Vacancy title:
Mid wives (3) Ref No: MWD 01018

Jobs at:
Global Health Rescue

Deadline of this Job:
15th September 2018

Duty Station:
Uganda

Summary
Date Posted: 6th September 2018 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed , Employment Type: Full-Time

About the Company

JOB DETAILS:
Department: Medical Emergencies
Salary: Competitive
Reports to: Medical officer
Responsible for Facilitate deliveries and provide nursing care to mothers and their babies.

Qualifications:

• Must be trained at a Registered Midwife level from a recognized Institution.
  
• Must be registered and licensed with the Nurses and Midwives Council.
  

Experience: Two years of experience in facilitating deliveries and provide nursing care to mothers and their babies.

Other requirements: Good communication and interpersonal skills.

Key outputs:

• Patients received; admissions, deliveries, discharges and deaths registered;
  
• Antenatal care carried out;
  
• High risk cases for referral identified;
  
• Provide care during labour with emphasis to prevention of complications to mother and baby;
  
• Care during puerperium provided;
  
• Mothers sensitized about benefits of breast feeding and recommended diet;
  
• Bedside nursing procedures carried out;
  
• Medical supplies and sundries requisitioned and accounted for;
  
• Staff supervised and appraised; and
  
• Daily ward reports compiled and submitted

Key tasks:

• Examining and monitoring pregnant women
  
• Assessing care requirements and writing care plans
  
• Undertaking antenatal care in hospitals, homes and GP practices
  
• Providing information, emotional support and reassurance to women and their partners
  
• Taking patient samples, pulses, temperatures and blood pressures
  
• Caring for and assisting women in labour
  
• Monitoring and administering medication, injections and intravenous infusions during labour
  
• Monitoring the foetus during labour
  
• Advising about and supporting parents in the daily care of their newborn babies
  
• Helping parents to cope with miscarriage, termination, stillbirth and neonatal death
  
• Writing records
  
• Tutoring student midwives
  
• Identifying high-risk pregnancies