JOB
TITLE: Nurse
TITLE: Nurse
TEAM/PROGRAMME:
HEALTH
HEALTH
LOCATION:
Mahama Camp
Mahama Camp
GRADE:
4
4
POST
TYPE: 4 months
TYPE: 4 months
CHILD
SAFEGUARDING:
SAFEGUARDING:
Level
3 – The responsibilities of the post may require the post holder to have
regular contact with or access to children or young people.
3 – The responsibilities of the post may require the post holder to have
regular contact with or access to children or young people.
ROLE
PURPOSE:
PURPOSE:
The
Nurse will work to contribute to an improvement in the overall health of the
targeted refugee population of Mahama Camp through the provision of quality
primary health care. ( Curative OPD, Promotive and Preventive Health Care)
Nurse will work to contribute to an improvement in the overall health of the
targeted refugee population of Mahama Camp through the provision of quality
primary health care. ( Curative OPD, Promotive and Preventive Health Care)
SCOPE
OF ROLE:
OF ROLE:
Reports
to clinical Medical lead
to clinical Medical lead
Line
Management Responsibility: None
Management Responsibility: None
Budget
responsibility: N/A
responsibility: N/A
KEY
AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
•
Responsible for the general running of the OPD in Diagnosis and treatment as
per MOH/WHO guidelines.
Responsible for the general running of the OPD in Diagnosis and treatment as
per MOH/WHO guidelines.
•
Review all patients requiring referral to secondary level Health
facilities for further management
Review all patients requiring referral to secondary level Health
facilities for further management
•
Undertake minor surgical procedures like I&D, Suturing of deep wounds etc
Undertake minor surgical procedures like I&D, Suturing of deep wounds etc
•
To conduct Nursing care of patients as per Doctors guidelines &
Instructions
To conduct Nursing care of patients as per Doctors guidelines &
Instructions
•
Ensure compliance to MoH/WHO guidelines of rational drug use
Ensure compliance to MoH/WHO guidelines of rational drug use
•
In collaboration with the consulting staff (MD,s Midwife & Fellow
Nurses) provide treatment as per MOH/WHO treatment guidelines and protocols
In collaboration with the consulting staff (MD,s Midwife & Fellow
Nurses) provide treatment as per MOH/WHO treatment guidelines and protocols
•
Follow disease surveillance and trends through review of weekly and monthly
morbidity data generated from the clinic
Follow disease surveillance and trends through review of weekly and monthly
morbidity data generated from the clinic
•
Work with other Medical Team PHC Nurse to operationalize emergency preparedness
to be able to responding to any potential outbreaks
Work with other Medical Team PHC Nurse to operationalize emergency preparedness
to be able to responding to any potential outbreaks
•
Monitor medical consumptions and re-supply based on the data collected at the
service delivery to minimize stock rupture.
Monitor medical consumptions and re-supply based on the data collected at the
service delivery to minimize stock rupture.
•
Together with other Medical Team review and analyze all compiled data before
submission to Management, MoH& UNHCR
Together with other Medical Team review and analyze all compiled data before
submission to Management, MoH& UNHCR
•
In additional to the above listed responsibilities the Nurse will also be
responsible for any other duty deemed necessary by the Line Manager.
In additional to the above listed responsibilities the Nurse will also be
responsible for any other duty deemed necessary by the Line Manager.
Capacity
Building:
Building:
•
Identify learning and training opportunities for Save the Children health staff
and partners and work as a mentor and role model for less experienced staff.
Identify learning and training opportunities for Save the Children health staff
and partners and work as a mentor and role model for less experienced staff.
General:
•
Comply with Save the Children policies and practice with respect to child
protection, code of conduct, health and safety, equal opportunities and other
relevant policies and procedures.
Comply with Save the Children policies and practice with respect to child
protection, code of conduct, health and safety, equal opportunities and other
relevant policies and procedures.
CORE
BEHAVIOURS
BEHAVIOURS
Understanding
humanitarian contexts and application of humanitarian principles:
humanitarian contexts and application of humanitarian principles:
•
Able to access and analyse key issues in the humanitarian situation and
formulate actions around them
Able to access and analyse key issues in the humanitarian situation and
formulate actions around them
•
Actively engages in disaster coordination mechanisms and interagency
cooperation
Actively engages in disaster coordination mechanisms and interagency
cooperation
•
Leads on the development of an organisational response based on an
understanding of the contexts
Leads on the development of an organisational response based on an
understanding of the contexts
Achieving
results effectively:
results effectively:
•
Ensures beneficiary and partner feedback is incorporated into programme design,
planning and learning
Ensures beneficiary and partner feedback is incorporated into programme design,
planning and learning
•
Demonstrates flexibility to adapt plans and make decisions in rapidly changing
environments
Demonstrates flexibility to adapt plans and make decisions in rapidly changing
environments
•
Actively manages risk and takes action to reduce risk
Actively manages risk and takes action to reduce risk
•
Makes changes to improve performance as a result of information received
Makes changes to improve performance as a result of information received
•
Documents lessons learned and applies them to future projects
Documents lessons learned and applies them to future projects
Maintaining
and developing collaborative relationships:
and developing collaborative relationships:
•
Develops strategies for teams to work across traditional boundaries, working in
diverse environments
Develops strategies for teams to work across traditional boundaries, working in
diverse environments
•
Establishes clear objectives with teams and individuals and monitors progress
and performance
Establishes clear objectives with teams and individuals and monitors progress
and performance
•
Fosters collaborative, transparent and accountable relationships through
partners
Fosters collaborative, transparent and accountable relationships through
partners
•
Uses negotiation and conflict resolution skills to support positive outcomes
Uses negotiation and conflict resolution skills to support positive outcomes
Operating
safely and securely:
safely and securely:
•
Demonstrates an understanding of wider UN/NGO security coordination and how the
organisation can benefit from, and contribute to, those mechanisms
Demonstrates an understanding of wider UN/NGO security coordination and how the
organisation can benefit from, and contribute to, those mechanisms
•
Undertakes effective risk assessments and develops contingency plans
Undertakes effective risk assessments and develops contingency plans
•
Takes appropriate, coordinated and consistent action to handle situations of
personal risk and risk for others
Takes appropriate, coordinated and consistent action to handle situations of
personal risk and risk for others
•
Reduces vulnerability by complying with safety and security protocols set by
the organisation
Reduces vulnerability by complying with safety and security protocols set by
the organisation
Managing
yourself in a pressured and changing environment:
yourself in a pressured and changing environment:
•
Helps team members to practice stress management through prioritization of
workloads and modelling of appropriate self-care
Helps team members to practice stress management through prioritization of
workloads and modelling of appropriate self-care
•
Remains focused on the objectives and goals in a rapidly changing environment
Remains focused on the objectives and goals in a rapidly changing environment
•
Remains effective and retains perspective in the face of difficult or demanding
situations
Remains effective and retains perspective in the face of difficult or demanding
situations
SKILLS
AND BEHAVIOURS (our Values in Practice)
AND BEHAVIOURS (our Values in Practice)
Accountability:
•
Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently,
achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently,
achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
•
Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities –
giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the
necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate
consequences when results are not achieved
Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities –
giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the
necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate
consequences when results are not achieved
•
Creates a managerial environment across the Region to lead, enable and maintain
our culture of child safeguarding
Creates a managerial environment across the Region to lead, enable and maintain
our culture of child safeguarding
Ambition:
•
Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes
responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to
do the same
Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes
responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to
do the same
•
Future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale
Future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale
Collaboration:
•
Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to; builds and maintains effective
relationships with colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters
Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to; builds and maintains effective
relationships with colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters
•
Values diversity and different people’s perspectives, able to work
cross-culturally.
Values diversity and different people’s perspectives, able to work
cross-culturally.
Creativity:
•
Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
Integrity:
•
honest, encourages openness and transparency, builds trust and confidence
honest, encourages openness and transparency, builds trust and confidence
•
displays consistent excellent judgement
displays consistent excellent judgement
QUALIFICATIONS
AND EXPERIENCE AND ATTRIBUTES
AND EXPERIENCE AND ATTRIBUTES
Qualifications
1.
A qualified Registered Nurse with tropical medicine experience, registered /
licensed by medical practitioners board
A qualified Registered Nurse with tropical medicine experience, registered /
licensed by medical practitioners board
2.
Experience in working in PHCU’s and health center/hospital setting.
Experience in working in PHCU’s and health center/hospital setting.
3.
Experience working with international NGO.
Experience working with international NGO.
4.
Excellent liaison abilities and good communication skills (French, Kiswahili
and English preferred).
Excellent liaison abilities and good communication skills (French, Kiswahili
and English preferred).
5.
Willingness to work in resource poor environment and be culturally sensitive.
Willingness to work in resource poor environment and be culturally sensitive.
6.
Ability to produce basic reports in English
Ability to produce basic reports in English
7.
Ability to work in a remote area and in context of insecurity issues.
Ability to work in a remote area and in context of insecurity issues.
8.
Experience managing Referral of patients from Primary Health Care centres to
secondary level facilities
Experience managing Referral of patients from Primary Health Care centres to
secondary level facilities
Desirable
•
Language skills in Kinyarwanda, French and Swahili
Language skills in Kinyarwanda, French and Swahili
•
An area of particular expertise within humanitarian health
An area of particular expertise within humanitarian health
•
Experience of working on HIV programmes
Experience of working on HIV programmes
Specific
experience of working in consortia projects.
experience of working in consortia projects.
CHILD
SAFEGUARING POLICY:
SAFEGUARING POLICY:
Any
employee, consultant, contractor or the supplier undertaking an activity on
behalf of SCI must sign the Child Safeguarding – Declaration of Acceptance Form]
and comply with the SCI’s Child Safeguarding Policy which is a statement of
SCI’s commitment to preventing abuse and protecting children with whom it comes
into contact. This extends not only to children with whom SCI and its
partners work directly, but also includes children whom staff are responsible
for. SCI believes that the situation of children must be improved through
the promotion of their rights supported and demonstrated by all members of
staff. Save the Children International’s Code of Conduct sets out the standards
which all staff members must adhere to.
employee, consultant, contractor or the supplier undertaking an activity on
behalf of SCI must sign the Child Safeguarding – Declaration of Acceptance Form]
and comply with the SCI’s Child Safeguarding Policy which is a statement of
SCI’s commitment to preventing abuse and protecting children with whom it comes
into contact. This extends not only to children with whom SCI and its
partners work directly, but also includes children whom staff are responsible
for. SCI believes that the situation of children must be improved through
the promotion of their rights supported and demonstrated by all members of
staff. Save the Children International’s Code of Conduct sets out the standards
which all staff members must adhere to.
Interested
candidates should send an application letter plus updated Curriculum Vitae in
English, including 3 names of professional referees to HR-Rwanda@savethechildren.org.
The deadline for receiving applications is 10th April 2017.
candidates should send an application letter plus updated Curriculum Vitae in
English, including 3 names of professional referees to HR-Rwanda@savethechildren.org.
The deadline for receiving applications is 10th April 2017.
*Note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.