Regional Migration Health Nurse Coordinator (P)
Organizational Context
The International Organization for Migration (IOM), established in 1951, is a UN-related agency dedicated to promoting humane and orderly migration. It works with governments and partners to save lives, protect people on the move, and facilitate regular migration pathways. This role supports the Migration Health Division's nursing leadership and contributes to the regional Migration Health Assessment Programme.
Job Purpose
The Regional Migration Health Nurse Coordinator is responsible for substantively supporting the Migration Health Division's nursing leadership structure and overseeing the Migration Health Assessment Programme across the region. This involves ensuring optimal workflow, client satisfaction, and adherence to technical requirements for resettlement countries. The role focuses on coordinating nursing and clerical activities, managing medical examinations, imaging, laboratory testing, vaccinations, TB management, treatment referrals, and pre-departure procedures. It also involves providing technical advice, monitoring resource management, promoting best practices in nursing activities, and coordinating nurse education programs to ensure high standards of care and operational efficiency within the migration health context.
Responsibilities
Key responsibilities include establishing and maintaining optimal workflow and client satisfaction in migration health assessment nursing and clerical activities, covering medical examinations, imaging, laboratory testing, vaccinations, TB management, treatment referrals, and pre-departure procedures. The role involves providing technical advice and coordination for regional vaccination programs, including policy implementation and performance monitoring. Resource management oversight includes recommending staffing levels, participating in recruitment, promoting inventory management systems, and ensuring cold chain integrity. The coordinator will design and apply monitoring and evaluation tools for vaccination programs, analyze data, and prepare regional reports. They will also promote best practice standards in nursing activities, coordinate nurse education programs, and facilitate communication strategies for clinical practice resources. Additional duties include monitoring clinical practice, serving as Regional Infection Prevention and Control Officer, coordinating AEFI surveillance, monitoring epidemiological trends, overseeing medical document flow and data entry, and managing pharmacy and medical supplies. The role also supports pre-departure health activities, prepares reports, plans mobile missions, and provides technical and administrative support for regional migration health programs.
Work Experience
Mandatory experience includes the implementation of Quality Control/Quality Assurance (QC/QA) principles. Desirable experience includes working with Tuberculosis management, mass immunizations, communicable diseases, laboratory testing, or public health. Experience in developing nursing service guidelines and using IOM databases is advantageous. Previous international experience in Health Assessment Programmes (HAP) is a significant advantage.
Skills
Demonstrated senior-level managerial skills are mandatory. Required computer literacy includes proficiency in MS Office suite (Word, Excel, Access). Nursing experience in international and national settings, and involvement in the review and accreditation of nursing degrees and diplomas are also noted.