Full time
Job Purpose
- The Nurse will work to contribute to an improvement in the overall health of the targeted population through the provision of quality health care (curative, preventive health care).
- He/she is expected to triage patients, ensure smooth patient flow, provide clinical care, assist with referrals as needed and provide health education and hygiene promotion.
- In addition, he/she may also be requested to assist health staff in another capacity as needed.
- He/she will report to the health facility head or department head or mobile team leader.
Main Responsibilities
- Provide clinical nursing services according to internationally accepted standards.
- Assist clinicians, midwives, laboratory, vaccination, and pharmacy in running of general duties as designated by the supervisor.
- Manage triage, taking vital signs and organize patients for consultation.
- Conduct vaccination for children and pregnant women.
- Undertake dressing, suturing of deep wounds etc.
- Conduct nursing care of patients as per guidelines & instructions of the physician if working in inpatient department and carry out tasks according to the protocols.
- Ensure compliance to MoH/WHO guidelines of rational drug use.
- In collaboration with the supervisor provide treatment as per MOH/WHO treatment guidelines and protocols.
- Ensure that patients are accurately registered and recorded for reporting and case management.
- Ensure proper data management through completion of appropriate patient cards, registers, tally sheets, and reports.
- Support conducting laboratory and other available and accessible investigations for patients.
- Provide health education and hygiene promotion to patients based on their diagnoses and co-morbidities such as diet, activity, hygiene, and disease prevention (such as need for vaccination, suggest lifestyle changes etc.)
- Attend physical examination of sexual and reproductive health patients especially for a male health care provider whenever requested.
- Ensure relevant patients including children under 5 are screened for malnutrition or provide malnutrition services if trained and responsibilities assigned by the supervisor.
- Work with supervisor to provide both didactic and on-the-job training to build capacity and enhance skills of other staff such as CHWs and nurse assistants.
- Collaborate with other departments as needed to ensure smooth implementation and integration of services.
- Adhere to administrative directives with regards to work schedules, record keeping, patient communications, confidentiality, re-stocking of essential drugs, consumables, and other medical supplies.
- Carry out assigned additional duties including triage, IPC, child protection focal point, dispensing, and/or data management as needed.
- Assist with the setup, maintenance and mobilization of the clinical spaces as required.
- The duties and responsibilities listed are representative of the nature and level of work assigned and are not necessarily all-inclusive. The emergency nature of IMC work requires personnel to adapt to a rapidly changing landscape; duties may be reconfigured to meet operational requirements.
Policy Adherence:
- Actively promote PSEA (prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse) standards within International Medical Corps and among beneficiaries served by International Medical Corps.
- Adhere to the Code of Conduct, maintain humanitarian principles and respect international humanitarian law at all times..
Qualifications
- Qualified and registered Nurse from government recognized nursing Institute with a valid license to practice or a similar required qualification in the country for the position.
Experience:
- 5 – 10 years relevant work experience.
- Previous experience in same capacity will be an edge.
- Previous NGO experience preferable.
Competencies:
- Good communications skills, both oral and written
- Extremely flexible and have the ability to cope with stressful situations and frustrations.
- Ability to relate to and motivate staff effectively.
- Good decision-making skills
- Must work independently under difficult conditions.
- Able to take on non-medical responsibilities from time to time to cover for other team members.
- Good reading and writing skills in English.
- Fluency in spoken national and local language.
HOW TO APPLY
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Applications to “the Human Resource Coordinator, International Medical Corps” via: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.
Deadline: June 30, 2023
Job Features
Job Category | Nursing/Health Care Work/Frontline |