Midwife needed at a Reputable Hospital

February 8th, 2021 at 11:08 am

A reputable hospital is looking to hire a Midwife for full term work.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Examining and monitoring pregnant women
• Assessing care requirements and writing care plans
• Carrying out screening tests
• Providing information, emotional support and reassurance to women and their partners
• Taking patient samples, pulses, temperatures and blood pressures
• Caring for and assisting women in labour
• Monitoring and administering medication, injections and intravenous infusions during labour
• Monitoring the foetus during labour
• Advising about and supporting parents in the daily care of their newborn babies
• Helping parents to cope with miscarriage, termination, stillbirth and neonatal death
• Writing records
• Tutoring student midwives/nurses
• Identifying high-risk pregnancies
• Deliver babies and provide antenatal and postnatal advice, care and support to women, their babies, their partners and families.
• Monitoring and examining pregnant women and making necessary referral
• Managing labour, conducting deliveries and immediate care of the newborn;
• Giving support and advice on the daily care of the baby, including breastfeeding, Bathing and making up feeds
• Conversant with modern equipment to aid in conducting delivery safely
• Organising antenatal clinic for clients
• May perform other related duties such as nursing
• Keeping accurate records of activities to meet Ghana Health Service standards
• Effectively communicating to clients and their relatives