Senior Migration Health Nurse

The Senior Migration Health Nurse will coordinate and monitor medical assistance for migrants before departure, during transit, and upon arrival. The role includes supporting nursing assessments, ensuring continuity of care, and maintaining accurate medical documentation in accordance with IOM procedures and standards.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and monitor medical assistance for migrants before departure, during transit and, where applicable, upon arrival, including migrants returning to Chad.
• Conduct or support nursing assessments, identify health-related travel needs and vulnerabilities, and arrange timely medical evaluation, treatment and referral in accordance with IOM procedures and the instructions of the IOM physician.
• Monitor outpatient care, prescribed treatment, hospitalization and discharge arrangements, ensuring continuity of care and accurate, confidential medical documentation.
• Liaise with IOM offices in countries of origin, transit and destination to arrange medical escorts, reception assistance, continuity of care and medical handover, as required.
• Coordinate and provide technical guidance to transit-centre and medical assistance teams, escalating complex cases to the supervisor and the IOM physician.
• Monitor the safe and effective operation of migrant transit centres, including the quality and quantity of assistance, hygiene, infection prevention and control, medication management, first-aid readiness and referral arrangements; promptly report gaps, incidents and safeguarding concerns.
• Maintain accurate and secure medical records, assistance databases and case-tracking tools in compliance with confidentiality and IOM data-protection principles.
• Prepare timely activity reports, medical movement updates, statistical summaries and briefing notes for management, partners and relevant authorities.
• Maintain effective coordination with health facilities, laboratories, pharmacies, ambulance providers, government counterparts, humanitarian partners and other service providers.
• Provide health education, psychosocial first aid and pre-departure counselling to migrants and staff, including on treatment adherence, hygiene and communicable-disease prevention.
• Support the development and updating of standard operating procedures, referral pathways, contingency arrangements and medical supply plans for AVRR and transit-centre operations.
• Participate in relevant meetings, forums and coordination mechanisms when delegated by the supervisor, and support urgent medical or operational needs related to migrant movements, as required.
• Perform such other relevant duties as may be assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing, Public Health or a related health field from an accredited academic institution with four years of relevant professional experience; or, Completed secondary education with a recognized nursing diploma and six years of relevant professional experience.
• Valid registration or authorization to practise nursing in Chad is required, where applicable.
• Experience providing nursing care, case follow-up, prescribed treatment monitoring and medical referrals in clinical, humanitarian or community settings.
• Experience supporting migrants, returnees or other persons in vulnerable situations, including medical travel assistance, continuity of care, psychosocial first aid or referral for specialized services.
• Experience coordinating or guiding health or transit-centre personnel and liaising with health facilities, authorities and service providers; previous experience with the United Nations or a humanitarian organization is an advantage.
• Ability to work effectively in a multicultural environment and under operational pressure is required.
• Experience in medical documentation, confidential case management, reporting and the use of electronic data-management tools is desirable.
• Prior work experience with international humanitarian organisations, non-government or government institutions/organisation in a multi-cultural setting is an advantage.
• Sound knowledge of nursing practice, first aid, infection prevention and control, safe medication handling and referral procedures.
• Ability to recognize medical and protection risks, prioritize urgent cases and communicate clearly with migrants and multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong record-keeping, reporting and data-management skills, with due regard for medical confidentiality and data protection.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and the ability to work effectively under pressure in a multicultural environment.
• Strong interpersonal, counselling and communication skills, with a service-oriented and culturally sensitive approach.
• Ability to organize competing priorities, respond appropriately to urgent health needs and maintain professional boundaries and confidentiality.

Skills

• Nursing Care
• Case Follow-up
• Treatment Monitoring
• Medical Referrals
• Support for Vulnerable Migrants
• Medical Travel Assistance
• Continuity of Care
• Psychological First Aid
• Health Personnel Coordination
• Liaison with Health Facilities
• Medical Documentation
• Confidential Case Management
• Electronic Database Management
• Nursing Practice
• First Aid
• Infection Prevention and Control
• Safe Medication Handling
• Referral Procedures
• Medical Risk Recognition
• Urgent Case Prioritization
• Records Keeping
• Reporting
• Data Management
• Microsoft Office Suite
• Counselling Skills
• Adaptability in Multicultural Environment

Languages

English, French