Midwife Nurse

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Reporting to	Technical Head/MCH Specialty Centre Manager
Place of Work	MSIE Centre
Job Grade	6
Category	Clinical
Code	TBD

Job Summary

Under the supervision of the Technical Head/MCH Specialty Centre Manager, the midwife nurse performs delivery services at the labour ward; assists doctors and specialists with delivery services; ensures the women in labour get all the necessary support, ensures the tools and instruments for the delivery room are readily available; performs the duties in accordance with accepted standard medical practice and professional code of conduct.

Duties/Tasks

• Takes active part in the provision of services in the labour and maternity ward.
• Provides labour follow-up and attends normal deliveries.
• Ensures all instruments needed for delivery services are readily in place.
• Assists normal delivery including vacuum assisted vaginal delivery.
• Provides immediate newborn care.
• Provides immediate postnatal follow up and timely consultation when problems arise.
• Assists postpartum women in initiating breast feeding and counsels postpartum women on danger signs, family planning and HTC.
• Provides counselling to labouring and postpartum women.
• Assists doctors as theatre nurse and undertakes all standard measures required for procedures.
• Prepares all surgical instruments, sets and medical supplies required for operation in accordance with accepted standards.
• Assists doctors intra-operatively (as a scrub nurse, circulating nurse, etc.) and makes the instruments ready for other operations as required.
• Co-works with the scrub nurses in the OR as a runner/circulator.
• Puts the interest of clients/patients above all other considerations and ensures the confidentiality of all cases.
• Ensures proper receipt, storage, safekeeping, issuance and timely placement of orders of surgical instruments and medical supplies for theatre by pre-establishing re-order level and regular replenishment of enough stocks of the same.
• Ensures the maintenance of high level standards and applies universal precautions to infection prevention.
• Avails herself/himself to regular stock taking and audit as and when required.
• Prepares and submits periodic reports as required.
• Makes an on-time report for the clinical incident happened in the center as per the guideline of MSIE.
• Performs related tasks as required.

Person Specifications

Qualification Requirements

Education

• BSc/Diploma in Midwifery.

Experience

• Four years with Diploma in Midwifery. Two years of experience required for BSc.

Skills, Attitudes and Attributes

• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Capacity to be compassionate and caring.
• Conscious of government, MSI and MSIE regulations.
• Ability to make logical and timely decisions.
• Counselling skill.
• Awareness of concepts and strategies of quality care.
• Pro-choice.

Required Skills

• Communication.
• Teamwork.

How to Apply

We invite candidates meeting the required qualifications to download and fill the job application form from https://mariestopes.org.et/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2022/06/MSIE-Job-Application-Form.pdf and email to Humanresource@mariestopes.org.et before the closing date of this announcement on April 5, 2026.

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