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Job type: Full-time
Position: Nurse-midwife
Work Station: Ngaramtoni ya Chini, Arusha.
Industry: Health Sector
Who are we?
Maternity Africa is a Christian-based not-for-profit organization that endeavours to provide fistula treatment and quality maternity care for all marginalized women throughout Tanzania. We do this through clinical excellence and in the example of displaying love, kindness and compassion regardless of race, religion or ethnicity.
Maternity Africa operates from its base at Kivulini Maternity Centre outside the city of Arusha in Northern Tanzania.
What is this role about?
We love and value our patients and strive to provide the best care and outcomes, hence this role involves providing high standard maternal nursing care to vulnerable pregnant women during antenatal care, delivery, postnatal care and while providing birth injuries treatment/surgeries i.e. Fistula surgeries. The best fit for this role should showcase professionalism in midwifery and management of obstetric emergencies, exhibit respect, compassion and kindness while interacting with the women during care. Also, this role is best fitted for continuous learning by providing tremendous skill and career development opportunities provided by both local and international mentors and training opportunities.
How you will help make a difference with the rest of the team and the organization.
- Providing prenatal and postpartum care for pregnant women.
- Tending to patients and newborns during labor and delivery.
- Performing routine gynaecological care, including examinations.
- Educating patients on parenting and family planning
- Maintaining patient medical records
- Collaborating with other healthcare professionals and referring patients to specialists when necessary
- Testing for and diagnosing various medical conditions
- Providing emotional support for expectant and new mothers
- Administering vaccinations to children under 5 years.
- Providing all types of family planning methods to mothers.
- Writing records, tutoring student midwives, identifying high-risk pregnancies
- Monitoring and administering medication, injections and intravenous infusions during labour
- Any other duties as assigned.
Qualifications, skills and Competencies Requirements
- A minimum of a Diploma in Nursing and Midwifery
- Nursing and Midwifery registration certificates from TNMC.
- A valid nursing practising license.
- 3 year’s minimum working experience in the labour ward, RCH and operating theatre.
- Competent in managing Obstetric emergencies.
- Great interpersonal skills to develop professional relationships with patients
- Must have Microsoft office skills
- Must be able to practice compassionate care, kindness and love to patients.
- Conversant with both written and spoken English and Kiswahili for communication skills to help patients understand their options and potential implications.
- Collaborative/team work skills to work with other medical care providers
Application guidelines
All interested candidates should send their qualifications credential certificates, a cover letter, a curriculum vitae and a current TNMC practising license to [email protected]. by 15th November, 2024. If you are not contacted within 14 days of the closing date of this job advertisement, please note your job application was unsuccessful this time. Also, please note that Maternity Africa do not have any charges throughout its recruitment process.
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