Nurse, Emergency Reception Center St-Lambrechts-Woluwe

Intro

Millions of people are fleeing war, hunger, persecution or natural disasters. Most of them reside in third-world countries. But people also arrive in Belgium in search of a new home and a safe haven. 
At the request of the government, the Belgian Red-Cross receives refugees in a temporary emergency reception center in Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe.

Job profile

• You ensure adequate compliance with housekeeping regulations.
• You are jointly responsible for the practical organization of the reception center.
• You are responsible for the psychosocial counseling of the residents (both individual and family counseling).
• You organize activities for the residents (such as language lessons, sports, etc.).
• Each supervisor is involved in a specific sub-task. You are responsible for the follow-up of the medical part of the operation:
  • You select/recognize complaints from residents and refer if necessary.
  • You attend consultations (in collaboration with the center physician) and follow up.
  • Manning the medical secretariat: scheduling appointments, inventorying pharmacy and medical supplies, setting up registration systems, checking medical invoices, fol-lowing up files, following up on admissions, etc.
  • You carry out minor care and medical treatments (first aid).
  • You follow up cooperation with: CLBs of the schools, K&G, V.R.G.T., general practi-tioners, Tropical Institute, ... and develops these.
  • You follow up and develop the prevention component.
  • You develop a training component around specific medical cases.

Your profile

• You have a degree in nursing (officially recognized by NARIC) and possess a valid work visa authorizing you to practice as a nurse in Belgium.
• You speak and understand English fluently (= the working language in the center). Any other languages are an asset. 
• You have experience working with people from different cultural backgrounds.
• Ideally, you already have several years of experience in psychosocial counseling of people in vulnerable situations (e.g. as an educator, social worker, counselor, etc.).
• You have a hands-on-mentality.
• You are willing to work in a shift system with weekend shifts and are flexible.
• You are fluent in several languages (Dutch, English, French, etc.).
• You work fluently and efficiently with different applications within MS Office (including Word, Outlook, Excel, Powerpoint). At the same time you have experience with electronic follow-up of resident files. Knowledge and/or experience with SharePoint is a plus.
• You are an organizational talent and administratively accurate.
• You are empathetic and diplomatic, but can also set clear boundaries.

Our offer

• Full-time position (38h/week);
• Shift performance (early, day and late shifts + weekend shift (1 weekend out of 3));
• Employment in an emergency reception center: duration depends on government assignment in the context of organizing emergency shelter for applicants for international protection;
• Salary according to bar scale 232 in PC 319.00. Here we include the total number of years of relevant medical work experience, the remaining years of non-medical work experience we take half. You can find the bar scale list on  https://werkenbij.rodekruis.be/barema . Click on 'Barema's opvangcentra';
• Meal vouchers of 8 Euro per day;
• Group insurance and possibility of joining hospitalisation insurance with personal contribution
• Commuting by train is fully reimbursed; 75% contribution for use of other public transport (bus, tram, metro, etc.); bicycle allowance of 0.36€/km; other means of transport (car, motorcycle, etc.) is in line with sectoral and legal regulations.

Place of work

• Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe