The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. At work today in over 40 countries and 22 U.S. cities, we restore safety, dignity, and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure. The IRC leads the way from harm to home.
The IRC opened the country program in Afghanistan in 1988. Our programs span the range from humanitarian relief to early recovery and development activities, focusing on child protection, education, economic wellbeing, health, and power. The IRC works in 10 provinces throughout Afghanistan, among which some of the most security volatile, and employs over 1000 staff.

Compliance with Policies:

• Compliance with the IRC WAY (our standards for professional conduct) is a responsibility shared by all involved in delivering on the IRC’s mission. We must abide by the IRC Way and Safeguarding Policies all the time. 
• The IRC has zero tolerance approach to the IRC Code of Conduct including safeguarding violations being committed by its staff, consultants, contractors, volunteers, interns, suppliers, vendors, sub-grantees/partners, implementing partners or any other associate.

General Duties

• Ensure non-disclosure of any information whatsoever about practices and IRC activities to any other person or organization without permission, except in the normal performance of the service.
• Consistently and proactively monitor/assess the safety and security of the team; promptly reporting concerns or incidents to IRC management and liaising with community leaders and other external parties as required to maintain/enhance the security environment for IRC programs.

Other duties as assigned by the supervisor to enable and develop IRC programs.

Specific Duties:

Clinic Service delivery

• Provide direct clinical care, working closely with other mobile team staff to ensure the delivery of high-quality, comprehensive primary healthcare services.
• Conduct triage, screening, and assessment of patients in line with established protocols (including COVID-19 measures).
• Administer inpatient and outpatient treatments, ensuring medications are provided as prescribed by the Medical Doctor.
• Deliver hygiene promotion, health education, and patient/caregiver counseling on disease prevention, treatment adherence, and healthy practices.
• Ensure strict adherence to infection prevention and always control (IPC) measures.
• Provide basic trauma support, first aid, dressing, and wound care, including stabilization of patients prior to referral when necessary.
• Support immunization activities and assist in the implementation of disease prevention campaigns as required.
• Maintain accurate, timely, and confidential recording of patient information in clinic registers and complete summary reports for submission.
• Ensure mobile clinic areas are appropriately stocked with essential equipment, medications, and supplies, and promptly report shortages or gaps.
• Work collaboratively with the team to ensure smooth service delivery and patient-centered care.

Staff Supervision & Development

• Maintain open and professional relations with team members, promoting a strong team spirit and provide guidance to enable staff to successfully perform in their positions.
• Provide nursing support and mentorship to other mobile clinic staff, providing on-the-job training where needed.

Project Management

• Plan and implement outreach activities with the rest of the team to access vulnerable clients to increase service utilization.
• Work with and support community volunteers to provide health promotion, community mobilization and awareness raising.
• Ensure regular inventory and consumption tracking of medical drugs and supplies.
• Work with relevant staff to ensure prompt requesting of medical drugs and supplies.

Coordination and Representation

• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with local communities, local government agencies and other implementing partners.
• Hold meetings with local communities and represent the program in local stakeholder meetings.

Monitoring and Reporting

• Ensure all patient consultations are documented and patient records completed.
• Submit reports in a timely manner.

• Qualified Nurse with a nursing diploma from a recognized medical university registered with local Ministry of Health
• At least 2 years clinical nursing experience in primary health care
• Previous experience and training in sexual gender-based violence and clinical care for sexual assault survivors (desirable)
• Skills to provide sensitive and appropriate medical counseling.

• Must be a team player with excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work under pressure in a stressful environment, displaying patience, compassion and diplomacy.
• Ability to be innovative, flexible, adaptive, and willingness to work out of hours, sometimes throughout the night.
• Ability to live in challenging conditions and ability to work under difficult, high-pressure situations.   

•  Ability to lead, train, supervise and facilitate other nursing staff and community health workers in their respective tasks.
• Ability and flexibility to understand the cultural and political environment and to work well with the local health representatives.

• Ability to live in challenging conditions and ability to work under difficult, high pressure situations.  
• Fluency in English, Pashto/Dari

• Computer skills (including MS Word, Excel, Access, and internet)
• Ability to work closely, professionally, and constructively with all others regardless of nationality, ethnicity, gender, religion, race, tribe, or cultural background

For IRC- Afghanistan Internal Candidates:

(“ The IRC encourages employees to remain in a position for at least one year and be in good standing before applying for another position within the organization. if an employee is interested in a vacant position within the organization, he/she must inform his/her supervisor in advance before applying for a new position”)

(However, 1 year is a must to complete but to encourage IRCA employees somehow we are flexible who work in the current IRC position for at least 6 months or above and are given chance to compete for an opportunity in the organization)

All qualified candidates are requested to open the given link and follow the instructions:

https://theirc.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/External_Careers/job/Nangarhar-Afghanistan/Medical-Nurse_JR00000347

applications received without a given link and/or online system will be disqualified and removed from the entire process. 

Shortlisted candidates will be directly contacted for a written test and after that for interviews. If you are not contacted TWO or FOUR WEEKS after the closing date .please know that your application has not been successful for the post. IRC Afghanistan Country Office, Qala-e-Fathullah, Street # 3, District 10, Old UNOCHA Office, Beside Fatemia Mosque