ER Nurse - Trauma & Surgical Unit

NOTE - THIS POSITION IS TO APPLY TO A STAND BY ROSTER FOR INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM (ERT).

Candidates selected for this position will be placed on the ERT standby roster and may be called when the International Medical Corps ERT responds to an emergency. This position is not compensated unless candidates are responding to an emergency response.

When catastrophe hits, International Medical Corps is often one of the first humanitarian aid organizations on the scene—providing rapid and effective aid that saves lives, reduces suffering, and promotes self reliance.

International Medical Corps has established an International Emergency Roster to ensure that emergency positions are filled in a timely manner with professionally qualified, gender balanced, geographically diverse, linguistically able and a highly motivated corps of professionals. The team includes coordinators, logisticians, doctors and water and sanitation experts. It also includes specialists who focus on protection, prevention of sexual violence and aid for rape survivors and mental health.

Emergency Response Team (ERT) members are always on standby to deploy to a crisis within 72 hours, whether they are launching into new areas or lending support to International Medical Corps teams already on the ground.

International Medical Corps maintains a roster of staff which is updated on regular basis in order to include new staff into the system. This also provides an opportunity for the existing staff to update their areas of expertise and other relevant information.

Through this expression of Interest, applicants are encouraged to submit their profiles so that their information is readily available in the International Medical Corps applicant tracking system.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSABILITIES: • Follow international standards for nursing care in a field hospital environment • Provide ER, ICU and ward level of care • Perform triage, including in high volume settings such as MCI • Follow TSDU patient registration and tracking guidelines • Ensure medical records are completed • If needed, assume charge nurse administrative duties including: patient flow, bed management and staff scheduling • Assist in hiring and training for local nursing and support staff • Collaborate with the Medical Director and other relevant staff to improve TSDU patient management and reporting systems • Work with logistics and pharmacy to ensure regular and adequate drug and surgical supplies in order to avoid stock-outs • Actively participate in coordination and other relevant meetings • Perform any other relevant duties as requested by the Team Leader • At deployment end, provide in-depth, concrete, and constructive feedback for the further development of the TSDU program

QUALIFICATIONS • Registered Nurse degree • Minimum of 3 years of experience required, of which 1 year should be of developing country experience or resource deprived environment (general hospital/county facility) • Excellent communications skills, both oral and written English • Previous charge nurse experience • Extremely flexible, and have the ability to cope with stressful situations • Ability to relate to and motivate local staff effectively • Innovative and adaptable to the limitations of a field hospital Preferable • BA/BS in Nursing or Nurse Practioner • Fluency in additional languages CONDITIONS

• Accommodation, food and transportation provided by the organization • Medical Evacuation service and competitive benefits provided by the organization • Further information regarding security available during the interview process • While performing duties of the job, the employee frequently works in precarious and remote places. The employee is usually employed in areas of civil strife, which often result in an unstable security environment. Regularly work in outdoor, extreme weather conditions

How to apply:

APPLICATION PROCEDURE To officially begin the application process, please visit our website athttp://careers.internationalmedicalcorps.org/careers.aspx and complete the online employment application form.