Overview of position

• Response Med is seeking to provide health professionals to deliver clinical services in UN facilities located in Somalia.
• Personnel shall deliver primary care & hospital level services, including emergency, surgical, diagnostic, intensive care & general hospital services.

• Personnel shall provide the services at the UN level 1+ health facility located in the UNSOS camp within the AAIA in Mogadishu & in sector health facilities, as & when required.
• Additionally, personnel may be to reinforce these AMISOM level 2 hospitals during emergency situations that severely stress facilities.
• The UN level 1+ health facility is a capability that was established in 2012 with the objective of providing emergency & primary health care for the UN international personnel in Somalia.
• The facility has since been supporting UNSOS, UNSOM & AMISOM FHQ personnel.
• Additionally, the facility is available to international personnel from other UN entities, diplomatic missions & UNSOS contracted vendors, on a cost recovery basis.
• Services may, on occasion, also be extended to the SNA.

Role objectives

We are seeking to recruit a qualified Nurse to provide general clinical nursing services & patient care. The successful candidate will be a team player with the ability to effectively add value to enabling good patient outcomes & shape best clinical & non clinical practice. Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Receive, register, record & document patients’ information & present the same to the Medical Officers at the unit.
• Transfer referred patients from unit for further diagnosis or specialized treatment from other units of the hospital.
• Provide general nursing services & care to patients in the hospital.
• Ensure cleanliness & tidiness in the hospital.
• Support Medical Officers & Medical Specialists in attending to patients in the unit hospital.
• Administer medication to patients in the unit as prescribed by Medical Officers & Medical Specialists in the hospital.
• Administer patient care & nursing to outpatients in the hospital.
• Monitor patients’ progress in the unit, document the same for clear patient records &report the same to the Medical Officers & Medical Specialists in the hospital.
• Liaise with other healthcare staff in handling patients with multiple of complex medical conditions in the units in the hospital.
• Ensure that the nursing areas of the hospital are clean & tidy complying with sanitation standards of the hospital.

Project reporting

This role reports to the line manager.