Requisition ID: req57169 Job Title: Nurse - Midwife Sector: Health Employment Category: Fixed Term Employment Type: Full-Time Open to Expatriates: No Location: Kakuma, Kenya Work Arrangement:In-person Job Description To provide high-quality maternal and newborn care services, ensuring safe deliveries and optimal maternal and child health outcomes. The position will report to the maternity ward in charge. 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. + 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. Qualifications + KRN/KRM, Bachelors in Midwifery from a recognized institution. + Registration with the Nursing Council of Kenya. + 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.