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Requisition ID: req46673

Job Title: Nurse (Afghan Nationals Only)

Sector: Health

Employment Category: Regular

Employment Type: Full-Time

Open to Expatriates: No

Location: Bamyan, Afghanistan

Work Arrangement: In-person

Job Description

• Ensure non-disclosure of any information whatsoever about practices and IRC activities to any other person or organization without permission, except in the normal performance of the service.
• Consistently and proactively monitor/assess the safety and security of the team; promptly reporting concerns or incidents to IRC management and liaising with community leaders and other external parties as required to maintain/enhance the security environment for IRC programs.
• Other duties as assigned by the supervisor to enable and develop IRC programs.

Clinic Service delivery

• Provide direct clinical care, working closely with the other mobile team clinical staff to ensure the delivery of high quality comprehensive primary healthcare services.
• Triage, screening and assessment of patients (in line with COVID protocols)
• Provision of inpatient and outpatient treatment, ensuring medications are given to patients as prescribed by the Medical Doctor.
• Delivery of hygiene promotion, health education and patient/care giver counselling.
• Ensure adherence to infection prevention and control measures.
• Ensure accurate recording of information in the clinic registers, and timely completion of summary reports.
• Mobile clinic areas are appropriately stocked with essential equipment and supplies.

Staff Supervision & Development

• Maintain open and professional relations with team members, promoting a strong team spirit and provide guidance to enable staff to successfully perform in their positions.
• Provide nursing support and mentorship to other mobile clinic staff, providing on-the-job training where needed.

Project Management

• Plan and implement outreach activities with the rest of the team to access vulnerable clients to increase service utilization.
• Work with and support community volunteers to provide health promotion, community mobilization and awareness raising.
• Ensure regular inventory and consumption tracking of medical drugs and supplies.
• Work with relevant staff to ensure prompt requesting of medical drugs and supplies.

Coordination and Representation

• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with local communities, local government agencies and other implementing partners.
• Hold meetings with local communities and represent the program in local stakeholder meetings.

Monitoring and Reporting

• Ensure all patient consultations are documented and patient records completed.
• Submit reports in a timely manner.

Qualifications

• Qualified Nurse with a nursing diploma from a recognized medical university registered with local Ministry of Health
• At least 2 years clinical nursing experience in primary health care
• Previous experience and training in sexual gender-based violence and clinical care for sexual assault survivors (desirable)
• Skills to provide sensitive and appropriate medical counselling.
• Must be a team player with excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work under pressure in a stressful environment, displaying patience, compassion and diplomacy.
• Ability to be innovative, flexible, adaptive, and willingness to work out of hours, sometimes throughout the night.
• Ability to live in challenging conditions and ability to work under difficult, high pressure situations.
• Ability to lead, train, supervise and facilitate other nursing staff and community health workers in their respective tasks.
• Ability and flexibility to understand the cultural and political environment and to work well with the local health representatives.
• Ability to live in challenging conditions and ability to work under difficult, high pressure situations.
• Fluency in English, Pashto/Dari
• Computer skills (including MS Word, Excel, Access, and internet)
• Ability to work closely, professionally, and constructively with all others regardless of nationality, ethnicity, gender, religion, race, tribe, or cultural background

Compliance with Policies

• Compliance with the IRC WAY (our standards for professional conduct) is a responsibility shared by all involved in delivering on the IRCs mission. We must abide by the IRC Way and Safeguarding Policies all the time.
• The IRC has zero tolerance approach to the IRC Code of Conduct including safeguarding violations being committed by its staff, consultants, contractors, volunteers, interns, suppliers, vendors, sub-grantees/partners, implementing partners or any other associate.
  

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