Clinic Nurse Consultant New Job United Nations at UNHCR Tanzania

locations Kibondo, Tanzania
Job Type: Full-time

Clinic Nurse Consultant New Job United Nations at UNHCR November 2024

Standard Job Description
Clinic Nurse Consultant
Organizational Setting and Work Relationships
Medical
Section, through the Regional Medical Officer based in Nairobi carried
out a mission in June 2022 to carry out an assessment of the Mandatory
Health Support Elements in various duty stations in Tanzania. One of the
main findings of the mission revealed that in Kibondo there are 277
UNHCR personnel and dependents. Although there is a District Hospital in
Kibondo, it is inadequate to address primary care, in-patient hospital
care and emergency medical response in case of acute emergencies.

Apart
from this, travel from Kibondo to Kasulu and other duty stations is
challenging due to the terrain and unpaved roads. Because of this, the
main recommendation for Kibondo was to upgrade the UNDP Clinic in the
location to ensure capacity for emergency stabilization and emergency
response. Hiring a nurse or paramedic skilled in emergency medical
response was one of the recommended actions.

Because the nurse
will be hired on a UNHCR contract, the technical reporting line will be
to the UNHCR Regional Medical Officer in Nairobi while s/he also
collaborates with the UN Clinic Doctor based in Kasulu on a day-to-day
basis. Administrative supervision will be to the UNHCR Head of Office in
Kibondo.
The nurse will be based in the UNHCR Office in Kibondo
but is expected to be familiar with the health care providers and
medical facilities in the location.

Work implies frequent interaction with the following:
– Staff within the work unit, the UN Clinic, UNHCR Regional Medical Officer and other Medical Section personnel in Nairobi,
– UNHCR Medical Section and Staff Health and Wellbeing Service
– UNHCR personnel in the duty station
– Security personnel
– Staff Counsellors of the UN system
– Humanitarian agencies working with the UN in the duty station
– Health care providers including UN Clinic personnel, UN designated or
examining physicians and public, private, governmental and NGO –
administered medical facilities.
– External health care providers / suppliers for UN agencies
– Physicians and representatives of Laboratories, Pharmacies

All
UNHCR staff members are accountable to perform their duties as
reflected in their job description. They do so within their delegated
authorities, in line with the regulatory framework of UNHCR which
includes the UN Charter, UN Staff Regulations and Rules, UNHCR Policies
and Administrative Instructions as well as relevant accountability
frameworks. In addition, staff members are required to discharge their
responsibilities in a manner consistent with the core, functional,
cross-functional and managerial competencies and UNHCR’s core values of
professionalism, integrity and respect for diversity.

Duties
– Clinical:
– Provide primary Health Care services for UNHCR personnel and eligible dependents. This includes:
o Carry out clinical assessment of patients.
o Acute care of common medical conditions and the management of acute
exacerbations of chronic health problems, according to clinical
guidelines.
o Facilitate access or referral to diagnostic laboratory and imaging facilities.
o Coordinate medical care with UN Clinic Doctor in Kasulu.
o Facilitates referrals to medical specialists in the duty station or in-country referral location.
– Assists UNHCR RMO / UN Clinic Doctor in providing health education
and health promotion programs; provide advice and / or lead in carrying
out preventative health measures include health advice, relating to:
o Malaria and Dengue prevention.
o Food and water hygiene.
o First responder training.
o COVID-19
– Respond to emergency calls and provide Pre-Hospital Emergency Care
(PHEC) 24/7. It includes immediate response, resuscitation, and
stabilization of life-threatening emergencies. This may require
facilitation of transport of patients to existing district hospital,
liaison with doctors and nurses in the Emergency Department, Ward or
Intensive Care Unit and referral to the Regional Medical Officer in
cases where MEDEVAC is required.
– Participates in work environment assessment, e.g. office ergonomics, and addresses other occupational health issues.
– Patient advocacy
– Coordinates medical evacuation and cooperates with UNHCR RMO in
ensuring patients receive immediate care while awaiting transport for
MEDEVAC.
– Assists in providing medical support during evacuation and repatriation.
– Advises evacuees on the requirements for evacuation and/or escorts patients if needed.
– Maintain strict confidentiality with regards to patient’s medical records, patient management and treatment.
– Organize the UNHCR Clinic in the location and ensure compliance with UN healthcare quality and patient safety standards.
– Assist RMO with Health Facility Assessments and drafting medical referral pathways for the duty station.
– Participate in Health Sector Coordination meetings.
– Administrative:
– Maintain the Clinic in good order and keep the inventory of medical
supplies and equipment up-to-date and be prepared for emergencies or
disasters.
– In consultation with the UN medical physician, maintain
a 24-hour roster of available specialists for referral and treatment in
the duty station and capital city.
– Check equipment and supplies on a daily, weekly, monthly and yearly basis and maintain them in working order.
– Ensures that medical instruments, devices are properly sterilized and maintains hygiene and cleanliness of the clinic.
– Through a monthly inventory ensures that medical instruments and
equipment in the UN ambulance are maintained in a working order, and
replaced after use. Work with Admin /Supply to ensure replenishment of
medications, consumables and supplies.
– Enter medical data of patients into the patient’s file in the medical database.
– Schedule consultations with the UN Physician for eligible staff and dependents;
– Ensure a proper and safe disposal of hazardous material and medical waste in close coordination with the UN Doctor
– Drafts monthly clinic reports.
– Perform other related duties as required.

Minimum Qualifications
Education & Professional Work Experience
Years of Experience / Degree Level
For
G6 – 3 years relevant experience with High School Diploma; or 2 years
relevant work experience with Bachelor or equivalent or higher

Registered Professional Nurse and first level degree from an accredited
Baccalaureate Nursing Programme (University) or equivalent such as an
accredited Diploma Programme (4 years).
Certificates in ECG, CPR or Basic Life Support and ACLS or equivalent emergency medical care is an asset.
Recognized additional training in primary health care and midwifery is desirable;

Field(s) of Education
Nursing Health Care Management, or other relevant field.
(Field(s) of Education marked with an asterisk* are essential)

Certificates and/or Licenses
First Aid Training Basic Life Support Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support
HIV/AIDS Management training is desirable.
National nursing registration and license is a requirement.
(Certificates and Licenses marked with an asterisk* are essential)

Relevant Job Experience
Essential

• Minimum 5 years of continuous clinical experience in nursing preferably in a multicultural environment;
• Intensive Care and health administration. Supervisory experience in a UN field operation is an asset.

Desirable

• UN field experience in the occupational health care sector is desirable.
• Previous experience in humanitarian crisis and infectious diseases is highly desirable.
• Knowledge and understanding of relevant UN administrative policies and procedures is desirable.
• Experience in Trauma and Emergency care is desirable;
• Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.) is desirable.

Functional Skills

• MD-UN-wide health care policies and protocols (e.g. medical evacuation procedures, etc.)
• MD-Assessment of quality standards of health facilities
• MD – Conduct health risk assessments
• PH-Public Health Surveillance, Outbreak Investigation and Response
• LE-Data protection laws & procedures for sectoral practices (employment, health, security)
• OS-Occupational Health and Safety critical risk control methods
• OS-Occupational Health and Safety statistical reporting
• MD-UN Medical Service standards and practices
• MD-Medical Evacuation route planning and operationalization with MOU

(Functional Skills marked with an asterisk* are essential)

Language Requirements

• For
  International Professional and Field Service jobs: Knowledge of English
  and UN working language of the duty station if not English.
• For National Professional jobs: Knowledge of English and UN working
  language of the duty station if not English and local language.
• For General Service jobs: Knowledge of English and/or UN working language of the duty station if not English.

Competency Requirements
All
jobs at UNHCR require six core competencies and may also require
managerial competencies and/or cross-functional competencies. The six
core competencies are listed below.
Core Competencies

• Accountability
• Communication
• Organizational Awareness
• Teamwork & Collaboration
• Commitment to Continuous Learning
• Client & Result Orientation

Managerial Competencies

• Empowering and Building Trust
• Judgement and Decision Making
• Managing Performance
• Managing Resources

Cross-Functional Competencies

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