Triage Nurse (COVID - 19 Response)
Job Description
Title: Triage Nurse (COVID - 19 Response)
Company Name: Relief International
Vacancy: Not specific
Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Ukhia)
Employment Status: Full-time
Educational Requirements:
∎ Diploma in Nursing from an accredited academic institution; and recognized & registered by Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council (BMDC).
Job Context:
∎ S/he is responsible for assessing patients and determining their level of need for medical assistance. The criteria used to evaluate a patient include the type of injury or illness, its severity, symptoms, patient explanation of emergency, and vital signs. A Triage Nurse is typically the first point of clinical contact for patients
∎ Reporting to: Nurse Lead
∎ Department: Health
∎ Expected Start Date: ASAP
∎ Contract length: Up to December 31, 2020.
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Perform patient assessment
∎ Reassess patients who are waiting
∎ Initiate emergency treatment if necessary
∎ Manage and communicate with patients in waiting room
∎ Provide education to patients and families when necessary
∎ Sort patients into priority groups according to guidelines
∎ Transport patients to appropriate treatment areas
∎ Communicate status of patients to doctors and nurses
∎ IPC Management
∎ Ensure proper donning and doffing of PPE items.
∎ Conduct proper triage, early recognition and source control
∎ Supervise instrument processing
∎ Monitor waste management in the hospital
Additional Requirements:
∎ Both males and females are allowed to apply
∎ Experience working with INGO in Cox's bazar is preferable
∎ Strong understanding of humanitarian principals, emergency program management and security management in high risk environments
∎ English language required
∎ Flexibility, team work, creativity and strong sense of humor essential for functions in this position
∎ Solid programmatic, organizational planning and technical skills, with a proven ability to work under pressure and solve problems in fast paced environments
∎ Willingness to provide capacity building trainings to staff.
Salary:
∎ RI Values:We uphold the Humanitarian Principles: humanity, neutrality, impartiality, and operational independence. We affirmatively engage the most vulnerable communities. We value:InclusivenessTransparency and AccountabilityAgility and InnovationCollaborationSustainabilityApplications will be reviewed as they are submitted, so candidates are encouraged to apply early. A decision may be finalized before the deadline.
Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Mobile bill, Medical allowance, Weekly 2 holidays
∎ Salary Review: Yearly
∎ Two festival bonuses in a year equivalent to one basic salary.
∎ Severance (8.33% of the monthly basic salary) goes with the monthly release of the salary.
Application Deadline: April 11, 2020
Company Information:
∎ Relief International
∎ Address : Bangladesh Country Office: House: 451 , Road: 8 West, DOHS Baridhara, Dhaka-1206; Head Quarter: 5455 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1280 Los Angeles, CA 90036, USA
∎ Web : www.ri.org
∎ Business : Relief International, hedquatered in USA, is a leading international non government organization working in 16 countries to relieve poverty, ensure well-being and advance dignity. We specialize in fragile settings, responding to natural disasters, humanitarian crises and chronic poverty.
Relief International combines humanitarian and development approaches to provide immediate services while laying the groundwork for long-term impact.
Our signature approach which we call the RI Way emphasizes local participation, an integration of services, strategic partnerships, and a focus on civic skills. In this way, we empower communities to find, design and implement the solutions that work best for them.
Relief International has been working in Bangladesh since 2004. The Bangladesh portfolio of Relief International has strong focus on emergency response, economic opportunity and livelihoods rebuilding, traficking in persons, sustainable tourism, human rights and protection, refugee crisis response and public health. RI maintains a country office in Dhaka with multiple field offices in Cox`s Bazar. RI currently employs over 1000 local and international staffs in Bangladesh.
Relief International is currently implementing large scale refugee response program in Cox`s Bazar in Bangladesh in collaboration with multiple partners including UNHCR, UNICEF, USAID/OFDA, EU ECHO.
For more information on Relief International: www.ri.org
Category: NGO/Development
