The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is looking for a Nurse to join our health team delivering critical care in the Rohingya Refugee Camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. You will be responsible for implementing high-quality healthcare activities, focusing on routine patient care at the Primary Health Care Center (PHCC) and Stabilization Corner (SC). Your work will be guided by our core values of Integrity, Service, Accountability, and Equality, as we strive to be a force for humanity.
What You'll Do
- Provide and ensure delivery of patient care through implementation of prescribed medication and monitoring effects.
- Deliver high-quality nursing care to patients at the stabilization corner (SC), ensuring infection prevention and control (IPC), proper storage of nutritional items, and accurate documentation.
- Perform nursing procedures and assist doctors during patient rounds, noting and implementing orders properly.
- Attend to admitted patients with dedication and maintain daily registers (e.g., Patient, Disease, Doctor Order sheet).
- Provide health care, first aid, immunizations, and assistance in recovery and rehabilitation.
- Ensure all patient care equipment, instruments, and supplies are maintained.
- Triage, screen, and assess patients, prioritizing emergency cases and coordinating with consultants.
- Perform initial and ongoing patient assessments within defined timeframes.
- Deliver hygiene promotion, health education, and patient/caregiver counseling.
- Ensure adherence to infection prevention and control measures and accurate recording in clinic registers.
- Ensure clinical areas are appropriately stocked with essential equipment, supplies, and nutritional items.
- Respect patient confidentiality and conduct all consultations in a dignified and respectful manner.
- Work with community volunteers to provide health promotion, community mobilization, and awareness raising.
- Provide specialized care including Family Planning counseling, clinical care for sexual assault survivors, menstrual regulation, post-abortion care, and first aid for intimate partner violence.
- Ensure quality of antenatal care (ANC), postnatal care (PNC), safe delivery, and neonatal care services.
- Develop and maintain effective working relationships with local communities, government agencies, and implementing partners.
- Foster ongoing learning, honest dialogue, and reflection to strengthen safeguarding and promote IRC values.
- Promote and actively participate in initiatives to build team engagement, inclusion, and cohesion.
What We're Looking For
- A Diploma in Nursing.
- At least 2 years of relevant working experience.
Nice to Have
- Previous working experience with a local or international NGO.
- Specific skills in nursing procedures.
- Previous experience working in a nutritional facility, especially in a Stabilization Corner (SC).
Team & Environment
You will be a member of the IRC health team responsible for supporting the implementation of healthcare activities in the Rohingya Refugee Camp.
Work Mode
This is a local-country position based in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.
The International Rescue Committee is an equal opportunity employer.
