NURSE

Duty Station: Gaza Strip /Palestine 

Starting Date: Aug-2024

End Date: Dec 2024 (with the possibility of renewal)

This is a full-time position and working hours are from Sunday to Thursday, 08:00 – 16:00.

Given the current emergency in Gaza, flexibility on the part of all PUI staff in this is regard will be appreciated and required.

Première Urgence Internationale is a French non-profit, non-political, non-religious non-governmental international organization (NGO); which has been operational in the Occupied Palestinian Territory since 2002. 

PUI is operating in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem and Gaza Strip. The organization is working in different fields such as shelter, Food security and livelihoods, Agriculture, Heritage, Economic recovery and Cultural Heritage.

PUI’s humanitarian and development aid strategy focuses on providing support to populations affected by the coercive environment and subsequent violations of international humanitarian/human rights law in both the West Bank (WB) and the Gaza Strip (GS). It combines several sectors of intervention to prevent the loss of livelihoods and displacement of populations as a consequence of protection threats, addresses the lack of services (Health, Education, WASH), and the lack of access to agricultural lands or job opportunities.

Overall Objective

The role of the nurse is to provide nursing care, treatment and follow-up of patients, according to doctors’ prescriptions, protocols applied in service and universal hygiene standards/precautions, in order to ensure the quality and continuity of care for the targeted population

More specifically, the Nurse assists with implementing emergency interventions. He/She performs the triage process to be applied to all patients of the Medical Point. He/She will assist the Medical doctor by providing nursing care and distributing medication according to the Medical Doctor prescription.  He/She will also ensure proper anthropometric measuring (blood pressure – sphygmomanometer, heart rate – stethoscope, oxygen saturation – pulse oximeter, respiratory rate, temperature – infrared thermometer, axillary thermometer), archiving, data collection, disinfection of workplace & equipment, health maintenance patient handwashing, preventive care, reporting and use of personal protective equipment.

Under supervision of the MEDICAL POINT Medical Doctor, he/she assists in organising medical activities for patients in accordance with the complexity of the Gaza Strip context, PUI protocols, and universal hygiene standards, taking into consideration quality and continuity of care. In addition, the MEDICAL POINT Nurse is a member of PUI team: in that capacity he/she is familiar with the philosophy, polices, goals and objectives of PUI and works collaboratively to achieve them. He/she complies with all Medical Point policies and procedures, as well as patient right state and MoH regulations.

Tasks and Responsibilities

• Perform the Triage Process to all Patients, observing the context
• Ensure disinfection of waiting area, respect of hygiene rules, patients’ flow
• Support and facilitate primary health care services
• Contributes in the reporting of the medical data
• Achieve a high standard of care for patients in collaboration with the team
• Assist Medical Doctor in daily activities

Note:

The candidate must have permanent or temporary residence in southern Gaza Strip, close to PUIs Emergency Guest Houses in Rafah/ KhanYounis-Almawasi and Deir Al-Balah.

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REQUIRED PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS:

• Able to coach and promote health care practices to community members
• Bachelor degree in Nursing Care
• Minimum 1 year experience in PHC and hospitals in relevant position
• Proven inter-personal skills
• Good team player
• Capacity to organize the work
• Strong commitment to support/develop capacity of PUI staff
• Ability to work with minimum guidelines
• Willing to work in challenging environment and extra-hours if and when required
• Analytic thinking, information seeking and Handling
• Capacity to work under stressful situations
• Capacity to work in overcrowded situations
• Self-motivated, flexible and adaptable to the needs of the team and organization
• Motivation to help people in need
• Conflict resolution and diplomacy experience
• Good communication and motivational skills
• proactivity
• Good human relations and communication skills

PUI provides a work environment that reflects the values of integrity, diversity and gender equality. Therefore, we strongly encourage applications from women and underrepresented cultural or social groups, particularly people with disabilities and people from communities highly affected by occupation-related violence (including settler violence).

All PUI workers adhere to the values and principles outlined in the PUI Code of Conduct and policies, including the Protection from Exploitation and Abuse Policy and the Child Protection Policy.”

If you believe you are the candidate we are looking for, you could apply using the two mandatory steps:
1. Please fill in the form in the link below:

NURSE – APPLICATION FORM

2. In addition, please submit a cover letter and a detailed resume before Wednesday Aug 07, 2024 by sending an e-mail to [email protected] and [email protected]. Please indicate the Position Title " Nurse " in the E-mail subject line.

Incomplete applications or Unfilled Forms will not be considered. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.