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Job Title:   Midwife

Organization:
Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO)

Duty Station:
Kampala, Uganda

About US:

VSO is the world’s
leading independent International development organisation that works through
volunteers to fight poverty In developing countries. Our high-impact approach
brings people together to share skills, build capabilities, promote
international understanding and action to change lives and make the world a
fairer place. We believe that it is only if people step forward either as
local, 1 national or global citizens that sustainable change can happen by
enabling people and in turn their communities to play a more active role in
development.

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Improve the quality of Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health (MNCH)
  services in the region by strengthening the capacity of midwives, health
  care workers, community health workers and establishment of systems and
  referral mechanisms essential for maternal and new born care both at
  faculty and community level.
• Support the roll-out of the national Nursing and Midwifery
  Curriculum by coaching tutors in the implementation and advising on
  additional adolescent friendly service provision and early essential
  newborn care.
• Provide technical capacity building support to health workers in
  conducting ultrasound scans of pregnant women and provide day to day
  support at health facility, planning and organising outreach MNH services
  with the help of health care workers 

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

•  Registered Midwife- Fully
  accredited by the relevant professional body.
•  At least 5 years’ experience
  as a midwife in hospital setting.
•  Experience in
  mentoring/training of nurses, students at a maternity and Pediatric
  Department of any hospital/clinic.
• Experience of working in Gynecology/Obstetrics and neonatal
  intensive care unit.
• Current knowledge in the field of maternal and child health,
  including some or all of the following: infection, prevention, antenatal
  care, family planning, PMTCT, essential and emergency maternal and newborn
  care.
• Solid communication, presentation and writing skills.
• Demonstrated self-management (i.e. motivation, dealing with
  pressure, adaptability)
• Teamwork, with the ability to work collaboratively in diverse
  multi-cultural groups. Ability to work in an institutional environment, –
  hospital and health facility settings – as well as in the community
  setting
• Effective communications skills (report writing, verbal and written)
• Masters of Science in Midwifery
• Additional specialization in areas like neonatal care
• Basic computer skills
• Previous developing country work experience
• Experience of community engagement approaches
• Experience of community to faculty referral mechanism
• Interest/experience in social and gender inclusion; social
  accountability

How to Apply:

All candidates are
strongly encouraged to apply online at the link below.

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Deadline: 24th February 
2020

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