Nurse/Pharmacist (Roster)

Skyloom Technologies; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

A humanitarian relief organization is seeking a Health Support Worker in Birmingham. The role involves assisting the health team, conducting awareness sessions, and identifying vulnerable groups in a community setting. Candidates should possess a Bachelor's degree in Nursing or Pharmacy and have 1-2 years of relevant experience. Strong command of Pashto/Dari is essential. This full-time position requires effective communication and outreach skills, contributing to health education and patient management.

Qualifications

• 1-2 years' experience in health-related roles.
• Experience in staff management and coordination with stakeholders.
• Ability to work in a multi-ethnic team.
• Ability to coordinate with stakeholders and multi-ethnic teams.
• Fluency in Pashto and Dari is required.

Responsibilities

• Assist health team in field visits to identify patients.
• Take patient history and check vital signs.
• Conduct health awareness sessions in communities.
• Screen and identify vulnerable groups.
• Provide disease prevention information to right holders.
• Discuss Covid-19 hygiene and prevention topics.
• Distribute IEC and BCC materials during sessions.
• Refer complex cases to the project Medical Doctor.
• Identify vulnerable groups for targeted outreach.
• Coordinate with provincial teams, faith leaders, and community leaders.
• Facilitate listening sessions and collect feedback.
• Capture photos, quotes, and case studies.
• Perform any other assigned tasks.

Skills

Nursing and Patient Care

Public Outreach and Counseling

Community Mobilization

Strong Command on Pashto/Dari

Pashto

Dari

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing/Pharmacy

Job description

Responsibilities

• Assist the health team led by the project medical doctor in the field visit in the project implementation area to identify those with emergency health needs.
• Take patient history, check vital signs, register, and records the patient details to the registration log and other project documents.
• Apply injections, fluids, and assist the project medical doctor in the proper health protocols in the patient management.
• Conduct awareness sessions to the community to elevate their health education and awareness level to stay protect from different diseases.
• Provide awareness to the right holders in the project area about the importance of prevention from the communicable and non-communicable diseases.
• Speak about topics in the awareness sessions about hygiene, seasonal diseases, prevention from Covid-19 and the importance of all standard preventions from the virus.
• Distribute and disseminate IEC and BCC materials in the health awareness sessions to the participating right holders in the gatherings.
• Refer and consult with the project Medical Doctor about any critical and complicated cases faced in the field.
• Screen and identify vulnerable groups such as women, people with the disabilities, children, old, aged population and individuals with the chronic diseases.
• Facilitates communication and coordinate services between provincial team and faith leaders (IMAMS), community leaders, women leaders and youths for COVID-19 Awareness raising interventions.
• Facilitate environment for listening and discussion of target beneficiaries through one-to-one meetings, interactive session using IEC materials.
• Ensuring collection of participants’ views and suggestions as feedback and systematically recorded.
• Capture quality photos, quotes, and case studies
• Perform any other task assigned or required.

Qualifications

• Obtained degree in Nursing/Pharmacist.
• Minimum 1-2 years’ work experience, particularly in the field of health
• Experience in staff management, public outreach/ counselling, community mobilization, coordination with stakeholders.
• Strong Command on Pashto/Dari
• Demonstrated ability to work in a multi-ethnic team and take on diverse tasks.
• Working experience in the targeted provinces and familiar with concerned community, geography and culture.

Submission Guideline

Interested and qualified national candidates should submit a cover letter explaining their motivation and an updated CV to the following link:

The closing date for accepting applications is 29 November 2025

Please note that applications received after the closing date will not be considered, and only short-listed candidates will be called for written test.

Job Overview

• Announced date : Nov. 20, 2025
• Number of Jobs: 4
• Vacancy Number: IRW-BLK-062-2025
• Salary : As per company salary scale
• Contract Type : Service Contract
• Contract Duration : Not specified
• Employment Type : Full Time
• Nationality : Afghan
• Minimum Education : Bachelor's Degree

Organization Information

Islamic Relief Worldwide (IRW) is an international, non‑profitable, non‑governmental humanitarian relief organization with its head quarter in Birmingham, UK. It enjoys consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations and is a signatory to the Code of Conduct for International Red Cross and red Crescent Moments and NGOs in Disaster Relief. Islamic Relief has been working in Afghanistan for more than 23 years, providing emergency relief and implementing life‑changing development projects for some of the most vulnerable people in the country. Islamic Relief set up our first Afghanistan office in 1999. Since then, IRW continued providing assistance in emergency relief, food security, livelihood, education, health, nutrition, shelter, orphan sponsorship, Ramadan and Qurbani programmes.