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UNHCR Program Careers – Enrolled Comprehensive Nurse at Action Africa Help International (AAH)
Job
Title: Enrolled Comprehensive Nurse
Title: Enrolled Comprehensive Nurse
Organisation: Action
Africa Help International (AAH)
Africa Help International (AAH)
Funding
Source: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Source: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Duty
Station: Kyangwali, Hoima, Uganda
Station: Kyangwali, Hoima, Uganda
Reports
to: Clinical Officer
to: Clinical Officer
About
US:
US:
In 1996,
Action Africa Help International (AAIN) became Aktion Africa Hilfe e. V (AAH)
and was registered in Munich, Germany from where our founders in 2003 moved the
organisation’s headquarters to Kenya. AAH-I now works with refugees, host
communities and other marginalized and vulnerable groups in Kenya, Uganda,
Somalia and South Sudan, where it operates across a range of sectors that seek
to bridge relief to development.
Action Africa Help International (AAIN) became Aktion Africa Hilfe e. V (AAH)
and was registered in Munich, Germany from where our founders in 2003 moved the
organisation’s headquarters to Kenya. AAH-I now works with refugees, host
communities and other marginalized and vulnerable groups in Kenya, Uganda,
Somalia and South Sudan, where it operates across a range of sectors that seek
to bridge relief to development.
About
UNHCR Project:
UNHCR Project:
Action Africa
Help Uganda (AAH Uganda) has been receiving funding from the United Nations
High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to implement programmes in the Districts
of Hoima (Kyangwali Refugee Settlement), Adjumani District and Kampala.
Help Uganda (AAH Uganda) has been receiving funding from the United Nations
High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to implement programmes in the Districts
of Hoima (Kyangwali Refugee Settlement), Adjumani District and Kampala.
Job
Summary: The Enrolled Comprehensive Nurse will provide a comprehensive nursing package
that includes preventive, curative and health education to support and
encourage a healthy living culture within the target population.
Summary: The Enrolled Comprehensive Nurse will provide a comprehensive nursing package
that includes preventive, curative and health education to support and
encourage a healthy living culture within the target population.
Key
Duties and Responsibilities:
Duties and Responsibilities:
·
Provide continuous nursing services in both the
IPD and OPD units.
Provide continuous nursing services in both the
IPD and OPD units.
·
Ensure patients are comfortable, in a healthy and
secure environment to enhance quick recovery.
Ensure patients are comfortable, in a healthy and
secure environment to enhance quick recovery.
·
Manage and supervise performance of the direct
reports
Manage and supervise performance of the direct
reports
·
Coach, capacity build and provide mentorship to
the direct reports
Coach, capacity build and provide mentorship to
the direct reports
·
Conduct observations, diagnosis, and nursing
procedures and give necessary treatment in consultation with the Clinical
Officer.
Conduct observations, diagnosis, and nursing
procedures and give necessary treatment in consultation with the Clinical
Officer.
·
Actively participate in MCO/MO Ward rounds,
receive, admit and discharge patients while maintaining their proper historical
records for reference.
Actively participate in MCO/MO Ward rounds,
receive, admit and discharge patients while maintaining their proper historical
records for reference.
·
Take part in PHC activities that include health
education, MCH activities and nutrition programmes.
Take part in PHC activities that include health
education, MCH activities and nutrition programmes.
·
Register and prepare birth notifications for all
births, monitor and report on the general health condition of the mother and
the new born.
Register and prepare birth notifications for all
births, monitor and report on the general health condition of the mother and
the new born.
·
Maintain personal contact with patients, take note
of their complaints, carry out corrective measure and escalate for further
action if necessary.
Maintain personal contact with patients, take note
of their complaints, carry out corrective measure and escalate for further
action if necessary.
·
Conduct family planning, PMTCT and HCT services.
Conduct family planning, PMTCT and HCT services.
·
Carry out health education and ensure continuous
improvement in nurse service provision
Carry out health education and ensure continuous
improvement in nurse service provision
·
Compile reproductive/child health data and submit
reports to the supervisor for monitoring and setting shared targets for
planning.
Compile reproductive/child health data and submit
reports to the supervisor for monitoring and setting shared targets for
planning.
·
Prepare and send progress reports covering the
areas of operation.
Prepare and send progress reports covering the
areas of operation.
·
Manage patients with confidentiality and adherence
to the professional code of conduct.
Manage patients with confidentiality and adherence
to the professional code of conduct.
·
Perform any other duties as assigned by the
supervisor
Perform any other duties as assigned by the
supervisor
Qualifications,
Skills and Experience:
Skills and Experience:
·
The applicant for the UNHCR AAH Enrolled
Comprehensive Nurse vacancy should hold a certificate in Comprehensive Nursing
(three years)
The applicant for the UNHCR AAH Enrolled
Comprehensive Nurse vacancy should hold a certificate in Comprehensive Nursing
(three years)
·
Possession of a certificate of enrolment from the
national nursing body
Possession of a certificate of enrolment from the
national nursing body
·
A minimum of two years’ experience in similar or
higher position.
A minimum of two years’ experience in similar or
higher position.
·
Excellent inter-personal and communication skills
Excellent inter-personal and communication skills
·
Excellent command of both written and spoken
English
Excellent command of both written and spoken
English
·
Patient, understanding and of a pleasant character
Patient, understanding and of a pleasant character
·
Computer literacy skills with the ability to use
Microsoft Office
Computer literacy skills with the ability to use
Microsoft Office
·
Good people management skills
Good people management skills
·
Ability to capacity build and develop others
Ability to capacity build and develop others
·
Ability to mobilize different audiences
Ability to mobilize different audiences
·
Commitment to the organizational values
Commitment to the organizational values
How
to Apply:
to Apply:
All suitably
qualified and interested candidates should send their applications (together
with an updated (CV) with at least three referees with their telephone contacts
via E-mail only to recruitug@actionafricahelp.org addressed to:
qualified and interested candidates should send their applications (together
with an updated (CV) with at least three referees with their telephone contacts
via E-mail only to recruitug@actionafricahelp.org addressed to:
Human
Resource Officer,
Resource Officer,
Action Africa
Help Uganda,
Help Uganda,
Plot 72
Ntinda Road, P.O. Box 10501, Kampala, Uganda.
Ntinda Road, P.O. Box 10501, Kampala, Uganda.
NB:
Please clearly mark in the email subject line the job title of the position
applied for. Only those selected for the
interviews will be contacted.
Please clearly mark in the email subject line the job title of the position
applied for. Only those selected for the
interviews will be contacted.
Deadline:
20th January 2016
20th January 2016
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