Accident and Emergency Room Nurse

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is looking for a suitable candidate to fill the vacancy below. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is looking for a suitable candidate to fill the vacancy below.


Job Title:  Accident and Emergency Room Nurse
 

Main Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the organization, implementation of standard operational procedures and providing support to the hospital nurses in delivery of quality emergency surgical care to patients
• Contributes to organization of the set-up of the Accident & Emergency (A&E)  department at State Specialist Hospital Maiduguri
• Clinical supervision of operational activities in the Accident & Emergency area
• Establishes a sound working relationship with the hospital staff involved in emergency care
• Contributes to good stock control and efficient use of hospital equipment
• Compiles clinical data from Accident & Emergency department

Required Qualifications:

• Registered Nurse with 2-3 years of experience A&E room and in surgical care
• Excellent analysis and problem solving skills
• Ability to clinically supervise ongoing work practice, safe staffing levels and problem solving
• Good coordination and communication skills
• Provide support and education to medical staff and nurses in the Emergency department 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

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
• 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
• 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.