Enrolled Comprehensive Nurse-Intern Job at John Snow, Inc. ( JSI ) - Career Opportunity in Uganda
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Vacancy title:
Enrolled Comprehensive Nurse-Intern

[ Type: FULL TIME , Industry: Nonprofit, and NGO , Category: Health Professionals ]

 

Jobs at:

John Snow, Inc. ( JSI )

Deadline of this Job:
25th November 2019  

Duty Station:
Within Uganda , Lango sub-region , East Africa

Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, November 20, 2019 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed


JOB DETAILS:
The Regional Health integration to Enhance Services (RHITES)-North, Lango project is a Five-
year contract funded by USAID and implemented by a Team of partners with JSI as the prime.
The JSI team includes, Doctors with Africa CUAMM, AMREF Health Africa, Another Option,
and The Medical Concierge Group (TMCG). RHITES-N, Lango is aimed at improving the use
of integrated health services in the Lango Sub-region of Northern Uganda’s, strengthening the
health system to sustain gains made by earlier projects, improving key population-based national health indicators and building the capacity of the district local government to carry out a
sustainable and locally-driven response to the HIV epidemic, while also improving TB, Malaria,
Nutrition, Maternal, Neonatal, Child and Adolescent health (MNCAH), and water sanitation and
hygiene (WASH) outcomes through strengthening of existing structures and processes, improving access to and strategic use of health and nutrition information, strengthening community-health facility systems and expanding innovation through integrated health and nutrition services.
Improved health services utilization at all levels of the health care system requires strong intra-
facility, inter-facility and bi-directional community-facility linkages and referrals for demand creation.
Internship Overview:
USAID-RHITES-N, L Project offers internship in an effort to provide current university students,
recent graduates and new professionals, from various academic fields, the opportunity to apply
their knowledge to actual work experience. USAID RHITES-N, Lango Project strongly believe
that Internship is an important tool in developing and retaining new and innovative talents to assist us in our continuous goal of improving health systems to empower communities.
Interns will be provided with clearly defined roles and scopes of work and will be supervised by
USAID RHITES-N, L staff members, health facility In-charges or in the case of external
placements, a suitable member of the staff within the organization in which the intern is
assigned. Supervisors of interns will be responsible for monitoring the progress of their assigned
intern(s) to ensure effective learning and a positive experience for internship participants.
The RHITES-N Lango youth internship program will offer internship opportunities in
public/private health facilities and with CSOs implementing public health programs within Lango
sub-region. These opportunities will: 1) Provide interns with hands-on learning opportunities; 2)
Build new cadres of trained workers in integrated frameworks; 3) Fill critical HR gaps; 4) Attract
young workers to under-stained and under-resourced districts; and 5) and Promote young
researchers.
Job Title: Enrolled Comprehensive Nurse
Reports To: Facility In-Charge
Duration: 6 months (fixed)
Location: Health facilities within Lango sub-region
Job Purpose
To provide quality nursing services to patients and participate in implementing public health
interventions in the community..

  Key Outputs
• Patients received, registered and prepared for diagnosis;
• Quality nursing care and treatment provided to patients;
• Proper records about the patients kept;
• Bedside nursing procedures carried out;
• Patients prepared for meals and served;
• A clean and healthy environment maintained;
• Staff supervised and appraised;
• Patients and their attendants sensitized; and
• Daily nursing care service activity reports compiled and submitted


Key Functions
• Receiving, registering and preparing patients for diagnosis;
• Providing quality nursing care and treatment to patients;
• Observing and keeping proper records about the patients;
• Participating in Doctors/Clinical Officers Ward rounds;
• Participating in bedside nursing procedures as a member of the caring team;
• Preparing patients for meals and participate in serving them;
• Maintaining a clean and healthy environment for the patients;
• Supervising and appraising Nursing Assistants and support staff;
• Sensitizing patients and their attendants about basic health care practices; and
• Compiling and submitting daily nursing care service activity reports.

Qualifications
• Must have Enrolled Nursing Certificate from a recognized Institution.
• Must be registered and licensed with the Nurses and Midwives Council.
• MUST be a resident from any districts in Lango sub region.
• Must have graduated within the previous 24 months. No candidates over 24 months’ post-graduation are eligible for the internship program.
Competences
• Guidance and counselling;
• Concern for quality and standards of nursing care;
• Ethics and integrity; and
• Time management.

Job Education Requirements: Certificate


Job Experience Requirements: Not Specified

 

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Job application procedure
Address Application Letter and CV to the Internship Coordinator USAID RHITES-N Lango, with the subject – “Applications USAID-RHITES-N L Internship Position Round 3 April 2019”. Application should be submitted in hard copy and must contain only 2 documents within 1 envelope (Application letter and your CV) and hand delivered to the USAID RHITES-N Lango Offices directly in Citadel Towers, 2nd floor of the building with security officer at office entrance. Mark on the envelop the Internship position applied for with either Internship-Clinical Officer. Simialr jobs in South Africa

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Job Info
Job Category: Internships/ Trainee jobs in Uganda
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: 25th November 2019
Duty Station: Lango sub-region
Posted: 20-11-2019
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 20-11-2019
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 20-11-2063
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