Job description

• A Registered Midwife is a specialization of the nursing profession that focuses on assisting women in . Duties include:
• Examining and monitoring pregnant women.
• Providing information, emotional support and reassurance to women and their partners.
• Recording the vital signs (temperature, pulse respiration) and keeping accurate records of the observations made.
• Caring for and assisting women in labour.
• Monitoring and administering medication, injections and intravenous infusions during labour.
• Monitoring the fetus 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.
• Providing primary and specialty health care for women, including conducting Physical exams and diagnosing, treating, and managing medical conditions.
• Counseling and educating patients.
• Providing newborn care for the first 28 days.
• Providing support through peri-menopause and menopause.
• Providing pregnancy care by monitoring the health of the mother-to-be and her unborn baby.
• Provide education, counseling, and prenatal care individualized to each woman.
• Assist during labor and delivery.
• Provide follow-up care for mom and baby after delivery, including advice on issues such as breastfeeding
• Provides direct prenatal, intra-partum, postpartum and/or well women patient services and primary care
• Follows established departmental policies, procedures, and objectives, continuous quality improvement objectives, and safety, environmental, and/or infection control standards.

Requirement:

• At least 8-10 years midwifery experience
• The midwife must be trained in midwifery and registered and licensed with the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (NMCN).

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