Job Title: Midwives (2 Job Placements)
Organisation: Straight
Talk Foundation (STF)
Talk Foundation (STF)
Duty Station: Gulu and
Kitgumi, Uganda
Kitgumi, Uganda
About STF:
Straight Talk Foundation is an
indigenous health communications NGO operating nationally in Uganda through the
provision of quality behaviour change programs. Straight Talk Foundation (STF)
is a Ugandan health communication NGO registered in 1997.
indigenous health communications NGO operating nationally in Uganda through the
provision of quality behaviour change programs. Straight Talk Foundation (STF)
is a Ugandan health communication NGO registered in 1997.
Job Summary: The Midwives will provide care and support to
expectant mothers, attending to the health needs of the pregnant women.
expectant mothers, attending to the health needs of the pregnant women.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Diagnosing,
monitoring and examining women during pregnancy; - Developing,
assessing and evaluating individual programmes of care; - 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; taking samples,
pulses, temperatures and blood pressures - Provide
support and advice following events such as miscarriage, termination,
stillbirth, neonatal abnormality and neonatal death; - Supervising
and assisting mothers in labour, monitoring the condition of the foetus
and using knowledge of drugs and pain management; - Providing
support and advice on the daily care of the baby, including breastfeeding,
bathing and making up feeds; - Liaising
with agencies and other health and social care professionals to ensure
continuity of care; - Preparing
work plans and writing activity reports.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The
candidate should hold a Diploma in Midwifery is essential - Three
years’ experience in a medical setting. - The
applicant should be registered with the Allied Health professionals. - Ability
to deal with emotionally charged situatipns - Excellent
team working skills - Excellent
interpersonal and communication skills - Strong
observational skills - Keen
interest in the process of pregnancy and birth
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and
interested applicants should send a copy of
a cover letter and updated CV with three professional referees to:
interested applicants should send a copy of
a cover letter and updated CV with three professional referees to:
The Manager,
Human Resource &
Administration,
Administration,
Straight Talk Foundation,
Plot 4 Acacia Avenue. P.O. Box
22366. Kampala
22366. Kampala
Deadline: Monday, 9th February, 2015
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