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Midwife

JOB SUMMARY

Company Kintampo Heal...
Industry Public Health
Category Medical/Pharm...
Location Kintampo
Job Status Full-time
Salary GH¢ 
Education BSc. / Diplo...
Experience 1 year
Job Expires Dec 05, 2024
Contact ...
 

Company Profile

Kintampo Health Research Centre (KHRC) is a well-established, African-based, research centre and one of three field research centres of the Research and Development Division of the Ghana Health Service. The work of KHRC has influences on health policy and practice throughout Ghana, Africa and the rest of the world. KHRC also offers research and training services nationally and internationally and its staffs are multidisciplinary. KHRC is located in the middle belt of Ghana.

Job Description

Qualified applicants are invited to apply to work as a midwife on contract at Kintampo Health Research Centre, Kintampo North Municipality, Bono-East Region on a specific research project.

  • Type of Appointment: Full Time Contract.
  • Duration: One (1) year (renewable)

Brief job description
He or She shall be responsible to the Director, KHRC through the project head to accomplish specific objectives.

​​Key Responsibilities
The midwife, if recruited, will be trained to perform ultrasound for study participants, however, skills in basic ultrasonography (ultrasound) will be an advantage.

In addition to the above, the midwife will be responsible for;

  • Measuring maternal and fetal heart rates, take maternal blood pressure and other diagnostic assessments. counselling the pregnant women and where necessary, refer study participants to health facilities based on physical examination, diagnostics assessments or complaints of participants
  • Counselling study participants to cope with adverse pregnancy outcomes such as miscarriages, stillbirths, neonatal and infant deaths.

Note: The work will involve travelling with research team to communities within Kintampo North Municipality and Kintampo South district to attend to study participants.

Required Skills or Experience

The midwife should:

  1. Have a minimum of one year working experience.
  2. Must have completed his/her one year mandatory rotation.
  3. Have a recognized clinical qualification in Midwifery from an accredited institution
  4. Be a registered member of any of the nurses and Midwife associations and have your pin and be in good standing
  5. Be well versed in Ghana Health Service clinical policies
  6. Work with minimum supervision

Qualification: 

  • Diploma in Midwifery
  • BSc. Midwifery

How To Apply

Applicants should send their Comprehensive Curriculum Vitae and cover letter and relevant certificates as well as PIN and Licence Certificates in ONLY one attachment (MSWord document or pdf) confirming his/her suitability for the job from Thursday 28th November to 5th December, 2024. The link for the application is https://kintampo-hrc.org/khrc_employment/ , only shortlisted applicants will be contacted. Applicants are advised to provide their functional emails and mobile phone numbers on the application letter as well as two (2) professional referees including their functional e-mail addresses and telephone numbers.

 
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