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Summary
- Vacancy: —
- Location: Cox’s Bazar (Ukhia)
- Minimum Salary: Negotiable
- Experience: At least 1 year
- Published: 19 May 2025
Requirements
Education
- Diploma in Nursing, Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Nursing
- Diploma/ BSc in Nursing/Midwifery or a related discipline from a reputed institution.
Experience
- At least 1 year
- The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s):
NGO, Hospital
Additional Requirements
KNOWLEDGE:
- Clinical knowledge of child and adolescent health, nutrition, infectious diseases, and primary healthcare
- Understanding of referral systems and case management principles in humanitarian contexts
- Knowledge of safeguarding, protection standards, and health data confidentiality protocols
SKILLS:
- Strong clinical assessment and decision-making skills
- Record-keeping, data management, and basic reporting skills
- Good communication and health education skills with children and youth
- Team coordination and ability to work with multi-sectoral teams
- Basic computer literacy for data entry (MS Word, Excel, KOBO)
- Multilingual capacity (Rohingya, Chittagonian, Bangla, or English) is an asset
COMPETENCIES:
- Compassion and sensitivity when working with vulnerable children and families
- Accountability and attention to detail in medical record keeping
- Flexibility and adaptability to challenging and dynamic environments
- Ethical and safeguarding-oriented practice
- Strong organizational and time-management abilities.
BMDC registration required
Responsibilities & Context
The Nurse will be responsible for conducting scheduled health check-ups for learners at Learning Centres (LCs) in Camp 1E and Camp 17, supporting early detection of health issues, providing immediate care advice, facilitating referrals for advanced medical attention when required, and maintaining comprehensive health records. The goal is to improve learners’ overall well-being, promote health-seeking behaviour, and create a healthier, safer learning environment in alignment with project objectives.
Health Check-up Implementation and Clinical Assessment
- Conduct scheduled, comprehensive health check-ups at Learning Centres for all learners as per the project plan (half-yearly basis)
- Assess learners’ health status, including vital signs monitoring, basic diagnostic assessments, and clinical evaluation
- Identify early signs of illness, malnutrition, or other health risks among learners
- Ensure privacy, dignity, and safeguarding standards during health assessments
Referral, Record Keeping, and Follow-up
- Provide immediate referrals for learners who require further medical evaluation or treatment at PHCs or other specialized health facilities
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date individual health records for all learners, including check-up results, vaccination history, referrals, and treatments
- Track referred cases and ensure appropriate follow-up is conducted until the learner’s health needs are addressed
- Share health records and referral updates with Learning Centre management and relevant health focal points in compliance with data protection and safeguarding policies
Coordination, Health Promotion, and Reporting
- Coordinate with Community Health Workers (CHWs) to support learner follow-ups, home visits if needed, and reinforcement of health messages
- Link learners and families to additional services (MHPSS, Nutrition, Protection, WASH) as required, collaborating with service providers and Site Management
- Provide health education during check-ups to encourage wellness, hygiene, and health-seeking behaviours among learners
- Submit regular reports on health check-up activities, referral statistics, challenges encountered, and proposed improvements
Safeguarding Implementation
- Ensure the safety of Programme Participants, people who come into contact with the organisation and team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation including sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) to achieve the programme’s goals of safeguarding implementation. Act as a key source of support, guidance and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment
- Practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action
- Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place and encourage others to do so.
Skills & Expertise
Nurse
Compensation & Other Benefits
- Mobile bill
- Health & Life Insurance
- Paternity/ Maternity leave
- others as per organisation policy
Workplace
Work at office
Employment Status
Contractual
Job Location
Cox’s Bazar (Ukhia)