Nurse

Eligibility criteria

Minimum age: 25 years old. Nationals of the country of assignment are not eligible, except the assignments in Headquarters duty stations.

Description of task

Within delegated authority, the UNV Nurse will be responsible for the following duties:

Attend the day-to-day activities at the clinic on a full-time basis and go on-call 24/7 when required. Respond to emergency calls and assist the Medical Officers in providing medical care. Perform ECG, and other medical exams such as blood tests, glucose, cholesterol, and urine exams, as required. Maintain and organize the medical clinic for any emergency, identifies and plans for clinics’ required consumables/ supplies and equipment requirements, and raise lists accordingly. Assess the needs of clients visiting the clinic ensuring good bedside manners, provide care/advice accordingly, and facilitate referral to the UN Medical Officer/ identified level 2 hospital. Assist in providing health education and participate in addressing work environment, occupational health, and other specific health issues. Maintains medical inventory and supplies and distributes medical supplies to outstations. Assist in the pharmacy, arrangement of the drugs, and medical supplies. Assist/escort in medevac procedures, arrange and prepare the body of the deceased before repatriation of the dead body. Performs other duties as and when required.

Qualifications/Requirements Required degree level: Bachelor degree or equivalent Education - Additional Comments:

]Minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in clinical, intensive care, and health administration. Experience in UN mission administration with knowledge and understanding of relevant UN administrative policies and procedures is an asset. Experienced in planning, training, and responding mass casualty is desirable.

Required experience: 60 Months Experience remark:

Certificate as Registered Professional Nurse to practice by a recognized and accredited national institution or nursing board is required. Technical or vocational certificate in a nursing programme, ECG, BLS, PHTLS, and ATLS is an asset. First level bachelor’s degree from an accredited university in nursing or related field is desirable with a minimum of 5 years of clinical experience is required. Previous UN medical system/international medical experience is desirable​.

Language skills:

• English(Mandatory), Level - Fluent
• Arabic(Optional), Level - Working Knowledge

Area of expertise: Nursing and midwifery Area of expertise details:

Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.) is required.

Driving license: Yes Competencies values:

Client Orientation, Planning and Organizing, Professionalism

Application procedure:

* Not yet registered in the UNV Talent Pool?

First register your profile at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/signup.

Important: After creating your account, complete all sections of your profile and submit it. Then go to ‘My Page’ at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/mypage and click on the ‘Special Calls’ hyperlink. Lastly, select the special call to which you would like to apply.

* Already registered in the UNV Talent Pool?

First update your profile at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/profile.

Then go to ‘My Page’ at https://vmam.unv.org/candidate/mypage and click on the ‘Special Calls’ hyperlink to select the special call to which you would like to apply.

Application deadline: 19th July 2020