Midwife Nurse at Imo International Health Systems

Job Summary

• The midwife cares for childbearing women during preconception, prenatal, labor and delivery, and postpartum periods, and provides family-planning counseling and gynecological care.
• The individual provides holistic, continuous care, safe clinical management, education, and, in some cases, primary care for women’s health needs

Responsibilities

• Monitoring and examining women during pregnancy
• Developing, assessing and evaluating individual programmers of care
• Providing full antenatal care, including screening tests in the hospital, community and the home
• Identifying high risk pregnancies and making referrals to doctors and other medical specialists
• Arranging and providing parenting and health education
• Providing counseling and advice before and after screening and tests
• Offering support and advice following events such as miscarriage, termination, stillbirth, neonatal abnormality and neonatal death
• Supervising and assisting mothers in labor, monitoring the condition of the fetus and using knowledge of drugs and pain management
• Giving support and advice on the daily care of the baby, including breastfeeding, bathing and making up feeds;
• Liaising with agencies and other healthcare professionals to ensure continuity of care
• Participating in the training and supervision of junior colleagues.
• Encourages active participation of the woman and her family during pregnancy and childbirth.

Basic Qualifications

• The individual must have a minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Nursing with Midwifery certification.
• 3 years experience as a Nurse or Midwife
• The individual must be computer literate

Other Qualifications:

• Strong written, verbal and communication skills
• Good interpersonal skills and bedside manner
• Good attention to detail and ability to solve problems
• Productive and quality focused
• Drive to continue learning throughout career
• Midwifery certification will be an advantage