ICU /HDU Nurses Vacancies at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

The International Committee of the Red Cross
(ICRC), is an impartial, neutral and independent
organisation whose exclusively humanitarian
mission is to protect the lives and dignity of victims
of armed conflict and other situations of violence
and to provide them with assistance.
The International Committee of the Red Cross
(ICRC), Maiduguri Sub Delegation is seeking for a
suitable candidate to fill the position below:

Position: Intensive Care Unit (ICU)/High Dependence Unit (HDU) Nurse

Location: Maiduguri, Borno

Main Responsibilities

- Works across all areas of the High Dependency
Unit
- Responsible for the provision of patient centered,
evidence-based nursing care and is expected to
embrace a practice development philosophy in the
delivery of that care
- Provide a continuum of care to patients with
complex critical illness and be a clinical role model
for other Registered Nurses and Nursing students
- Provide care in a quality framework and promote
positive health outcomes.
- Take into consideration the patients’ ethnicity,
culture, gender, spiritual values, sexuality, age,
disability and economic and social factors in
consultation with the patient when planning care
- Show leadership and embrace change in the
coordination and delivery of their care, inclusive of
appropriate referral to, and in consultation with,
other health professionals, service providers and
community.
- Align professional values and goals and work
within ICRC mandated directives, standards.
- Flexible to perform other tasks as assigned

Required Qualifications

- Registered Nurse with 2-3 years of experience with
specific qualification and anaesthesia.
- Up to date knowledge and skills on trauma,
medical & surgical procedures.
- Ability to provide support and education to the
junior hospital staff especially in the management of
critical surgical emergencies.
- Proven ability to work with people of varied
cultural and social backgrounds
- Flexible, diplomatic and able to work independently
and as part of a team
- Excellent analysis and problem solving skills
- Ability to clinically supervise ongoing work
practice, safe staffing levels and problem solving

Personal Attributes:

- Very good communication skills, especially when it
comes to speaking and listening
- Emotional stability and to be able to work in
stressful and traumatic situations, while keeping
empathy towards patients
- Flexibility and quick response capacity to endure
recurrent changes in working schedule, to be able to
work for long hours and act swiftly in emergencies.
- Great interpersonal skills, to be able to work well
with a variety of situation with different people.
- Good physical endurance and to be able to
perform frequent physical tasks, standing for long
time while maintaining good energy
- Good problem solving skills and to be able to think
quickly and address problems as/or before they
arise.
- Be able to maintain respect to his/her patients,
colleagues and profession/duty in different
circumstances.

Application Closing Date

29th September, 2017.

How to Apply

Interested and qualified candidates should send their
Application Letter, Curriculum Vitae and Contact
Details of three referees to:
ABJ_Recruitment_Services@icrc.org Please clearly
indicate “ICU/HDU Nurse Maiduguri" as the
subject of your application

Note

- Please clearly indicate “ICU/HDU Nurse Maiduguri"
as the subject of your application
- Applications intended for this role without the
above stated subject will not be treated. Late
application will not be considered.
- Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
- However, ICRC will not request for any monetary
payments from applicants at any stage of the
recruitment process.
- The International Committee of the Red Cross
(ICRC) is an impartial, neutral and independent
organisation whose exclusively humanitarian
mission is to protect the lives and dignity of victims
of armed conflict and other situations of violence
and to provide them with assistance.