Within delegated authority, the Nurse will be responsible for the following duties: ? Identifies and plans clinics’ medical material, supplies and equipment requirements and raises requisitions accordingly. ? Liaises with Procurement Section and Supply Section to establish essential contracts for the mission. ? Coordinates medical evacuation and cooperates with the Medical Services Division in N.Y. and the receiving facilities in home countries. ? Assists in providing medical support during evacuation and repatriation. ? Advises evacuees on the requirements for evacuation and/or escorts patients if needed. ? Concludes or closes medical evacuation files to enable staff members to submit claims. ? Assists in arrangements for the deceased. ? Develops logistic plans to support field satellite clinics and follows up on implementation. ? Designs and implements outreach programs for mission personnel. ? Plans and organizes preventive medical care training and promotes medical fairs. ? Draws and implements duty roster for clinic personnel. ? Performs medical briefing for incoming staff and conducts first aid training. ? Maintains medical inventory and supplies and distributes medical supplies to outstations. ? Arranges medical appointments and examinations to mission personnel. ? Updates monthly medical reports. ? Performs other duties as required.

Requirements:

Education

Registered Professional Nurse who is a graduate of either an accredited Baccalaureate Nursing Programme (University) or an accredited Diploma Programme (4 years).

Job – Specific Qualification

Certificates Electrocardiogram (ECG), Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) or Basic Life Support is desirable.

Work Experience

A minimum of eight (8) years of progressively responsible clinical experience in general nursing, intensive care and health administration is required. Supervisory experience in mission administration is desirable. Experience in using electronic medical records system is desirable. Experience working with the medical policies and procedures of the United Nations or a comparable international organization is desirable.

Languages

English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For the position advertised, fluency in oral and written English is required. Working knowledge of Arabic is desirable.