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Scope of work: This position is specifically assigned for Emergency Health response services in Rakhine State.

• Implement primary health care activities in IDP camps and conflicted/Disaster affected villages.
• Record keeping and medical supplies management.
• Build Capacity of Mobile clinic team members.
• Participate in project monitoring and evaluation. 

Main Responsibilities

Implementation of clinical care in targeted camps and villages

• Respect and follow 5 clinic opening hours and 8 working hours a day
• Implement the proper triage of patients presenting to clinics
• Provide quality ante-natal, post-natal and newborn care in line with MOHS protocols
• Perform lab test (e.g., Malaria RDTs, Urine Sugar) and/or collect test samples as deemed necessary
• Assist Medical Doctor/Clinic manager in giving appropriate medical care to the patients according to MOHS and IRC protocols
• Educate a patient about the clinical condition that he/she suffered and explain the possible side effect of medications
• Administer and dispense drugs as prescribed by the Medical Doctor and ensure the patient is clear on how to take the medication (correct dosage/frequency and duration)
• Ensure the clinic environment clean and patient friendly
• Perform wound management and assist in minor procedure if needed
• Strictly follow universal precaution, infection control principles and sterilization of surgical instruments.

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 PHC clinic commodities
• Ensure not to stock out of drugs at the clinic by the collaboration with medical doctors and medical supply chain officer
• Assist Medical Doctor/Clinic Manager (Team Leader) to manage clinic database including data compilation, entry and reporting

Capacity building of the Community Volunteers

• Assist Medical Doctor in supervising clinic guard, tuk tuk driver, translators and community health workers

Monitoring and Evaluation

• Conduct data entry at clinic level:
• Support Medical Doctors in entering patient consultation data onto tablets and in hard copy to patient record books
• In collaboration with medical doctors, collate information on relevant morbidities into daily State health Department reports
• Prepare and report weekly and monthly EWARS reports and MUAC screening report as needed

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 the IDP and community
• Assist Medical Doctor/ Clinic Manager 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: Medical Doctor
• Position directly supervises:  Nil

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 primary health care settings after graduation.

Demonstrated Skills and Competencies:

• Favorable to person 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.
• Strong leadership skill and team management skill.
• Adaptable, flexible and mature in judgment. 
• Good assessment, analytical, planning and reporting skills.
• Understanding of medical ethic and patient education.
• Have ability and motivation to travel by boat and work long continuous days in remote villages in Rakhine costal region.
• Skilled in community mobilization, facilitation and health promotion
• Good English language skill.
• Good Rakhine or Bengali language skill is favorable.
• Experience on using Microsoft Office package.

Language Skills: 

• Burmese, English(Intermediate)

Certificates or Licenses

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

PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS

All International Rescue Committee workers must adhere to the core values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct. Our Standards are Integrity, Service, Equality and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Safeguarding, Conflicts of Interest, Fiscal Integrity, and Reporting Wrongdoing and Protection from Retaliation. IRC is committed to take all necessary preventive measures and create an environment where people feel safe, and to take all necessary actions and corrective measures when harm occurs. IRC builds teams of professionals who promote critical reflection, power sharing, debate, and objectivity to deliver the best possible services to our clients.

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