The Midwife Nurse performs delivery services at the labor ward; assists doctors and specialists help delivery services; ensures the women in labor get all the necessary support, ensures the tools and instruments for the delivery room are readily available; performs the duties in accordance with accepted standard medical practice and professional code of conduct

Duties and Responsibilities

• Takes active part in the provision of services in the labor and maternity ward;

• Provides labor follow-up and attend normal deliveries;

• Ensures all instruments needed for delivery services are readily in place;

• Assists normal delivery including vacuum assisted vaginal delivery;

• Provides immediate newborn care.

• Provides immediate postnatal follow up and timely consultation when problems arise;

• Assists postpartum women in initiating breast feeding postpartum women on danger signs, family planning and HTC;

• Provides counseling to laboring and postpartum women;

• Assists doctors as Theatre Nurse and undertakes all standard measures required for procedures;

• Prepares all surgical instruments, sets and medical supplies required for operation in accordance with accepted standards;

• Assists doctors intra-operatively (as a Scrub Nurse, Circulating Nurse, etc.) and makes the instruments ready for other operations as required;

• Co-works with the scrub nurses in the OR as a runner/ circulator;

• Puts the interest of clients / patients above all other considerations and ensures the confidentiality of all cases;

• Ensures proper receipt, storage, safe keep, issuance and timely placement of orders of surgical instruments and medical supplies for theatre by pre-establishing re-order level and regular replenishment of enough stocks of the same;

• Ensures the maintenance of high level standards and applies universal precautions to infection prevention;

• Avails herself / himself to regular stock taking and audit as and when required;

• Prepares and submits periodic reports as required;

• Make an on-time report for the clinical incident happened in the center as per the guideline of FGAE. 

• Performs related tasks as reasonably required

Job Requirements

Good Communication and Interpersonal skills; Capacity to be compassionate and caring; Conscious of Government, FGAE and FGAE regulations; Ability to make logical and timely decisions; Counseling skill; Awareness of concepts and strategies of quality care; Pro-choice

How to Apply

Interested applicants should send no-returnable applications with CV, copies of credentials, and other supporting documents within 10 calendar days of this announcement to the following address. 

Family Guidance Association of Ethiopia , AA Area Office, around AA Stadium, near to Bethezata Hospital

Family Guidance Association of Ethiopia is an equal opportunity employer and female applicants are highly encouraged to Apply