Overall Responsibility ________________________________________________________________________ Working with and reporting to the MSIE MCH Speciality Centre Manager, Midwife Nurse performs Midwife Nurse Duties in accordance with accepted standard medical practice and professional code of conduct. ______________________________________________________________________________ Specific Responsibilities:
Be responsible for all activities in the labour and maternity ward.
Provide labour follow up and attend normal deliveries
Process all instruments needed for delivery services
Assists normal delivery including vacuum assisted vaginal delivery
Provide immediate new born care
Provide immediate postnatal follow up and timely consultation when problems happen
Assists postpartum women in initiating breast feeding postpartum women on danger signs, family planning and HTC
Provide 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.
Assists the scrub nurse 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.
Under takes any other duties that may be assigned to him/her by the Centre.
Job Requirement
1) Required Qualification:
Specialized Nurse/MCH Midwife with training in RH/FP
2) Experience
2 Years for Higher Diploma and 4 years for Nursing Diploma
Certificate of Competence( COC)
Renewed Professional License
3) Required Skills, Attitudes and Attributes
Good Communication and Interpersonal skills
Ability to withstand pressures
Conscious of Government, MSI and MSIE regulations
Ability to make logical and timely decisions
Counseling skill
Awareness of concepts and strategies of quality care
Number of Positions: Two (02) positions; Duty Station: MSIE- Addis MCH Centre Salary: As per MSIE salary Scale Duration of employment: 2Years with possibility of extension based on availability of funding.