Midwife

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES: -Give the job related care while respecting medical prescriptions and protocols that apply in the service. -Ensure admission of patient and follow up of labour -Direct normal delivery, new-born care -Detect prolonged labour or delivery and signs of complication, prepare the patient for referral in case and accompany to a higher level of care. Administer certain medication with the agreement of the doctor. -Help the nurse with the new-born care/follow up, if needed -Supervise new-born care daily (the carrying out of vaccination…) and the mothers in the maternity ward (Assist and support the mothers to follow Kangaroo care and breast feeding). In case of complications, carry out resuscitation of the new-born. -Ensure the follow up of the new-borns and the mothers in the maternity ward -Prepare the discharge of mothers and their babies -In emergency cases, referral/ accompany/ follow-up of the patient to higher level care. -Register and complete a hospitalization file. -Update the files of patients and new-born. HYGIENE / ASEPSIS, WASTE DISPOSAL AND STOCK KEEPING: -Keep the ward clean and tidy -Sort waste and use appropriate containers and bins (sharps, combustible waste, domestic waste) -Follow cleaning and instrument sterilisation procedures -Respect universal hygiene and asepsis rules during care -Watch over the hygiene of the patients -Watch over the ward’s medication and renewable stock Human qualifications Work ethics, patience, respect of confidentiality, able to work in group ****WORKING HOURS*** in rotation to assure 24/24hours activity. Attention! To cover 24/24 shift, night and day shift needs to be filled in.   Recruitment Process: Only Short-listed candidates who fully meet the required criteria shall be contacted and undergo technical test and the candidates with the highest passing scores will then be invited to interview.