Midwife

Job responsibilities

• Receive mother in the appropriate place with empathy

• Assess and evaluate individual health conditions of the mother

• Care mother in case of emergency and carry out screening tests

• Collaborate with physician to develop plan of care

• Teach student midwives

• Identify and educate the women on the signs which indicate the progress of labour

• Provide information about pain relief, birth positions and delivery options to facilitate informed choices

• Assess foetal and maternal well-being in all stages of labour

• Identifies the signs and symptoms of complicated labour and post-partum complication

• Ensure the safety of both mother and newborn during and after childbirth

• Help parents to cope with miscarriage, termination of pregnancy , stillbirth

• Provide psychosocial support and reassurance to the couple d their relatives

• Collaborate with physician for the follow-up of the mother

• Document all activities carried out in mothers file

• Educates the woman about discomforts of the puerperium and advises on strategies to relieve them

• Handover, evaluate the condition of the patients in collaboration with anesthesia team

• Transport any specimens that require diagnostic testing to the laboratory facilities

• Perform other work-related duties as assigned

• Contribute to the Hospital environmental Hygiene

• Participating in Quality assurance and Quality improvement of the Hospital

Qualifications

• ADVANCED DIPLOMA IN MIDWIFERY

  0 Year of relevant experience

Required certificates

• Valid license to practice issued by the professional council in Rwanda

Required competencies and key technical skills

• Interpersonal skills

• High level of integrity, ethics and confidentiality

• Teamworking ability

• Strong organizational and time management skills

• Strong communication skills

• Critical thinking skills

• Excellent interpersonal skills