Registered Nurse / Midwife at Deborah Multi-specialist Hospital & Diagnostics

Job Description

• We are recruiting Nurse Midwives who have recently started their career to join our team.
• You will be provided with opportunities to develop your skills, gaining valuable experience within all areas of the maternity service.
• The post holder will be responsible for the provision of autonomous, evidence-based, women-centred nursing-midwifery care, whilst working collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team, other agencies, representatives and service users.
• The post holder will provide support to other midwives within the service.

Responsibilities
Clinical:

• Plan and implement individualised nursing and nursing-midwifery care that is women, pregnant person, child and family centred.
• Facilitate the participation of service users and their families in all decision making, ensuring informed choice dialogue.
• Ensure all risk assessments and referrals are completed and actioned and documented.
• Follow nursing-midwifery/obstetric guidelines where appropriate and liaise with the multidisciplinary team in the implementation of patient care, reporting and recording any deviations from the protocol.

Administration:

• Be responsible for the reporting and the proper maintenance of equipment.
• Be responsible at times for obtaining and the safekeeping of drugs as delegated.
• Be responsible for the proper and economical use of storage and supplies in the department and report any anticipated deficiencies in stock.
• Be responsible for the collection of statistics and data regarding own nursing-midwifery practice and as required by the Care Group/Trust.

Personnel:

• Responsible for day-to-day management of your own workload. This may include management of staff and team in the absence of the Hospital Matron.
• Participate in the orientation and development of new staff.
• Participate in the appraisal of staff as appropriate.

Requirements
Essential criteria:

• Current Nigerian Nursing and Midwifery Council Registered Midwife
• Experience of working in all clinical areas
• Able to demonstrate a good level of theoretical midwifery knowledge
• Knowledge of relevant professional rules and codes of practice
• Clinical skills and competence in suturing and cannulation.