Job Overview
The In-Country RN will be responsible for providing excellent, safe, and compassionate medical care in accordance with best practices during our daily and triannual outreach under the guidance of the Director of Medical Missions and Medical Director. This position is a renewable two-year term.
This role will be directly involved in the mission of Healing Nations to glorify God through the compassionate care they provide that leads to physical and spiritual flourishing.
Pre-Field Requirements
Support Team Building
All Healing Nations staff develop a personal support team to partner with them in this ministry. Your team supports you in your ministry position through prayer and financial gifts. How much you need to raise will depend on many factors such as experience, family size, the cost of living where you are located, etc. Our staff will work with you to determine your goals after you have been accepted for a position.
The funds you raise for support will cover the following:
- Salary
- Personal ministry expenses
- Liability Insurance (required during your full time of service)
Insurance and other benefits (i.e. retirement) will be factored into your support-raising goal but are not provided directly by Healing Nations.
Missionary Training & Orientation
Healing Nations requires all missionaries living abroad to attend a pre-field mission orientation program provided by Mission Training International in Colorado Springs, CO. This expense is not covered by Healing Nations but can be paid for with support raised.
Healing Nations Culture
As a faith-based organization, Healing Nations strives to foster a gospel-centered workplace. We strive to encourage and equip our staff to live faithful lives of obedience to Jesus by living out Biblical truth. We believe that everyone involved in the organization, from board members to staff to those we serve, is of equal value to God and seek to treat each person that way. In all that we do, we desire to glorify God and make his name known, whether around the office or among the nations.
As a part of our international staff, we strongly encourage that you receive ongoing pastoral care and support through your local US church during your time of service.
Department & Supervisor
Medical Missions, Jenni Duncan (Director of Medical Missions)
Communicates With
Director of Medical Missions, Medical Director, Medical Ministry Manager, In-Country Charge RN, Guatemala Missions Mobilizer, Team Leaders, Medical Team Members, Executive Team, and Staff Members
Relationship to the Mission of Healing Nations
The mission of Healing Nations is to glorify God by cultivating spiritual and physical flourishing through cross-cultural ministry. The In-Country RN is actively engaged in providing direct medical care to the under-resourced in Guatemala.
Duties, Responsibilities, & Authority
- Work in cooperation with the Director of Medical Missions (DMM), Medical Missions Manager (MMM), and in-country Charge RN and complete tasks as delegated
- Meet regularly with the leadership team to review patients, processes, and needs of community/workers
- Attend scheduled staff meetings
- Make home visits weekly with in-country RN
- Attend scheduled clinic days/jornadas to provide nursing cares and assessments
- This includes triage, pharmacy, and procedures
- Prep patient flow cards in advance for clinic and jornada (patient info and services)
- Chart all care provided and treatments given to the EMR
- Prepare medication refills for stable patients in advance of clinic day
- Maintain stock of outreach medications and supplies
- Assist team with clinic set up and preparations
- As specialty referrals are made and labs are collected, check status and communicate results to providers
- This includes in-house referrals: wound care, glaucoma pressures, and dental dry sockets
- Obtain labs as ordered and perform quality control prior to use
- Co-lead new RN orientation before each triannual outreach
- Co-lead compassion referrals including medical referrals, food bags, water purification, building/repairing homes, Bible distribution, deliver stoves, etc.
- Co-lead discipleship program for patients
- Meet all continuing education requirements outlined by your states department of licensure
Education Required
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Experience Required
- Dedicated Christian with current church involvement
- 3+ years of nursing experience
- Previous cross-cultural ministry experience
- Previous experience with Healing Nations Medical Ministry (two consecutive medical mission trips)
Strengths Required
Because of the unique nature of working within cross-cultural settings and because of the highly relational aspects of this ministry, the In-Country RN needs to be the following:
- Adaptable; Approachable; Communicative; Compassionate; Detail-Oriented; Flexible; Gracious; Humble; Kind; Organized; A Problem-Solver; Reliable; Skilled; Strategic; Supportive; A Team Player
Skills Required
- Super user with Healing Nations EMR software
- Competent with Microsoft programs (Outlook, Word, Excel)
- Current medical skills/experience
- Bilingual; must be in Spanish classes until proficient in speaking (including medical terminology without a translator)
Job Location
Guatemala
Remote work (from home via computer and phone) should be expected
After you apply, our Executive Team will review your application and contact your references. You will then be contacted to schedule an interview, after which, the Executive Team will make a decision to hire or not. Once a decision has been made, you will be contacted with next steps.
Please do not begin the support raising process until after you have received an affirmative decision of hiring.