Careers

International Medical Corps is a global, humanitarian, nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training and relief and development programs.

Established in 1984 by volunteer doctors and nurses, International Medical Corps is a private, voluntary, nonpolitical, nonsectarian organization. Its mission is to improve the quality of life through health interventions and related activities that build local capacity in underserved communities worldwide. By offering training and health care to local populations and medical assistance to people at highest risk, and with the flexibility to respond rapidly to emergency situations, International Medical Corps rehabilitates devastated health care systems and helps bring them back to self-reliance.

Background
When catastrophe hits, International Medical Corps is often one of the first humanitarian aid organizations on the scene—providing rapid and effective aid that saves lives, reduces suffering, and promotes self-reliance.

International Medical Corps has established an International Emergency Roster to ensure that emergency positions are filled in a timely manner with professionally qualified, gender balanced, geographically diverse, linguistically able, and a highly motivated corps of professionals. The team includes coordinators, logisticians, doctors and water and sanitation experts. It also includes specialists who focus on protection, prevention of sexual violence and aid for rape survivors and mental health.

Job Purpose
Selected Emergency Response Team (ERT) members are always on standby to deploy to a crisis within 72 hours, whether they are launching into new areas or lending support to International Medical Corps teams already on the ground. International Medical Corps maintains a roster of volunteers, staff and available specialists who have been interviewed and have completed pre-deployment paperwork, orientation and training. The roster is updated on regular basis as new responders are identified and members update their areas of expertise and other relevant information. Through this expression of interest, applicants are encouraged to submit their profiles so that their information is readily available in the International Medical Corps applicant tracking system.

Main Responsibilities
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function with or without reasonable accommodation. The tasks listed are representative of the nature and level of work assigned and are not necessarily all-inclusive

• Follow international standards for nursing care in a field hospital environment
• Provide ER, ICU and ward level of care
• Perform triage, including in high volume settings such as MCI
• Follow TSDU patient registration and tracking guidelines
• Ensure medical records are completed
• If needed, assume charge nurse administrative duties including: patient flow, bed management and staff scheduling
• Assist in hiring and training for local nursing and support staff
• Collaborate with the Medical Director and other relevant staff to improve TSDU patient management and reporting systems
• Work with logistics and pharmacy to ensure regular and adequate drug and surgical supplies in order to avoid stock-outs
• Actively participate in coordination and other relevant meetings
• Perform any other relevant duties as requested by the Team Leader
• At deployment end, provide in-depth, concrete, and constructive feedback for the further development of the TSDU program
• Other duties as assigned. The duties and responsibilities listed are representative of the nature and level of work assigned and are not necessarily all inclusive.

Code of Conduct
It is our shared responsibility and obligation to prevent matters involving Sexual Exploitation & Abuse, Trafficking in Persons, Child Safeguarding and any suggested violation to our Code of Conduct, which may involve Conflicts of Interest, Fraud, Corruption or Harassment.  If you see, hear or are made aware of any suggested activities then you have an obligation to report.

At a minimum, a clinical nursing degree (at a Bachelor’s level), preferably with a Master’s in Public Health degree.

Experience

• Experience with developing country programs on primary health care and communicable diseases. Experience in maternal and child health, reproductive health, HIV/AIDS is preferable
• Minimum 3 years of post-graduate experience.
• Previous NGO experience.
• Excellent communications skills, both oral and written.
• Ability to maintain patient record and write nursing reports.  
• Ability to exercise sound judgment and make decisions independently.
• Extreme flexibility and ability to cope with stressful situations and frustrations.
• Ability to relate to, provide training to, and motivate local staff/HPs/CHWs effectively.
• Creativity and the ability to work with limited resources.
• Ability to speak and understand the local dialect fluently.

Equal Opportunities
International Medical Corps is proud to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin, age, disability or status as a veteran.