Job Location: Angkor Hospital for Children, Siem Reap Province
Report to Department:External Programme Director
Vacancy:01 position
Working Hours:40 hours/week
Salary & Benefits:Based on the employment contract
Closing Date:28 June 2024
General description:
The School Nurse Officer works closely with the principal, teachers, health center staff and other relevant government and NGOs to improve and promote health care and clinical decision-making based on outcomes, process performance and evidence-based guidelines.
AHC has a zero-tolerance policy towards child abuse, sexual exploitation and abuse and sexual harassment.
Main responsibilities:
- Ensure compliance with policies and procedures of the hospital (AHC) and schools
- Teaching, coaching and training in the following topics: first aid (provider and instructor course), basic health care, Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), basic eye education to primary school students, basic dental education to teachers and students
- Facilitating/coordinating activities and trainings, such as: dental treatment/education and basic eye care to primary school teachers
- Work closely with teachers to identify student’s health problems such as dental, eye, nutrition conditions and general health
- Liaise with local health government staff
- Assist in the design of health education materials for schools such as posters, flipcharts, etc.
- Work closely with schoolteachers to make sure soap is always available for hand washing
- Assist in regular monitoring of students’ behavior regarding hand hygiene and tooth brushing and weekly fluoride mouth rinse
- Perform other administrative functions, such as reporting
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s or associate’s degree in nursing is essential
- The degree must have been obtained from one of the schools approved by the Ministry of Health (MoH), Kingdom of Cambodia
- Three years’ work experience in nursing within AHC or a clinical setting outside of AHC
- Experience in teaching is preferable
- Nursing License registered with Nursing Council
- Seminars, workshops and training related to policies and guidelines for school health
- Basic computer skills (Words, Excel, Outlook, and Unicode)
- Strong communication, listening, presentation and interpersonal skills
- English would be an advantage
- Ability to learn and adopt new technical skills
- Ability to effectively facilitate meetings and discussions
- Ability to work independently, be self-directed and self-motivated
- Ability to write summary reports for the project’s responsibilities
- Ability to work as part of a multicultural team
- Understand the vision/mission/slogan of Angkor Hospital for Children
- Confident speaking in large groups and participating in discussions
- Strong understanding of national school healthcare structure and policy
- Comfortable in a rural environment and working in villages.
Personal behaviour:
- Willing to work under pressure
- Committed to work
- Good organization, timekeeping and problem-solving skills
- Exceptionally self-motivated, self-directed, intellectually curious and persuasive
- Demonstrated confidence and flexible schedule
- Ability to cope with stress
- Teamwork
- Problem-solving and analytical ability
- Communication skills
- Problem-solving skills
Other qualifications:
- English and other languages would be an advantage
- Abilities to learn and adopt new technical skills
How to apply:
Interested candidates are requested to fill in and submit an Application for Employment (available at HR Department or download from https://angkorhospital.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/application-form.pdf along with curriculum vitae, vover letter and eligible degree certificates to: Angkor Hospital for Children, Tep Vong Road & Umchhay Street, Svay Dangkum, Siem Reap province‐district, PO Box 50, Siem Reap, Kingdom of Cambodia. Tel: (855) 63 963 409,017 72 72 62 or via email: job@angkorhospital.org. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for interview and submitted applications will not be returned. Applicants who do not complete an AHC application form will not be considered.
Moreinfo: https://angkorhospital.org/jobs
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