Nurse Midwife at International Rescue Committee

The International Rescue Committee is a global humanitarian aid, relief and development nongovernmental organization.

 

Nurse Midwife

  • Job TypeFull Time
  • QualificationBA/BSc/HND
  • Experience4 years
  • LocationTurkana
  • Job FieldMedical / Healthcare 

Key Responsibilities

Maternal Care:

  • Provide comprehensive antenatal care, including health assessments, counseling, and education.
  • Identify high risk pregnancies and making necessary referrals to medical officers.
  • Supervise and assist mothers in labor, monitor labor using partograph and nursing care plans.
  • Ensure all required observations, prescribed treatments and procedures are properly carried out and documented in the patient’s chart.
  • Provide postnatal care, including counseling on breastfeeding, family planning, and newborn care.
  • Identify and manage complications during pregnancy, labor, and postpartum periods.
  • Ensure birth registration is carried out promptly before discharge of both mother and baby.
  • Offering support and counselling following miscarriages, stillbirth, early neonatal death, birth asphyxia and congenital anomalies.
  • Arranging and providing health education for the mother, her partner and family.
  • Offer family planning counseling and services, including long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs).

Neonatal Care:

  • Provide immediate newborn care, including resuscitation, thermal regulation, and early breastfeeding.
  • Monitor newborn health and identify any potential complications through assessment of the newborn.
  • Administer essential neonatal interventions, such as vitamin K and vaccinations.

Family Planning:

  • Provide counseling and education on post-partum family planning methods.
  • Offer contraceptive methods, including long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs).

Record Keeping:

  • Maintain accurate and up-to-date electronic medical records for all patients.
  • Submit timely reports on maternal and child health indicators.

Training and Supervision:

  • Participate in training and capacity-building activities to enhance skills and knowledge.
  • Supervise and mentor junior staff.

Community linkage:

  • Coordinate with the community health workers to ensure continuity of care of all clients on discharge.

Additional duties:

  • Supervise incentive staffs working in the maternity ward
  • Escort patient to other referral hospital when necessary.
  • Do hospital coverage and on-call as required.
  • Monitor and supervise proper usage of supplies.
  • Maintain equipment in good condition and submit regular inventory report of the same.
  • Carry out any other additional duties as may be assigned by the supervisor

Key Result Areas:

  • Reduced maternal and neonatal mortality rates
  • Increased uptake of antenatal and postnatal care services
  • Improved postnatal family planning utilization rates
  • Effective supervision and mentorship of junior staff.

Required Qualifications:

  • KRN/KRM, Bachelors in Midwifery from a recognized institution.
  • Registration with the Nursing Council of Kenya 

Required Experience & Competencies:

  • At least 4 years of experience in a busy maternity ward
  • Emergency Obstetrics and Newborn Care is mandatory
  • Respectful maternal newborn competency trainings highly desirable.
  • Strong clinical skills and knowledge of maternal and child health
  • Ability to work under pressure and in challenging environments
  • Good communication and interpersonal skills.

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Method of Application

Interested and qualified? Go to International Rescue Committee on theirc.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com to apply

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