Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Medical Training Specialists

Medical Training Specialists

Dubai
The Emirates Group is a highly profitable business with a turnover of approximately US$ 11 billion and over 36,000 employees(and growing rapidly towards 50,000 over the next 3 years). The Group comprises of Dnata, the successful Airport Ground Services and Travel Industry division, and Emirates, the Group's rapidly expanding and award winning international Airline. Within the Group there are a diverse range of businesses offering a wide spectrum of career opportunities, all of which can be explored through the Group's dedicated careers website. Emirates global network now sees it flying to over 100 destinations across 6 continents, and with aircraft orders worth over Emirates currently operates a modern fleet of 116 wide-bodied aircraft and it has orders worth over US$ 60 billion for 242 more of the latest aircraft, including 8 Boeing 777 freighters., with many more destinations coming on line. With the Group now hiring over 6,000 new staff every year, essential to business success will be the ongoing employment of high quality people to join our multi-cultural team of over 145 nationalities. Dubai, a tourism centre and modern cosmopolitan city with high standards of healthcare, education and leisure pursuits for residents offers one of the most desirable lifestyle locations in the world. In addition to lifestyle and tax free salary benefits, the Emirates Group also offers professional development opportunities to help employees develop new skills and grow their careers successfully. These are both internal through e-Learning and leadership development courses and external through relationships with tertiary institutions globally, including Executive education programmes at world class Business Schools and Universities. The Position: The Training Specialist will be responsible for competency based Occupational Health and First Response Training programs, to a multi-cultural audience within the Emirates Group. He/She will also ensure that training is aligned to corporate objectives and complies with International standards and regulations.

Salary & Benefits:
We offer an attractive tax-free salary, paid in Dirhams, the local currency of the UAE. The Dirham is linked to the Special Drawing Right of the International Monetary Fund. It has been held constant against the US dollar since the end of 1980 at a mid-rate of approximately US$1= Dh3.66. Besides travel benefits normally associated with an airline, more information on employee benefits is available within the 'Working Here' section of this site. By viewing the 'Dubai Lifestyle' section in the site you can also consider the benefits of Dubai as a location to live and work in.

Experience and Qualifications:
A recognised professional qualification in nursing or the health sciences with a training qualification equivalent to City & Guilds International Certificate in Teaching & Training.
A minimum of 5 years experience as a health care professional and educator with IT literacy.

To Apply:
To express your interest in the above vacancy please apply on-line by clicking below, and complete our application form. We will then consider your application and contact you should we wish to shortlist you for an interview. Should you not receive an invitation for an interview within 5 weeks please assume that on this occasion you have been unsuccessful. We will retain your details for 12 months unless advised otherwise and re-consider you for future opportunities as they arise. Please also note that if you are not shortlisted you can also update your application at anytime and apply for other opportunities. Thank you for your interest in a career with the Emirates Group.

Job Reference No : L&DO/LF/10821

Closing Date : 06-Jul-2008

Friday, June 20, 2008

Occupational Health Nurse

Occupational Health Nurse

Job number: 460750
CSG: Uranium & Olympic Dam
Site: Olympic Dam
Business / Project: Olympic Dam
Job type: Full Time - Permanent
Location: AU - South Australia

Think Zero Harm
At BHP Billiton, our vision for sustainable development is to be the company of choice - creating sustainable value for shareholders, employees, contractors, suppliers, customers, business partners and host communities. Central to our vision is our aspirational goal of Zero Harm to people, the environment and the community.
Further to this our people are our most significant asset and number one priority and therefore Zero Harm drives all our operations. A demonstrated commitment to health and safety leadership is a pre-requisite for being considered for any opportunities or career advancement within the business.

Think Place
The future has never looked more exciting at Olympic Dam, Australia's largest single underground mine and minerals processing operation. A copper/uranium mine, Olympic Dam is located 560 kilometres north of Adelaide and processes ore through to final, refined products of international standing - all on the one site. Nearby Roxby Downs is a modern, fully-equipped township of around 4,500 people which boasts top-class recreational, civic and educational facilities. This is a great place for young professionals to live and work and make their mark - it is also an excellent place for families, with a quarter of the population comprised of school age children.

Think Opportunity
The Occupational Health Nurse is a residential role at Australia's largest underground mine and reports to the Senior Occupational Health Nurse.

Think Purpose
You will deliver on-site injury management, medical and health assessment, treatment and health promotion to all employees across site. You will be responsible for maintaining comprehensive medical records of all injuries and illnesses, both written and electronic. You will be required to maintain effective communications with all Olympic Dam personnel on occupational health matters. Your responsibilities will include -
• Providing effective initial return to work management for BHP Billiton personnel following work and non-work related injury or illness
• Providing medical assessment and treatment to all personnel accessing the Olympic Dam site,
• Conducting pre-employment, exit and periodic medical assessments,
• Conducting Fit For Work (FFW) testing as required,
• Conducting health promotion initiatives in line with the Olympic Dam Health Promotion Program,
• Maintaining effective documentation including patient notes, electronic data entry and meeting the requirements of the Federal Privacy Act 1988,
• Completing daily tasks to ensure functional management of the medical centre as directed by the Senior Occupational Health Nurse.

Think Requirements
To be considered, you will be a Registered Nurse, hold a current practicing certificate in South Australia and have general nursing experience or experience in a casualty department. While it is preferable that you have an industrial or mining background, we are also interested in speaking with RNs whose career goals include moving into OH. You will have the ability to deliver key health training programs to employees and be competent in Microsoft Office. A Diploma in Occupational Heath Nursing will be highly regarded. You are a highly motivated professional who can be relied upon to display integrity and provide consistently fair assessments. Your communication skills are excellent and you work well when confronted with deadlines and pressure situations. Setting clear goals and priorities is second nature to you.
This role provides an opportunity to contribute your skills to our business in a meaningful way while developing your career with a true mining industry leader.

Previous Applicants need not reapply.

Think Apply
Apply online at http://jobs.bhpbilliton.com by 5pm Sunday 29 June, 2008.

Enter Ref No 451761 to easily locate the position.

Enquiries may be directed to Vicki Sires on 08 86718499.

Advertised:19 Jun 2008 Cen. Australia Standard Time
Closing date:29 Jun 2008 5:00pm Cen. Australia Standard Time

BHP Billiton has an overriding commitment to safety and environmental responsibility.

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

What speed is safe on emergency runs?

What speed is safe on emergency runs?

June 17, 2008
By Dana Wilson
The Columbus Dispatch
Copyright 2008 The Columbus Dispatch

DELAWARE, Ohio — George Haggard was waiting for his wife to arrive home so they could go out to dinner when he heard the sirens blaring along Liberty Road.

He was shocked when, instead of her Dodge Caravan, an ambulance stopped at the end of his driveway along Carriage Road, near Powell. The medics told him Dorothy, 67, had been in a car crash.

"They said, 'Your wife is on a backboard in the back,' " Mr. Haggard, 70, recalled.

Her injuries mostly were minor, so he followed the ambulance to the hospital. Later, his wife described to him how her vehicle was hit by a deputy sheriff's cruiser.

It was just before 6 p.m. on June 5, and Mrs. Haggard was driving south on Liberty Road when she heard emergency sirens. She pulled off to the right berm. Heading north on the same road, Delaware County Deputy Charles Gannon Jr. lost control of his cruiser, according to the State Highway Patrol.

The cruiser went off the road, then sideswiped a Liberty Township ambulance stopped in traffic. The cruiser veered off the road again, then struck Mrs. Haggard's van, pushing it into a GMC Sierra also along the berm.

A fifth car that veered off the road to avoid the cruiser hit a tree instead.

Gannon, 33, later told troopers that he was en route to an emergency call and estimated he was traveling between 50 and 70 mph. The posted speed limit on Liberty Road is 45 mph.

The State Highway Patrol cited Gannon for operating a vehicle without reasonable control, a misdemeanor. His driving privileges at work have been suspended pending an internal review, Sheriff Walter L. Davis said.

"We'll look at everything," Davis said. "We understand that we have to be responsible. We understand that we have to, first and foremost, use good common sense and good judgment."

The crash, Gannon's second on-duty wreck, raises the question of how fast is too fast for an emergency vehicle.

The patrol says that depends on a number of factors, including the nature of the call, traffic, weather and time of day.

"He was cited for the crash, so they believe that there was some type of negligence, but it's a tricky call," State Highway Patrol Sgt. D.J. Smith said. "There is no, per se, 'You can only go this fast.'

"Firetrucks and medics cannot go 10 miles above the posted speed limit and must stop at red lights and stop signs, Liberty Township Fire Chief John Bernans said.

He said first-responders must evaluate every call and practice common sense.

"Are you running 90 miles an hour on a broken ankle versus a heart attack?"

Gannon said he was responding to a report of a suicidal person on June 5.

Mrs. Haggard was badly bruised in the crash and suffered torn rib cartilage. Drivers or passengers in two other vehicles suffered minor injuries.

"What he did is put my wife's life in jeopardy by a poor decision," Mr. Haggard said of Gannon. "If you're going to save a life, you don't want to endanger other people, too."

Friday, June 06, 2008

Nurse - CESVI - Cooperazione e Sviluppo Onlus (CESVI)

Nurse
NGO

Location: Zimbabwe (Harare)

Closing date:
30 Jun 2008

DURATION:
12 months, renewable

REQUIRED COMPETENCIES

Nurse graduate Previous experience in developing Countries Previous experience in the management of Health Projects Knowledge of Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs procedures Willingness to move within the Bindura e Mazowe districts, Zimbabwe Fluency in written and spoken English Fluency in written and spoken Italian

DESIRABLE COMPETENCIES

Very flexible, patient and with a positive attitude
Dynamic and willing to take initiative to complete assigned tasks

WORK CONTEXT

- Cesvi has worked in Zimbabwe for the last eight years and is present in the sectors of the fight against HIV/AIDS and malaria, OVCs and sustainable natural resources management.
- The Country Programme has a portfolio of ca. 6m Euro, and is financed by EC, Italian MFA and private donors. Cesvi has established partnership with a large number of local NGOs and state actors.

JOB DESCRIPTION

The collaboration will start on July 2008
The main duty station will be Harare
The person will respond to the Project Coordinator

Main tasks:

Ensure the implementation of the activities, writing reports and attending to financial management
Draw up activities planning Assure an efficient office organization and a correct registration of the project documentation
Guarantee the project reports respecting the deadline required by her/his referent
Guarantee the conservation and management of the reserved information
Assure the flows of information in accordance with the HQs indications that are needed to support the Fund Raising activities and the social and economical reports

Vacancies Contact
To apply, please visit this page:
http://www.hr.cesvi.org/impaginaposizione.asp?idposizione=313
Reference Code: RW_7F5F2F-74

Nurse - BMZ-UNHCR-GTZ Partnership Operations

Nurse
BMZ-UNHCR-GTZ Partnership Operations
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY


Location: Kenya
Closing date: 21 Jun 2008

Job Description
Job Title: NURSE
Dadaab Refugee Camp - North Eastern Province

Summary:GTZ is a German developmental agency that provides health and nutrition and developmental assistance to refugees and displaced populations.

This position exists under the Health and Nutrition Program based in North Eastern Kenya Dadaab Refugee camp. The overall objective of the program is to provide safe, effective and curative health services, targeting the most important causes of illness and death among the refugee population. The position is placed under the supervision of the Medical Camp doctor and the head of curative services.

Medical
- Participate at the morning meeting with the hospital staff.
- Collect various forms from the office used during work.
- Ensure the waste management circuit runs smoothly.
- Follow the GTZ guidelines and ensure that everybody adhere to them.
- Participate to any special exercise organised in the camps (Nutritional Survey, Mass Campaign,) as need be.
- Train the staff of the Health Posts in their different tasks
- Participate in night calls when his or her duty arrives

If deployed to the health post:
- Take charge of her/his attributed Health Post
- Undertake ANC consultations and/ or other consultations as is deemed fit
- Incorporate the duties of the clinical officer at the health post when he/she is away on leave/ CTO
- In consultation with the clinical officer organise leave days for the health post staff and inform the camp doctor.
- Ensure good levels of hygiene at the Health Post.
- Make decisions on the cases to be referred to hospital OPD
- Participate in weekly meetings to be held at health post with the staff and present relevant issues to the camp doctor

If deployed to the hospital:
- Take charge of her/his attributed ward
- Participate in daily ward rounds and oversee management of patients after the ward round in consultation with the clinical officer and camp doctor as necessary
- Ensure patients in the ward receive treatment as required and all patient documentation is up to date including nursing cardex, observation charts and treatment sheets
- Liaise with the ward supervisor and hospital administrator through the head nurse to make sure ward materials are adequate (beds, mattresses, mosquito nets etc)
- Responsible for the discharge summaries and writes the prescriptions for patients on discharge
- Counterchecks drug orders for the ward and signs.

Supervision:
- Supervise the auxiliary staff in the health post and to give help and advise when needed.
- Supervise the ward supervisor in his duties and give support where needed
- Supervise ANC staff and give advice where needed.
- Report any outbreak potential disease to the outreach nurse

General:
- Substitute for other nurses as coverage demands, in another health post or hospital.
- Follow the security rules of GTZ.
- Collaborate with other agencies at camp level.
- Respect the internal rules of GTZ and the MOH staff regulation.
- Respect GTZ guidelines.
- Carry out any other duties as deemed necessary by the camp medical doctor or HCS or field medical coordinator

Contract Duration:
Up to December 31st 2008 Renewable annual from January 2009

Vacancies Contact
GTZ-UNHCR PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM
WESTLANDS MAC CANN HOUSE
P.O.BOX 839-00621 VILLAGE MARKETNAIROBI-KENYA
Reference Code: RW_7FBC3P-65

E-mail address: hr.ke@bmz-unhcr-gtz.com

Wednesday, June 04, 2008

Nurses, Social Responsibility, Human Rights, and Activism

Nurses, Social Responsibility, Human Rights, and Activism

Written by NurseKeith
Monday, 26 May 2008


While nursing is seen by many as an inherently political act in and of itself, and while nurses have advocated for the poor for centuries, this article explores how nurses have organized for the betterment of society, and whether nurse-centric organizations exist---or have existed---akin to Doctors Without Borders or Physicians for Social Responsibility.

For decades, Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR), Physicians for Human Rights (PHR), Doctors of the World , Partners in Health (PIH), and Medicins Sans Frontieres/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) have played crucial roles as advocates for human rights worldwide. With cultural clout, economic power, name recognition, and the admiration of millions, several of these organizations---especially MSF---frequently deliver reports and news conferences which garner enormous global media attention. MSF is also an incredibly effective front-line organization which well deserves the praise lavished upon it.

Since the politically-charged 1960’s and 1970’s---when many medical students and young doctors were radicalized---a small but mighty cadre of progressive, politically savvy doctors with an interest in human rights have spear-headed many important and memorable movements in the interest of serving those most in need, from refugees to inner-city American children. I admire these groups, and actually long to eventually count myself among their rank and file, serving refugees or other vulnerable groups worldwide.

As for nurses, many volunteer with MSF, PIH, and PSR to do their part in making the world safer for those vulnerable individuals most in need of medical care and advocacy. That said, the purpose of this article is to explore if, when, and how nurses have themselves organized into nurse-centric organizations to address similar concerns of human rights and social responsibility, and/or whether nurses need to create their own organizations vis-a-vis these vital human issues.

Over the years, I have noticed that nurses are quick to organize around a specific legislative agenda centered in the US, whether it be universal healthcare, safe staffing ratios for hospitals, or recruitment of nursing students during the all-too-familiar nursing shortage. This legislative agenda is indeed country-specific, and does indeed benefit patients as much---or more---than it benefits nurses on the front line. However, what I am seeking is evidence of nurses organizing within the nursing community itself in response to injustice, inhumane treatment, war, genocide, famine, widespread disease, or other global crises. Thus, for the purpose of this article, I set about searching the Internet for information on nurses and their work for human rights and social justice.

As for web searches, Googling “nurses without borders” brings one to a site offering several links to articles on the jailing of nurses in Bulgaria, as well as a very interesting article about a nurse who works for Doctors Without Borders . Still, it seems “Nurses Without Borders” simply exists as a dead-end web address and has never appeared to exist as an actual entity or organization in an of itself, as opposed to Engineers Without Borders , Reporters Without Borders , among others.

Moving on, a Google search of “nurses and human rights” brings the earnest surfer to Nurses for Human Rights , an excellent site specifically dedicated to the health and well-being of children and adults as they interface with the medical and psychiatric systems. While the site is narrow in focus, it addresses very important issues of human rights, especially in terms of children’s health.

In terms of searching on the Internet for articles on “nurses and activism”, a NurseWeek article highlights nurses who have pioneered Sexual Assault Response Teams (SART) in Texas, championed the improvement of low immunization rates for children, and worked to prevent Shaken Baby Syndrome.

According to the same NurseWeek article, “nurses have been activists since medieval times, when members of religious and secular nursing orders looked after lepers, orphaned children, and poor men and women whose families couldn’t or wouldn’t care for them. Nurse activists of previous centuries, including Florence Nightingale, Dorothea Dix, and Margaret Sanger, pushed for and achieved tremendous health care improvements in their lifetimes.” Nursing history is filled with individuals such as Lillian Wald and her Henry Street Settlement , which addressed issues of inner city poverty in radical and effective ways.

However, NurseWeek is also quick to point out that “in these days of heavy workloads, increasingly sicker patients and the demands of balancing work and family lives, many nurses find it hard to get through a work week, much less push for change or look for ways to give back to their communities.”

Still other articles argue that nursing is innately a political act in and of itself, elucidating the role that nursing has played vis-a-vis labor activism , or calling strongly for increased education of nursing students regarding how to influence public policy through civic participation.

My cursory searches have revealed that no organizations exist which exactly mirror PSR and MSF. Groups of nurses have seemingly not coalesced around issues forcefully enough to form independent non-profit organizations with progressive political or social agendas apart from regional, national or provincial professional nursing organizations.

As nurses, do we need organizations beyond the ANA and its regional counterparts through which nurses can make their collective voices heard? Is it enough for nurses to join MSF or PSR and be, as it were, participants in well-funded and progressive organizations founded and run by doctors? Are nurses less politically progressive than doctors? Do nurses simply work too hard? Do nurses have the will and desire to belong to groups that take strong stands for or against various issues and causes? Does the world need organizations such as “Nurses Without Borders”, “Nurses of the World”, or “Nurses for Human Rights”? Is there funding, political will, organizational will, and time and energy for such endeavors? And if there is the will, who will make it happen?

For myself, I have wondered if I personally have the energy to be the founder of such an organization. Do I have the resources, the skills, the desire, the time to undertake the quest? I also ask myself if nurses are ready for such a leap, if such organizations are truly necessary, or if they would simply be redundant? Could I truly garner enough support, funding, and membership to make such an organization viable?

Perusing the websites of MSF, PSR, and PHR, it would be a daunting effort to equal such solid organizational and global presence. Is my nurse’s ego bruised that it takes physicians---with their economic and cultural clout---to coalesce such efforts? Or am I happy enough to simply ride on the coattails of physicians and join in their well-organized and well-funded efforts?

As a hard-working nurse, stretched in many areas of my life, I conclude from my present vantage point and research that I would not choose to form an organization that would simply weakly echo the stances of PSR and MSF. While I lament the fact that nurses generally join physician-run progressive organizations rather than found their own, I admit that I too simply do not have the time or will to do what it takes to enjoin nurses across the country and around the world to join together under yet another banner. I also honestly wonder if there are enough politically progressive activist nurses willing to take up arms (so to speak) against the vast inequities and pervasive violence facing the world.

I can safely conclude that nurses are indeed activists, but nurse activism is operationalized in daily life, both at home and at work. In the course of their work, nurses advocate, educate, support and care for individuals across the lifespan. Under the auspices of the American Nurses Association and the various regional nurse organizations, nurses do indeed use their collective voice to push legislative agendas which are deemed germane and timely. Still, the ANA and AMA are limited in scope as professional organizations, taking no apparent position on issues such as genocide, famine, refugees, political strife, torture, or the war in Iraq.

As for nurse-run organizations akin to MSF or PSR, I have found no conclusive evidence that such organizations exist. Thus, I believe that nurses such as myself who have interest in such work will continue to join physician-led organizations in order to satisfy the desire for politically progressive work with a bias towards global justice and humanitarianism, or at least until some enterprising and well-meaning nurse---or group of nurses---decides that a nurse-run humanitarian organization is the key to fulfilling our ambitions of a more global activism for nurses.

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NurseKeith is a blogger, nurse, writer, and consultant. Please feel free to visit his blog, Digital Doorway .

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