SMC Nurse Job at Infectious Diseases Institute

SMC Nurse Job

Work Hours: Full-time, 08 hours per day

Salary: Attractive

Job Deadline: 24 October 2023

Number of Jobs: 01

Hiring Entity: Infectious Diseases Institute

Infectious Diseases Institute

Location: In Uganda

Job Details:

General Summary
The Locum SMC Nurse will support provision Safe Male Medical Circumcision as part of quality Male Sexual Health services in his / her site as well as ensure timely documentation and reporting of the site where he or she is attached.

Key Responsibilities
• Oversee scale up of Safe Male Medical Circumcision as part of quality Male Sexual Health service, and provide leadership to the site when assigned.
• Ensure documentation of all surgical and follow-up procedures.
• Ensure that all activities as pertains to circumcision are conducted according to standard operating procedures and ethical requirements.
• Participate with other surgical teams in service delivery e.g. during SMC procedures. Provide nursing care to clients attending the clinics.
• Assess clinical patient problems
• Participate in Cleaning, disinfecting, packing and sterilisation of surgical instruments
• Treat each client with dignity, respect and understanding in accordance with IDI’s philosophy
• Communicate professionally to different stakeholders
• Participate as a full member of IDI VMMC team
• Willingness to support other project related duties as required.
• Participate in site static and outreach SMC activities.
• Provide post-operative care to SMC clients.
• Oversee scale up of Safe Male Medical Circumcision as part of quality Male Sexual Health service, and provide leadership to the site when assigned.
• Ensure documentation of all surgical and follow-up procedures.
• Ensure that all activities as pertains to circumcision are conducted according to standard operating procedures and ethical requirements.
• Participate with other surgical teams in service delivery e.g. during SMC procedures. Provide nursing care to clients attending the clinics.
• Assess clinical patient problems
• Participate in Cleaning, disinfecting, packing and sterilisation of surgical instruments
• Treat each client with dignity, respect and understanding in accordance with IDI’s philosophy
• Communicate professionally to different stakeholders
• Participate as a full member of IDI VMMC team
• Willingness to support other project related duties as required.
• Participate in site static and outreach SMC activities.
• Provide post-operative care to SMC clients.
• Oversee scale up of Safe Male Medical Circumcision as part of quality Male Sexual Health service, and provide leadership to the site when assigned.
• Ensure documentation of all surgical and follow-up procedures.
• Ensure that all activities as pertains to circumcision are conducted according to standard operating procedures and ethical requirements.
• Participate with other surgical teams in service delivery e.g. during SMC procedures. Provide nursing care to clients attending the clinics.
• Assess clinical patient problems
• Participate in Cleaning, disinfecting, packing and sterilisation of surgical instruments
• Treat each client with dignity, respect and understanding in accordance with IDI’s philosophy
• Communicate professionally to different stakeholders
• Participate as a full member of IDI VMMC team
• Willingness to support other project related duties as required.
• Participate in site static and outreach SMC activities.
• Provide post-operative care to SMC clients.

Person Specification
• Diploma in Nursing from a recognized institution
• Minimum of two years’ work and leadership experience in a clinical and surgical setting is required.
• Additional training in HIV/AIDS and SMC will be an added advantage.
• Training in SMC and Adverse Event Management with a certificate is an added advantage.