Nurse -1 Position

Base : TBC( Pha-an/Phapon/Taunggoo)

Duration : 6 months – further extension conditional upon funding
VA: 2021-HI-010

Humanity & Inclusion (HI - registered as the Federation Handicap International) is an independent and
impartial aid organization working in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster. HI works
alongside people with disabilities and vulnerable populations, taking action and bearing witness in order
to respond to their essential needs, improve their living conditions and promote respect for their dignity
and fundamental rights. HI works to meet the needs and defend the rights of children, women and men
with disabilities. In emergency, HI’s mandate widens to target the most vulnerable groups within any
population taking gender inequities into account – from isolated rural communities, to people with
disabilities, to excluded minority groups – to ensure their equal access to appropriate relief aid).

Since 1984, HI has been active in Burmese refugee camps along the Myanmar-Thailand border. The
organization has set up rehabilitation centers and supplies prostheses and mobility aids to people with
disabilities. In Myanmar the first operations are dated 2008, following cyclone Nargis. The program,
mainly focused on emergency response, was closed at the end of the response operations. In 2013, the
program was reopened.

HI’s intervention in Myanmar and Thailand is based on 3 strategic pillars:

1/ Armed Violence Reduction (AVR), including Victim Assistance and community-based Risk
Education
2/ Inclusion with a focus on Disability Inclusion, (projects covering Inclusive Humanitarian Action
providing technical support to Humanitarian Actors, Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction, Inclusive
Livelihood)
3/ Health including Physical and Functional Rehabilitation and MHPSS
This includes prevention of disability amongst malnourished children in Rakhine through Early
Childhood Stimulation Therapy and Physical Rehabilitation; Physical and Functional Rehabilitation
services and Mental Health services in the frame of victim assistance in Kachin & in South East Myanmar
amongst others.

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HI programmatic response in Kayin (Karen) State to the conflict escalation include the deployment of
mobile units to provide emergency assistance (protection, rehabilitation, MHPSS, recreational activities,
health and external referrals) to displaced and host communities.

Humanity & Inclusion encourages qualified people with disabilities or chronic illness and women to
apply. We commit advancing inclusive workplace to remove barriers and to the full and equal
participation in the workforce. We commit to provide equal employment opportunities, reasonable
accommodation in workplace to all employees and qualified applicants, regardless of Nationality,
gender, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including people with disabilities.

Main objective of the position:

To provide health screening, basic wound care, health promotion, SRH services, and ensure necessary
referrals to health centers for displaced and host communities

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 Responsibility 1: Identification of beneficiaries
• Contribute to the identification of persons with medical needs through house to house visits;
• Medical screening of beneficiaries, including checking vital signs;
• Assessment of the main medical needs of the person;
• Guide volunteers, during identification/mobilization exercise.

Responsibility 2: Nursing care

• Provide wound care for minor wounds and bedsores, care for skin infections, dressing for
burns and fractures, management of initial stages of acute watery diarrhoea.
• Provide follow-up care, as necessary;
• Provide health promotion messages, including advice to pregnant women and hygiene
promotion;
• Assist the patients in understanding their condition, recommendation as well as teaching
patient, friends, and family to understand self-care skills; answering questions;
• Update beneficiary files on the service provided in close consultation other mobile unit team
members.

Responsibility 3: Sexual and Reproductive Health

• Provide rationale for decisions that affect care and enable to make informed choices about
their sexuality and sexual and reproductive health and family planning;
• Provide quality maternal and new born health services including maternal health care
counselling on three board aspect such as general counselling, birth planning counselling and
advice on after delivery;
• Maintain records of SRH & Family Planning related materials and statistics as required;
• Supervise community awareness activity and ensure that appropriate messaging are delivered
to the community by SRH community health workers (sexual and reproductive health and
rights and HIV, and incidence of violence against women and early marriage to reducing the
vulnerability of women, among family and community members, including young people);
• Supervise community health workers, and provide continuous mentorship to ensure the quality
of their services provided;
• Support in awareness raising of community leaders on SRHR specific topics.

Responsibility 4: Referral and Follow-up

• Support the Team Manager in mapping the existing health services in the area of intervention;
• Ensure internal/external referrals and follow-up, gathering feedback on service provided for
documentation with a strong link with health center and ambulance provided in the respective
camps for easy referral of cases;
• Communicate and link with other members of the mobile team, regarding internal referrals (PSS,
protection, rehabilitation and social workers), ensuring a comprehensive approach;
• Support in development of IEC material as the project need;
• Be responsible and accountable for the patient care, providing health support services to the
beneficiaries/patients referred to the selected secondary and tertiary health facilities;
• Proper documentation and reporting as required by HI.

Responsibility 5: Conduct
• Demonstrate an ethic and professional practice;
• Respect beneficiary confidentiality;
• Complies with all health and safety procedures to ensure their own safety and the safety of
others in the workplace;
• Respect and promote HI’s Policies and report to your line manager any non-respect of HI’s
policies amongst the teams or partners;
• Report any incident or act that causes any harm to beneficiary or to others;
• Always interact with children with the presence of their parents or caregivers;
• Always ask the permission to touch or to apply any treatment or mobilizations to someone.
• Always respect a refusal of treatment;
• Work with the best of knowledge and abilities to offer a good quality nursing treatment.
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 It is expected that the position holder will perform any other duties as required by the Line
Manager that are commensurate with the position.
Due to the developing and volatile situation in South East Myanmar and emergency nature of the
programmatic response, the position holder’s responsibilities may evolve as per programmatic needs.

Duty Station: Kayin (Karen) State

Line Manager of the position holder: Team Manager
Position holder is Line Manager for: N/A
Position holder is technical referent for: N/A

Profile:

Essential Preferable

Qualification(s) 3 years Diploma in Nursing from a

Government accredited nursing
institution. Registered Nurse
Experience • Minimum 2 years working in a
hospital, clinic or equivalent
setting
Competencies • Understanding of age, gender &
disability and inclusion principles
and practices
• Have the capacity to maintain
close relationships with partners,
stakeholders and beneficiaries
• Burmese: Fluent
• Karen languages
Personal • Able to work in harsh conditions
• Good physical condition
qualities
• Strong team Works approach
• Communication skills
• Knowledge of disability and
development issues in Myanmar
• Sensitized on issue related child
protection, protection of gender-
based violence etc.
• Experience in providing
humanitarian/emergency health
support
• Experience in Internally Displaced
Persons Response a plus
• Experience participating in
training (material development,
training facilitation) and on-the-
job capacity building of staff and
community volunteers;
• Experience in contributing to data
collection and indicator tracking
within development projects or
programs;
• Computer knowledge (MS office
package)
• Good English level
• Experience of working in a remote
community setting is an
advantage
• Experienced in Humanitarian
Context, preferably in the field of
rehabilitation, inclusion.
• Experience working in
multidisciplinary context

HI is committed to protecting children and vulnerable adults from harm. All staffs are expected to
comply with the child Protection and PSEA Policies. Applicants for this position will be assessed
regarding their suitability to work with children and vulnerable adults.

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Reference within the advertisement HI Myanmar’s commitment to the organizations Child Protection and
PSEA Policies, making reference to the special prevention measures taken to ensure safer recruitment
processes are followed.

The successful candidate will be required to complete a police check and self-declaration form to help
verify their suitability to work with children.

Send applications to: recruitment@myanmar.hi.org (CV + cover letter).

Please write: “VA2021-HI-010 Nurse (Kayin/Karen)” in subject.
Deadline for the submission: 12th May 2021.

The appointment of the position is subject to the fund availability.

Only shortlisted applicant will be contacted for a written test and interview. Applicants may be contacted
on a rolling basis before the closing date, it is encouraged to apply early. After closing date, applications
are not considered.

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