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Disaster Assistance Response Team (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?

Samaritans Purse is seeking medical professionals to serve on our Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART). The Samaritans 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 moments 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, Samaritans 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.

How serving on the DART roster works: 

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

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 surgical 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.

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 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 U.S. licensure is required. Applicants licensed in a Samaritan's Purse Affiliate Office location will be reviewed by the appropriate hiring team upon completion of the application. 

Available on short notice for immediate 3-4 week deployment, 1-2 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: Fluency in English

Samaritan's Purse Mission Statement:

Samaritan's Purse is a nondenominational evangelical Christian organization providing spiritual and physical aid to hurting people around the world. Since 1970, Samaritan's Purse has helped meet needs of people who are victims of war, poverty, natural disasters, disease, and famine with the purpose of sharing God's love through His Son, Jesus Christ. The organization serves the Church worldwide to promote the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Samaritan's Purse Statement of Faith:

• We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons:  Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.  Matthew 28:19; John 10:30; Ephesians 4:4-6.

• We believe in the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood on the cross, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in power and glory.  Matthew 1:23; John 1:1-4 and 1:29; Acts 1:11 and 2:22-24; Romans 8:34; 1 Corinthians 15:3-4; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Philippians 2:5-11; Hebrews 1:1-4 and 4:15.

• We believe that all men everywhere are lost and face the judgment of God, that Jesus Christ is the only way of salvation, and that for the salvation of lost and sinful man, repentance of sin and faith in Jesus Christ results in regeneration by the Holy Spirit.  Luke 24:46-47; John 14:6; Acts 4:12; Romans 3:23; 2 Corinthians 5:10-11; Ephesians 1:7 and 2:89; Titus 3:4-7.

• We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit, whose indwelling enables the Christian to live a godly life.  John 3:5-8; Acts 1:8 and 4:31; Romans 8:9; 1 Corinthians 2:14; Galatians 5:16-18; Ephesians 6:12; Colossians 2:6-10.

• We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; the saved unto the resurrection of eternal life and the lost unto the resurrection of damnation and eternal punishment.  1 Corinthians 15:51-57; Revelation 20:11-15.

• We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in the Lord Jesus Christ and that all true believers are members of His body, the church.  1 Corinthians 12:12, 27; Ephesians 1:22-23.

• We believe that the ministry of evangelism and discipleship a responsibility of all followers of Jesus Christ.  Matthew 28:18-20; Acts 1:8; Romans 10:9-15; 1 Peter 3:15.

• We believe Gods plan for human sexuality is to be expressed only within the context of marriage, that God created man and woman as unique biological persons made to complete each other. God instituted monogamous marriage between male and female as the foundation of the family and the basic structure of human society.  For this reason, we believe that marriage is exclusively the union of one genetic male and one genetic female.  Genesis 2:24; Matthew 19:5-6; Mark 10:6-9; Romans 1:26-27; 1 Corinthians 6:9.

• We believe that we must dedicate ourselves to prayer, to the service of our Lord, to His authority over our lives, and to the ministry of evangelism.  Matthew 9:35-38; 22:37-39, 28:18-20; Acts 1:8; Romans 10:9-15 and 12:20-21; Galatians 6:10; Colossians 2:6-10; 1 Peter 3:15.

• We believe that human life is sacred from conception to its natural end; and that we must have concern for the physical and spiritual needs of our fellowmen.  Psalm 139:13; Isaiah 49:1; Jeremiah 1:5; Matthew 22:37-39; Romans 12:20-21; Galatians 6:10.

• We believe that God wonderfully and immutably creates each person biological male or female. These two distinct but complementary sexes together reflect the image and likeness of God. Rejection of ones biological sex is a rejection of Gods merciful design and creative order.  Genesis 1:26-27;1 Corinthians 6:9; Deuteronomy 22:5