Registered Nurse Midwife

Title:  Registered Nurse Midwife

Company: Debswana Diamond Company

Closing Date:  15/06/2023

Location: Jwaneng, Botswana

Description: 

Debswana Diamond Company would like to invite suitably qualified innovative, results oriented and self-driven individuals to apply for the position listed and described below and join a professional team driven by service excellence, where the demands of the business are met by encouraging team work and addressing the needs of the individual.

Purpose of the Role

To provide comprehensive Nursing care to patients / clients.

Key Job Responsibilities

• Recommends and incorporates cost saving initiatives
• Assesses and monitors the progress of pregnancy, caries out investigations, interprets and treats
• Admits and assesses antenatal and labouring women and determines appropriate care plan
• Compiles and analyses different statistics to relevant authorities
• Conducts and interpret fetal heart traces to determine fetal emergencies that require medical intervention
• Conducts deliveries and surgical interventions within the scope of practice
• Consults patients, investigates, analyses, diagnoses, prescribes, dispenses medications and refers within scope of practice
• Coordinates and monitors the implementation of safety, health and environmental programs in area of responsibility taking cognisance of all legal requirements
• Counsels patients to achieve emotional and physical wellbeing with regards to their medical conditions
• Develops and implements individual nursing care plans and evaluates patient response to interventions, take appropriate action within scope of practice
• Discharge all low risk mothers post partum and conducts domicilliary care
• Educates patients, families and the community on health related issues in collaboration with other stakeholders
• Escorts high risk cases and provides emergency care as necessary
• Establishes and maintains Business Partner relationships with all key stakeholders to facilitate the optimal functioning of the nursing section
• Identifies and implements creative and innovative ideas to continuously improve and sustain business performance
• Identifies and refers high risk pregnancies and show care accordingly
• Implement relevant management plans for high risk mothers intrapartum and monitor all inpatients
• Implements Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission Programme(PMTCT) as per protocols
• Implements and manages the nursing care risk profile preventative programs
• Implements knowledge management principles through application of tools and methodologies to continuously improve and sustain business performance
• Implements measures that ensure that patients have a dignified demise and provides last office care
• Maintains unit consumables and equipment stock levels, investigates deviations and escalates persistent discrepancies
• Manages obstetric emergencies(shoulder dystocia,etc) in collaboration with other clinicians
• Participates in improvement of clinical knowledge by conducting case reviews, presentations and audits
• Performs invasive and non invasive procedures within the scope of practice.eg catheterization, dressings etc
• Performs periodic stock take
• Prescribes narcotic drugs for maternity cases according to legal guidelines (Drug related substance Act e.g pethidine)
• Provide basic life support during medical emergencies ,call outs and manages patients on transit to higher facilities within scope of practice
• Provides antenatal care to inpatients according to their needs
• Provides neonatal care accordingly to client needs and refer when necessary
• Provides postpartum care according to clients needs (normal deliveries, operative deliveries and complicated cases)
• Provides preventative and promotive health care during early childhood, adolescent, pre natal by Identification of risks, manages and or refers
• Provides specialised care for patients admitted in high care
• Receives, initiates neonatal resuscitation and manages outcome
• Records use of stock on charge sheets
• Triage patients to determine patient acuity for appropriate time based intervention

Other Job Responsibilities

• Takes cognizance of and adheres to policies and procedures relating to inter-alia safety, health and environmental issues.

Education

• Diploma in General Nursing
• Diploma. in Midwifery

Experience

• 2 years post qualification experience in Midwifery

Legal Certification/Professional Registration

• Registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Botswana

Technical Competencies

• Patient care
• Information Management
• Quality & Ethical conduct
• Patient Safety & Risk

Behavioral Competencies

• Values Driven
• Customer/Quality Focus
• Teamwork and Collaboration
• Assertiveness

Debswana is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Please note that we only contact shortlisted candidates.

Permanent Contract

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