Employer:International Medical Corps
Location: Chad
Essential Job Duties/Scope of Work:
International Medical Corps is a global, humanitarian, nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training and relief and development programs. Established in 1984 by volunteer doctors and nurses, International Medical Corps is a private, voluntary, nonpolitical, nonsectarian organization. Its mission is to improve the quality of life through health interventions and related activities that build local capacity in underserved communities worldwide. By offering training and health care to local populations and medical assistance to people at highest risk, and with the flexibility to respond rapidly to emergency situations, International Medical Corps rehabilitates devastated health care systems and helps bring them back to self-reliance. International Medical Corps started activities in the Lac Region of Chad in 2012, implementing a nutrition program in the district of Bol. In 2014 a new strategy was taken to include the provision of health, food security and continued nutrition services for host populations and conflict-affected returnees/refugees in response to the increased population displacement following Boko Haram assaults in neighboring Nigeria and Niger.
International Medical Corps with the support of ECHO is implementing a program which provides response to the affected population through lifesaving health and nutrition care and secondary health care including surgical operations. As part of the implementing team, a nurse with surgical competency is required at the Bol Regional Hospital to assist the surgical team to provide emergency care to causalities mainly linked with Boko Haram attacks. His/her additional role will be to build capacity for staff of the surgical ward and the intensive care unit.
Essential Job Duties/Scope Of Work
He/she is responsible for the quality of care in the theatre, surgery ward and for making follows up on post-operative care and follow ups. He/she is under technical supervision of the Medical Director to whom he/she directly reports.
Medical Oversight at Bol Regional Hospital
Perform various anesthetic procedures including local, regional , spinal and general anaesthetics
Assist the surgeon to perform routine and elective surgical interventions including pediatric, obstetrical, orthopaedics, chest, digestive surgery and urological among others.
Provide post-operative care as directed by the surgeon
Asses local capacity of doctors and health care teams and conduct trainings as needed
Implement standard unaesthetic and resuscitation procedures
Ensure rational usage of drugs and consumables in the surgical ward
Ensures needed anesthetics are available through regular monitoring and timely ordering
Ensures hygiene and safety precautions are observed in the surgical wards and emergency unit according to MOH and WHO standards.
Ensure proper records are kept for all patients who undergo anaesthesia and resuscitation
Compile weekly, monthly and quarterly activity reports and submit relevant information to the Surgeon or to the Field Coordinator
Prepare presentations on the surgical interventions performed by the supported hospital on the benefit of donors, partners and the IMC coordination body
Organizes and manage activities of the emergency room
Perform any other related duties that may be assigned by line manager
Representation
Attend health coordination meetings as well as other coordination meetings which are relevant to country programs as required by the Field Coordinator
Ensure maximum visibility of the agency at the Regional Hospital
Provide support to the Field Coordinator for the production of field reports required by the coordination
Contribute to the creation of a positive image and overall credibility of the organization, notably through the application of the organizations Code of Conduct, ethics, values and stand-point with regard to internal and external actors
Human Resources Management
Coordinator any breach of IMC rules.
Ensure compliance to local labor laws including working hours
Maintain open lines of communications with all field staff
Qualifications:
Qualifications:
Nursing degree with anaesthetic competency
Minimum of three years of experience required, of which 1 to 2 years should be of developing country experience or resource deprived environment
Previous NGO experience
Must have excellent communications skills, both oral and written
Must have excellent self-motivation skills
Ability to exercise sound judgment and make decisions independently
Extremely flexible, and have the ability to cope with stressful situations and frustrations
Ability to relate to and motivate staff effectively
Creativity and the ability to work with limited resources
Excellent decision making skills
Must work independently under difficult conditions
Must be able to take on non-medical responsibilities from time to time to cover for other team members
Skills and knowledge in program sustainability and capacity building, public-private partnerships and project monitoring and evaluation (both quantitative and qualitative methods)
Strong writing and presentation skills;
Proven capabilities in leadership required
Strong negotiation, interpersonal and organization skills
Fluency in French required.
Ability to read, write, analyse and interpret technical and non-technical information in English.
Excellent computer skills, specifically in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
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