Midwife Nurse (Addis Ababa) -2 Positions

Under the supervision of the Technical Head/ MCH Specialty Centre Manager, Midwife Nurse performs delivery services at the labour ward; assists doctors and specialists help delivery services; ensures the women in labour get all the necessary support, ensures the tools and instruments for the delivery room are readily available; performs the duties in accordance with accepted standard medical practice and professional code of conduct

1. DUTIES/TASKS

• Takes active part in the provision of services in the labour and maternity ward;
• Provides labour follow-up and attend normal deliveries;
• Ensures all instruments needed for delivery services are readily in place;
• Assists normal delivery including vacuum assisted vaginal delivery;
• Provides immediate new born care;
• Provides immediate postnatal follow up and timely consultation when problems arise;
• Assists postpartum women in initiating breast feeding postpartum women on danger signs, family planning and HTC;
• Provides counselling to labouring and postpartum women;
• Assists doctors as Theatre Nurse and undertakes all standard measures required for procedures;
• Prepares all surgical instruments, sets and medical supplies required for operation in accordance with accepted standards;
• Assists doctors intra-operatively (as a Scrub Nurse, Circulating Nurse, etc.) and makes the instruments ready for other operations as required;
• Co-works with the scrub nurses in the OR as a runner/ circulator;
• Puts the interest of clients / patients above all other considerations and ensures the confidentiality of all cases;
• Ensures proper receipt, storage, safe keep, issuance and timely placement of orders of surgical instruments and medical supplies for theatre by pre-establishing re-order level and regular replenishment of enough stocks of the same;
• Ensures the maintenance of high level standards and applies universal precautions to infection prevention;
• Avails herself / himself to regular stock taking and audit as and when required;
• Prepares and submits periodic reports as required;
• Make an on-time report for the clinical incident happened in the center as per the guideline of MSIE.
• Performs related tasks as required.

PERSON SPECIFICATIONS

Qualifications Requirements

Education

BSc/Diploma in Midwifery

Experience

Four years with Diploma in Midwifery. Two years of experience need for BSc

Skills, Attitudes, Attributes

• Good Communication and Interpersonal skills
• Capacity to be compassionate and caring
• Conscious of Government, MSI and MSIE regulations
• Ability to make logical and timely decisions
• Counselling skill
• Awareness of concepts and strategies of quality care

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