Staff Health Officer I

Requirements

• MBBS, with a minimum of 3 years of clinical experience.
  
• Fluency in English;
  
• Experience in mental health, and stress management.
  
• Experience in medical evacuation and transportation.
  
• Knowledge of tropical health and public health systems;
  
• Proficiency with MS Office and internet tools.
  
• Good rigour, method, and analytical skills.
  
• You must have a valid working permit to work in Nigeria
  

• Makes a context-specific health risks assessment
  
• Carries out context-specific health briefings for all new ICRC staff and debriefing for departing staff.
  
• Ensure that vaccinations of ICRC staff are complete as determined in the staff health policy and depending on the locally available vaccines.
  
• Counsels for medical screening at recruitment and specific professional categories and the yearly medical Green Light for mobile staff.
  
• Prepare and support for the awareness campaigns designed by Staff health to all the Delegation staff.
  
• Facilitate First-aid training for staff on a regular basis to the staff in Damaturu in coordination with SHM and collaboration with the National Society
  
• Review and confirm the medical evacuation plan for Damaturu and support for Maiduguri
  
• Identifies national reference structures for vertical health programs.
  
• Keeps strict medical confidentiality: all individual health information of ICRC staff is strictly confidential. Upon agreement of the person concerned it may be shared among medical staff bound by the same medical confidentiality.
  
• Provides individual medical follow-up for ICRC staff and their dependents when advice is sought.
  
• Assess mental health needs for individual cases, and provide First Psychological aid to colleagues requiring this support