Job Description

SOS Children’s Villages invites applications from suitably qualified and interested candidates who fulfill the eligibility criterion for the below one Position.

Position:                        Neonatal Nurse

Reports to:                    Matron

Duty station:                Mogadishu/Heliwa      

Job summary:

To ensure that SOS Mother and Child Hospital patients are provided with quality health and nursing care as per Somalia Standard Treatment Guidelines.

Job responsibilities:

• Evaluate and oversee Neonatal patients in the wards and report to doctors and supervisors any changes in condition
• checking vital signs and monitoring patients.
• performing tests on newborn babies
• provide care to high-risk infants who need care due to low birth weights
• complications of prematurity, heart abnormalities, infections or other conditions
• Maintain and calibrate Neonatal ward equipment for patient safety and support
• Administer medications as prescribed by the attending Neonatal physician
• Connect intravenous lines to administer medication and extract samples
• Communicate with parents/guardians the plan of care and scope of treatment
• Obtain and evaluate test results
• Provide nursing care for patients in Neonatal wards
• Ensure patients are fed and cared for accordingly
• Ensure infection prevention and control measures are instituted to ensure a safe and clean environment for patients.
• Prepare and submit daily handover reports to night/day shift staff.
• Consult with physicians and other nurses on plan of care, progress and prognosis
• Record patient data in the registers and also prepare monthly reports.

Experiences and Qualifications

Job competencies:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing required or Diploma in Nursing.
• 3+ years’ experience working in a high-volume paediatric ward
• Current PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support) certificate a plus
• NRP (Neonatal Resuscitation Program) certificate preferred
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Working knowledge of all ward equipment (e.g. incubator, ventilator, etc.)
• Ability to work in a multicultural environment
• Fluency in English (verbal and written)
• Understanding Somalia context
• Excellent computer and software
• Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills

Safeguarding Commitment

SOS Children’s Villages Somalia holds strict child safeguarding principles and a zero-tolerance policy for conducts of sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse in the workplace and other places where the organization’s activities are rendered. Parallel to technical competence, recruitment, selection and hiring decisions will give due emphasize to assessing candidates value congruence and thorough background checks, police clearance reference check processes. SOS Children’s Villages organization is committed to safeguarding the rights of the children and therefore, is expected that every individual who joins with SOS Children’s Villages Somalia understand his/her responsibility in protecting and keeping children always safe.

Skills Required

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