DART – Nurses

Are you a Registered Nurse who thrives under pressure and has a heart for sharing the love of Christ with those who are hurting?

Samaritan’s Purse is seeking nurses to serve on our Disaster Assistance Response Team. The Samaritan’s Purse DART program is committed to meeting the critical needs of victims of war, poverty, famine, disease, and natural disaster. We stand ready to respond at a moment’s notice whenever and wherever disaster strikes. The DART specializes in providing water, food, shelter, and medical care while sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ.

As deployments occur with little or no warning, DART members must have a flexible schedule and availability to deploy. DART members can be deployed to dangerous places, the living conditions can be challenging and the work days long and hard. However, Samaritan’s Purse believes in being the first on the ground in order to serve and help those who have suffered through a catastrophic event in the name of Jesus Christ.

Overview of Nurse DART Roles:

• Operating Room RN – The OR Registered Nurse is responsible for facilitating safe and effective surgical procedures during an international DART medical response.

• Emergency Room RN – The ER Registered Nurse is responsible for providing clinical care to patients in emergency and triage settings, during an international DART medical response. This may include care of patients in a fast-paced hospital or an outpatient setting.

• Intensive Care Unit RN – The ICU Registered Nurse is responsible for providing clinical care to patients in severe or unstable condition during an international DART medical response. This may include care of ICU-level patients in a hospital or during specialized responses such as a Respiratory Care Unit.

• Step Down RN – The Step-Down Registered Nurse is responsible for providing clinical care to patients in severe or unstable condition during an international DART medical response. This may include care of patients in a hospital or during specialized responses such as a Respiratory Care Unit.

• Medical Surgical RN – The Medical Surgical Registered Nurse is responsible for providing clinical care to patients in both out-patient clinics and in-patient hospital settings during an international DART medical response. This may include care of trauma patients in an emergency setting.

• Pediatric RN – The Pediatric Registered Nurse is responsible for providing clinical care to pediatric patients in both out-patient clinics and in-patient hospital settings during an international DART medical response. This may include care of pediatric trauma patients in an emergency setting.

• OBGYN RN – The OB Registered Nurse is responsible for the care of women and newborns and ongoing evaluation and nursing care of all OB patients through their discharge during an international DART medical response.

How serving on the DART roster works

DART members are contracted employees. Their contracts are activated when they are deployed to a response and are deactivated when they return home. Practically, this means that they have careers and life circumstances separate from DART, but when Samaritan’s Purse initiates a response, we call available DART members to respond and deploy. While a DART member is deployed, Samaritan’s Purse provides compensation and covers their response-related living and travel costs.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must maintain a personal relationship with and be a consistent witness for Jesus Christ, as well as able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience:

• Maintains a personal relationship with Jesus Christ; is a consistent witness for Jesus Christ

• Minimum two years nursing experience in a hospital setting, of which at least one year is in the specialty field

• Relevant clinical experience within the last five years is required

• Completion of accredited training as a Registered Nurse with current active licensure in sending jurisdiction

• Available on short notice for immediate 3-4 week deployment, 2-3 times/year

• Able to serve within a very fast-paced environment, 7 days/week for extended hours while on deployment

• Ability to problem solve and think critically in high stress, low-resourced environments

• Demonstrated travel, volunteer or work experience in developing countries

• Highly detail-oriented in all areas of work

• Willingness to work in unstable, insecure areas

• Able to work as a member of a team, particularly cross-culturally

• Teaching experience desirable, but not required

Job Location: International

Type (Full-Time/Part-Time/Associate): Intermittent (On-Call)

Restrictions (Accompanied/Non-Accompanied): Non-Accompanied

Language: Spanish and/or French, desirable.