Midwife Job Careers – Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO)
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.
Deadline: 24th February 2020