3 Red Cross Jobs – Nursing Officers

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Organisation: Uganda Red Cross
Society (URCS)
Duty Station: Arua, Lira and
Moroto, Uganda
Reports to: Senior Nursing
Officer
Job Grade: UR 7.2
About URCS:
Uganda
Red Cross Society (URCS) the leading National Humanitarian Organization in
Uganda and a member of the International Red Cross Red Crescent Movement is
seeking to recruit dynamic, self-motivated individuals to fill the enlisted
positions; following the support received from the Joint Population Program –
financed by DFID through the World Health Organization (WHO) to Uganda Blood
Transfusion Services (UBTS); to establish three new blood collection teams in
Lira, Arua and Moroto Districts. URCS has therefore, been entrusted by UBTS to
contract and jointly implement activities for this program. URCS is an equal
opportunities employer mindful of gender balance in its establishment.
Job Summary: The Nursing Officer
will be responsible for providing nursing care service to blood donors before,
during and after blood donation with the most effective and efficient customer
care skills
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:
  • Ensures that blood donors are received and
    attended to promptly.
  • Provides nursing care services to Blood Donors
    in line with standard operating procedures.
  • Attends to Blood Donors and ensures a healthy
    working environment is maintained at all times.
  • Prepares and carries out aseptic procedures.
  • Manages and accounts for all allocated
    resources.
  • Participates in research activities.
  • Imparts knowledge and skills to Donor Care
    Assistants.
  • Adheres to Professional Code of Conduct and
    Ethics.
  • Checks Blood Donors before donation in line
    with the standard procedures.
  • Conducts Pre and Post Blood Donor counselling.
Qualifications, Skills &
Experience:
  • The applicant should be trained at Registered
    Level or its equivalent from a recognized institution;
  • Member of the Nurses and Midwives Council;
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal
    skills and the knowledge of local language is an added advantage.
How to Apply:
All
suitably qualified candidates can address applications with curriculum vitae,
names of three professional referees, copies of certified academic documents,
telephone/email contact to: The Interim Secretary General, Uganda Red Cross
Society, P.O. Box 494, Rubaga Road, Plot 551/555, Kampala, Uganda. Due to large
volumes of applications; only short listed candidates shall be contacted.
Canvassing shall lead to automatic disqualification
Deadline: 22nd
November, 2013

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