Emergency Room Nurse (Tebnine and Marjayoun Governmental Hospitals)

Purpose:

• The Emergency Room Nurse, as part of the ICRC Health team, serves in the Emergency Departments of Tebnine and Marjayoun Governmental Hospitals, promoting and ensuring high quality care that meets national and international standards.
• S/he represents the ICRC in the hospital Emergency Departments, ensuring smooth and efficient cooperation with hospital teams and securing emergency patients’ access to and continuum of health care.
• S/he supports, coaches, and builds the capacity of emergency department health staff in their specific and general nursing care, meeting departmental goals and ICRC objectives.
• S/he contributes to a capacity and training strategy, including Standard operating procedures, guidelines, rules & regulations and promotes their practical implementation to improve the clinical management of patients and emergency preparedness.
• S/he establishes a safe and conducive working environment in the Emergency Departments, focusing on infection prevention and control, hygiene, patient safety, and non-violent communication, even under challenging conditions with limited resources.

Accountabilities & Functional responsibilities:

• Collaborates with the hospital teams in the facilitation of access and continuum of health care, respecting ICRC pathways for vulnerable emergency patients.
• Helps in the implementation and adaptation of patient documentation systems in the Emergency Departments.
• Ensures smooth and efficient cooperation with the relevant ICRC and hospital counterparts in the Emergency Department and provides relevant support to both internal and external partners including audits, chart reviews, and other activities agreed on with hospital management.
• Follows measurable goals of correct triage procedures, patient flow, and timely treatment.
• Promotes and ensures high quality specific and general nursing care and clinical management meeting national and international standards, including direct patient care whenever needed.
• Establishes a safe patient environment by implementing infection prevention and control measures, hygiene standards, and patient safety protocols (e.g. safe medication administration).
• Contributes to a safe and conducive working environment in the Emergency Department, focusing on non-violent communication even under challenging conditions.
• Builds the capacity of health staff in the Emergency Departments by supporting and coaching them in their daily performance. Performs and reports on daily patient rounds with the ICRC and hospital team, including emergency, wards, and high dependency units when relevant.
• Contributes to the emergency department capacity and training strategy, including monitoring and lessons learned, meeting departmental goals and ICRC objectives, with a focus on acute trauma care.
• Conducts weekly case reviews or educational activities directly related to emergency or trauma management.
• Promotes staff training on the medical equipment available in the Emergency Department, ensuring proper use and maintenance.
• Supports the development and the practical implementation of rules & regulations, SOPs, and guidelines to improve the clinical management of emergency patients.
• Ensures rational use of drugs and consumables, oversees timely reordering, and follows up on emergency mass casualty stock and Personal protective equipment supply in coordination with hospital staff.
• Collects accurate data through timely completion and filing of predefined patient/hospital-related documents.
• Participates effectively in the emergency-preparedness and response measures of the Emergency Departments (Mass casualty plan) and the entire hospital (contingency plans), including surveys and drills.
• Contributes to any other activities which may be considered necessary by the respective line managers.
• May be required to work overtime in line with the needs of the Emergency Departments.
• May be required to work on weekends or public holidays

Certifications / Education required:

• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing
• Registered Nurse with valid License to practice

Professional Experience required:

• 5 years overall work experience in a hospital, including 3 years practice in an Emergency Room
• ICRC experience is required

Competencies:

• Leadership: Basic
• Accountability: Proficient
• People management: Basic
• Team work & collaboration: Proficient
• Representing ICRC: Proficient
• Beneficiary & client focus: Proficient
• Professional Ethics and Principled Approach: Proficient
• Patient Care Skills: Proficient
• Infection Prevention and Control Knowledge and Practice: Proficient
• Analytical thinking: Proficient
• Results and Quality Focus: Basic
• Public Health Approach and Continuum of Care: Proficient

Language:

• Arabic: Fluent.
• English: Full professional working.

Trainings:

• ERTC Emergency Room Trauma Course
• NRP Neonatal Resuscitation Program
• ACLS Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support
• BLS Basic Life Support
• ATCN Advanced Trauma Care for Nurses
• PALS Pediatric Advanced Life Support

What we offer:

• Salary Package: 2’041 – 2’981 USD/Month (As per ICRC salary scale, salary setting processes will determine fair setting in coherence with the qualifications of the applicant and the requirements of the job).
• 13th Month of salary paid in December, pro rata basis in accordance with the period worked.
• Annual Leave: 20 calendar working days of paid leave per year, pro rata basis in accordance with the period worked.
• Health Insurance: 90% of premium fees under class B, coverage include: Doctor visits, Medicines, Therapy services, etc.
• International Retirement Saving Plan (IRSP): a contribution valued at 11.5% of your monthly salary, these savings are paid by the end of service as a lump sum.
• Other benefits subject to internal rules and regulations: High Cost of Living Allowance (HCLA), Schooling allowance, eyeglasses, designated personal training budget for learning opportunities.

Additional information:

• Location: South Hospitals (Tebnine and Marjayoun Governmental Hospitals)
• Working Schedule: Monday till Friday, from 8 Am till 5 Pm.
• Type of contract: Fixed Term, 1year (Renewable based on performance and need for position).
• Estimated start date: ASAP
• Application deadline: 03/10/2025