NPICU Technicians

The NICU Nurse/Technician is responsible for providing specialized, life-sustaining intensive care to newborn infants (neonates) who are premature, low birth weight, critically ill, or born with congenital conditions requiring close monitoring and medical support.

The NPICU technician has the following responsibilities and duties:

•            Working within the UITYD project carried out at Al-Rahma Hospital – Idlib.

•            Working in and supervising the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), including admission, monitoring, and discharge of neonates.

•            Implementing instructions of the supervising physician.

•            Performing and documenting vital signs, weight, temperature, oxygen saturation, blood glucose and

neurological status (tone, reflexes, seizure activity).

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Recognizing and responding to neonatal emergencies: apnea, bradycardia, desaturations, shock, and seizures.

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Maintaining order and smooth operation of the NICU.

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Monitoring and maintaining NICU-specific devices and equipment.

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Educating mothers on kangaroo mother care (KMC), thermal protection, and expressed breast milk feeding.

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Supporting safe discharge with follow-up instructions for high-risk neonates.

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Implementing child protection policies – ensuring no neonate is subjected to any form of neglect or abuse.

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Providing a positive and valued experience for families receiving care within UITYD.

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Receiving necessary training for efficient and serious implementation of the project

Should have the following skills, education, and experience:

1. Diploma from a medical or healthcare institute (Nursing, Neonatal Nursing, Midwifery with neonatal training, or ICU Technician).

2. Minimum 2 years of experience in adult care departments (as per original), with at least 6 months of dedicated neonatal or pediatric ICU experience preferred.

3. High communication skills

4. Problem-solving skills

5. Empathy skills

UITYD is a global humanitarian non-profit organization providing medical and health education services to people in need, including refugees and displaced persons, in disaster and underserved regions. The organization is composed of medical and public health professionals of diverse backgrounds.

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UITYD Code of Conduct reflects the profession’s core set of beliefs and values of care, respect, trust, and integrity. These beliefs and values are fundamental to UITYD employees, volunteers, interns, consultants, officers’ coordinators, and directors to guide their practice and conduct.

The Code is organized into categories, as follows:

1. Always act with fairness, honesty, integrity, and openness; respect the opinions of others and treat all with equality and dignity without regard to gender, race, color, creed, ancestry, place of origin, political beliefs, religion, marital status, disability, age, or sexual orientation.

2. Provide a positive and valued experience for those receiving service within and outside UITYD.

Child abuse in all forms is unacceptable to UITYD, which recognizes its responsibility to protect children from harm

in all areas of its work.

UITYD is committed to ensuring a child-safe environment and is applying a zero-tolerance approach towards any kind of child abuse and exploitation.

UITYD provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and expressly prohibits and will not tolerate any form of discrimination, abuse, harassment (sexual or otherwise), based upon race, ethnicity, religion, national origin, gender, age, marital status, citizenship status, disability, or military status. UITYD employees and related personnel must under no circumstances take part in any form of discrimination, harassment, or abuse (physical, sexual or verbal), intimidation or exploitation, or in any other way infringe the rights of others inside or

outside the organization.