Volunteer Nurse – Wound Care
Summary:
The Nurse Volunteer Clinical Educator works in all Calcutta Rescue (CR)’s
clinics with the medical and health workers and staff members of CR. These
clinics are Talapark Clinic, Nimtala Clinic, DOTS Clinic and the Street Medicine
Program. The Clinical Educator will design and carry out courses and training for
the health workers on existing topics but also on self-identified topics that are
based on a holistic observation of all medical areas, operations and their needs.
This includes theoretical training and settings in classes as well as practical
training and supervision in the projects where the health workers are located.
- Detailed duties:
Observation of all medical projects to learn about their operations and to
identify relevant and specific areas of training
Designing courses and classes for smaller and larger groups or teams – in a
well chosen setting of weekly trainings, taking in to consideration class
sizes, relevant topics, time frame (ie. 6 weeks, 8 weeks classes)
Carrying out courses
Organizing infrastructure to ensure the learning and teaching will be visual
and successful: room, media, material, setting in general, translator etc.
Dividing the teaching into a good mix of theory and practical work
Supervising each project during and after the courses to ensure the learnt
knowledge is understood and used in CR’s work setting and challenging
environment
Cooperation with the nurses employed by Calcutta Rescue so that they
assist throughout the classes as part of the active teaching and supervision. .
Qualifications and Experience:
1 Degree or diploma in nursing
2 Experience in health education and significant knowledge of general
medicine
3 Experience of staff supervision and training
4 Ability to take initiative and work with little support
5 Computer literate; proficient user of internet and all Microsoft Office
applications
Additional personal skills/experience:
1 Excellent organizational and communication skills
2 Excellent interpersonal skills to enable working with an interdisciplinary
team
3 Flexibility and adaptability
Confidence to carry responsibility and to be pro-active and self-directed
5 A good command of verbal and written English is essential
Meetings:
1 The Clinical Educator attends the Medical Audit Committee and Doctors’
Meeting each month and, if necessary, staff meeting at the clinics
Reporting to:
1 Deputy Chief Executive Officer (Medical Officer), Chief Executive Officer
(CEO), Clinical Volunteer Coordinator (CVC)