Nurse

Position Title        : Nurse (National Staff)
Duty Station        : Hanoi, Vietnam
Classification        : Grade G4 (UN Salary Scale)
Type of Appointment    : Fixed-term, one year with possibility of extension
Estimated Start Date    : As soon as possible
Closing Date        : COB 08 April 2014
Reference Code        : VN2014/HN/01(E)

Major Duties: Under the overall guidance of the Chief Migration Health Physician and direct supervision of the Head Nurse, the Nurse Assistant will assist the health assessment activities in Viet Nam according to organizational and country-specific standards and guidelines. Duties and responsibilities include:

• Reception of IOM-registered applicant
• Authentication and verification of identity of applicant during chest x-ray examination, urine collection and blood collection for laboratory testing
• Verify the identity of the applicant during laboratory specimen collection, radiology and physical examination
• Counsel Applicant on the migration health assessment process and provide pre- HIV test counselling
• Provision of counselling on health assessment
• Procurement of consent
• Provision of pre-test counselling for HIV
• Implementation of anti-fraud measures and quality assurance procedures
• Preparation of medical documents and radiological results for quality review by NMHP
• Initial review of  medical documents from panel physicians for quality review by the NMHP
• Filing and retrieving of medical documents
• Data entry in the database
• Quality review of medical furtherance
• Follow-up of communications

Language Proficiency:  Strong written and oral proficiency in English and Vietnamese

Education/Experience Required: 

• Graduate of a Nursing School with a minimum of 5 years of working experience as a nurse
• Computer literate, good command of data base applications.

Key competencies: Experience in medical terminology; proficient typing; team work oriented, capacity to work independently, sensitive to gender issues; good communication skills, good organizational skills; Experience in working with international organizations/companies or institutions in a multi-cultural setting will be an advantage;

To Apply:  All interested candidates should download and complete an IOM Personal History Form from the IOM Viet Nam website at www.iom.int.vn

Completed applications, including IOM Personal History Form, application letter, curriculum vitae and copies of education certificates, may be delivered to IOM Hanoi at Level 12A, CMC Tower, Duy Tan Street, Cau Giay Dist., or submitted electronically to [email protected] referring to this Vacancy Notice’s Reference Code.

No phone calls please.  Applications are non-returnable and only short-listed candidates will be contacted.