SRH Nurse

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Job Overview

The SRH Nurse will be responsible for the service provision of sexual and reproductive health services delivered in Women Protection and Empowerment (WPE)/Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) integrated centers and clinic sites. Under the supervision of SRH Team Leader, the SRH Nurse needs to build the capacity of SRH Community Volunteers and participate in project monitoring and evaluation. The SRH Nurse is under direct supervision and management of SRH Team Leader but works together with SRH Nurses, mobile clinic team members and WPE team members to deliver SRH services in IDP (Internal displaced person) camps and/ or isolated villages in Sittwe Township.

Major Responsibilities:

Implementation of SRH care in targeted camps and villages

• Provide quality health education/awareness raising related with SRH in line with IRC, WHO and standard protocols.
• Family Planning Counseling including childhood/parental hood preparation and counseling.
• General Reproductive Health Counseling and assisted in SRH Procedure Family Planning Methods
• Assisting for communication and coordination between mobile clinic, community-based health team members and WPE for provision of Gender Based Violence (GBV) related services.
• Ensure adherence to a survivor centered approach when providing GBV services.
• Set up “Client Friendly GBV and SRH services at the SRH clinics and safe spaces.
• Oversee community activities to improve access to SRH services
• In close collaboration with SRH community-based team members in service implementation
• Assist SRH Team Leader in giving appropriate medical care to the patients according to standard protocols.
• Educate a patient about the clinical condition that he/she suffered and explain the possible side effects of medications
• Administer and dispense drugs as prescribed by the SRH Team Leader and ensure the patient is clear on how to take the medication (correct dosage/frequency and duration)
• Respect and follow 5 clinic opening hours at both mobile/Integrated WPE centers and at least 6 working hours a day.
• Ensure the clinic environment is clean and patient friendly
• Strictly follow universal precaution, infection control principles and sterilization of surgical instruments.
• Implement the proper triage of patients presenting to clinics.

Record keeping and medical supplies management

• Record the drugs dispensed to every patient in daily consumption register/record book
• Complete and keep proper medical records and registers
• Manage stock of drugs and clinic commodities in team implementation and community-based activities
• Ensure not to stock out of drugs at the clinic by the collaboration with medical doctors and medical supply chain officer
• Assist SRH Team Leader to manage clinic database including data compilation, entry and reporting. 

Capacity building of the Community Volunteers

• Coordinate with SRH Technical Manager, SRH Team Leader, Community Health Officer to provide competency-based capacity building training for community mobilizers/Peer Educators
• Support on the job training and coaching to SRH Community based health Team members
• Assist Medical Doctor/SRH Technical Manager in supervising translators and community mobilizers/Peer Educators

Monitoring and Evaluation

• Conduct data entry at SRH clinic level:

  Support SRH Team Leader in entering patient consultation data into tablets and in hard copy to patient record books.

  In collaboration with SRH Team Leader, collate information on relevant morbidities into daily State health Department reports.

• Prepare and report weekly and monthly Early Warning, Alert and Response System(EWARS) reports and Mid-upper Armed Circumference(MUAC) screening report as needed.
• Ensure adherence to GBV information sharing protocol when sharing any GBV related data.              

Other

• Coordinate with program support teams to implement project activities in time.
• Assist medical doctor/clinic manager to provide procurement documents in advance as needed.
• In collaboration with other members of the health project team, participate in the design and implementation of formative assessments and baseline studies in order to identify health priorities and practices among IDPs and community.
• Assist SRH Team Leader for establishing diseases surveillance system and outbreak response as needed.
• Remain flexible to perform other duties as required or requested.

Key Working Relationships:

Position Reports to: Senior Project Officer ( SRH Team Leader)

Position directly supervises: SRH Community Based Health Team  Members

What should you have?  

Education:

• Licensed Nurse with Bachelor of Nursing or diploma of nursing. Must have valid Nurse Registration document.

Work Experience:

• At least 1 years’ experience of Sexual and Reproductive health(SRH)care/GBV settings after graduation

Demonstrated Skills and Competencies:

• Knowledge of SRH (HE and Counseling) including working with adolescent girls.
• Favorable to people with experience on medical response to disaster area, surveillance and control of communicable diseases in disaster area.
• Sensitivity to the needs and priorities of conflicted-affected populations.
• Has knowledge of or understanding GBV guiding principles.
• Strong leadership skills and team management skills.
• Adaptable, flexible and mature in judgment. 
• Good assessment, analytical, planning and reporting skills.
• Understanding medical ethics and patient education.
• Skilled in community mobilization, facilitation and health promotion.
• Experience of using Microsoft Office package.
• Good coordination and communication skills are favorable.

Language Skills:

• Good in read, write and communicate in English language
• Good in speaking and understanding local dialects
• Female Local Candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

Remark:

The application will be considered on a rolling basis throughout the vacancy opening period and IRC take the right to finalize the application process before the closing date of the announcement. 

Standard of Professional Conduct: The IRC and the IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in the IRC Way – our Code of Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, Accountability, and Equality.

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