Health Centre Receptionist (for Daily Paid purposes)

Org. Setting and Reporting• The incumbent reports to the Senior Staff Nurse of the health center. Responsibilities• Verifies patients’ eligibility for medical services prior to their registration, performs registration of new patients file on e-health and updated their profiles every visit, and follows up with registration department if needed, transfers patients’ files after getting a required approval according to the field. • Extracts the patient’s file from the system, opens medical file according to the type of the service, changes visit type, provides the patient number from Queue system according to schedule’s appointments and ensures they are admitted to service in an orderly manner, when necessary. • Maintains the electronic records data quality through an ongoing cleansing and verification process and follows up with registration department if needed. • Manages, prepares and follows up patients’ referrals for internal or external services (i.e. hospital referral, optometric….etc). • Carries out clerical and minor administrative work such as filing and checking the attendance records and leave applications for the health centers staff and response for health center mail and calls; maintains records of reports, correspondences, forms, and referrals. • Ensures the completion of the required reports on timely manner including daily registration and statistical and other data, for weekly, monthly, quarterly, bi-annually, and yearly reports. • Performs such other duties and assignments as may be required. CompetenciesUN Core Values of Integrity, Professionalism and Respect for Diversity, and Core Competencies of Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results apply by default. • Relating and Networking • Applying Technical Expertise • Following Instructions and Procedures • Coping with Pressure and Setbacks • Adapting and Responding to Change • Communication Skills Education• Completion of secondary education • Diploma from accredited institution in business and office practice or other related discipline. Job - Specific QualificationNot available. Work Experience• At least three years of progressively responsible and relevant experience in office work and handling files and documents is required. • Experience in the use of computer, spreadsheet and database, and good understanding of health applications is required. Languages• Good command of written and spoken Arabic and English. Please list all languages that you know including your mother tongue and indicate your proficiency level from the drop-down list provided in the system considering the below: If you possess a very good to excellent level of proficiency in English language, kindly indicate this as “Fluent” in your application. If you possess a good level of proficiency in English language, kindly indicate this as “Confident” in your application. If you possess a basic level of proficiency in English language, kindly indicate this as “Basic” in your application. AssessmentDuring the assessment, the applications will be given preference based on the following desirable qualifications: • Provided very good understanding of the context of Palestine refugees and UNRWA operations. The shortlisted candidates will be afterwards evaluated based on: • Technical Test • Competency-based Interview Special NoticeContract Status: Daily Paid contract, Grade 08 Benefits: Daily Paid Rate for the day starting from JD 24.188 Department/Office: Health Programme Duty Station: All Fields Equivalency: Equivalency may apply for this post. NB: Work experience alone or formal qualifications with no relevant work experience are not considered an acceptable combination. General Information: • This vacancy notice is open to internal candidates and external candidates. Only candidates residing in Jordan, and within commuting distance of the duty station with authorization to work in the duty station at the time of application are eligible to apply. • The Agency will not assume responsibility or accountability to support or facilitate the issuance of work permit in Jordan, and without a valid work permit, the appointment may be rescinded. • Since the Vacancy is an Area Staff post, the Agency will not provide coverage for relocation costs. • Preference will be given to registered Palestine refugees and candidates assisting the Agency to meet its commitment to gender parity. UNRWA welcomes applications from qualified candidates with disabilities. • UNRWA encourages applications from qualified and experienced women. • A roster may be created from the selection exercise, and that successful candidates may be appointed to the same post. In the case of multiple or recurring posts, that a roster will be created from which the candidates will be selected for appointment; • Only applications that have been fully completed in UNRWA's online e-recruitment system inspira will be considered and no late applications will be accepted. The PHP should be completed with full relevant work experience under the experience tabs as per the requirements in the Job Opening. All acquired university degrees must also be stated, if applicable. Applicants applying to positions for Grades 12 to 20 must submit a cover letter/motivational statement in order to be considered. Additionally, providing incorrect or misleading information on an application will result in the immediate disqualification of a candidate. • Applicants will be disqualified when it becomes apparent that he or she provided incorrect, incomplete or misleading information on his or her personal history profile or during the recruitment process. 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The mission of UNRWA is to help Palestine refugees achieve their full potential in human development under the difficult circumstances in which they live. • Applications from UNRWA staff member who had been demoted with deferred eligibility for promotion will not be considered. • Applications from Staff members who were recipients under the Early Voluntary Retirement or Exceptional Voluntary Separation Schemes will not be considered. • Applications from Internal candidates serving for less than one year in their current post will not be considered. • The Agency reserves the right not to make an appointment, to make an appointment at a lower grade, or to make an appointment with a modified job description or to change the contract Modality. • A candidate is not eligible for consideration if he or she was short-listed and found not suitable for the same post within the previous 12 months unless the post description has since been altered by 30% or more, as determined by ODCS. • UNRWA reserves the right to proceed only with internal candidates or proceed with the candidates of an under-represented gender for any vacancy announcement when it determines that the short-list for a single post at any grade level is excessively long. United Nations ConsiderationsStaff members are subject to the authority of the Commissioner-General of UNRWA and to assignment by him or her. UNRWA is committed to achieving gender parity at all levels of staffing under the current UN-wide gender agenda and strongly encourages applications from qualified applicants from under-represented groups. At UNRWA, the paramount consideration in the recruitment and employment of staff is the necessity of securing the highest standards of efficiency, competence and integrity, with due regard to geographic diversity. All employment decisions are made on the basis of qualifications and organizational needs. UNRWA is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment of mutual respect. Reasonable accommodation for applicants with disabilities may be provided to support participation in the recruitment process when requested and indicated in the application. 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The Agency may disqualify applicants who have separated for reason of misconduct, who left a UN Agency while misconduct processes were pending, or who appear on the UN Sanctions List. UNRWA is a non-smoking work environment. Applicants are urged to follow carefully all instructions available in the online recruitment platform, inspira. For more detailed guidance, applicants may refer to the Manual for the Applicant, which can be accessed by clicking on “Manuals” hyper-link on the upper right side of the inspira account-holder homepage. The evaluation of applicants will be conducted on the basis of the information submitted in the application according to the evaluation criteria of the job opening and the applicable internal legislations of the United Nations including the Charter of the United Nations, resolutions of the General Assembly, the Staff Regulations and Rules, administrative issuances and guidelines. 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