Midwife, Head of Department A1/A0 at Ngororero District (Deadline: 27 December, 2023)

I. Summary of Overall Role and Responsibilities The Head of Midwifery Department/Matron is responsible of coordinating all midwives’ activities and records in the Department. II. Key Duties and Tasks  Collaborate with academic institutions, hospitals, professional regulatory bodies and health stakeholders for clinical placement of midwifery students  Develop and approve formulations of nursing /midwifery guideline, goals and programs for nursing/midwifery services consistent with the mission and goals of Public Health.  Develop, maintain and review nursing policies and procedures that conform to current standards nursing practice, hospital operational policies.  Encourage and support a positive work environment to ensure positive staff morale and quality services.  Enforce the infection prevention and control mechanisms and challenging poor practice  Ensure mothers are cared in a clean and safe environment.  Ensure performance and quality data are collected, consolidated and maintained to support utilization initiatives  Ensure that the midwives staff educate patient as well as their partners and family members on reproductive health, antenatal care and preparation for parenthood.  Ensure the mothers are well monitored and treated during pregnancy, childbirth and post-partum.  Establish and foster effective working relationships with and between the various professional groups within the hospitals.  Establish and maintain effective communication with patients, relatives and staff to contribute to the active resolution of potentially complex situations, conflicts and issues  Establish, as part of the management team, priorities, strategies and action plans to achieve stated outcomes, goals and objectives.  Manages staff with direct responsibility for the continuous performance appraisal  Mentor and coach Department midwives in leadership roles.  Monitor and maintain excellent clinical standards within clinical teams, in conjunction with the Director of Nursing  Participate in all research activities in the department assigned to  Prepare department budgets and needs  Promote customer care service and hospitality and respond to and adequately resolve complaints or concerns from staff, patient or families  Submit monthly, quarterly and annually report to the supervisor.  Supervise the daily clinical and nursing care management of all patients in conjunction with the midwives.  Support the development and implementation of education and training programs within area of responsibility  Undertake root cause analysis and develop action plans, ensuring that this leads to change in practice  Work in collaboration with the human resource manager to monitor and regulate training and development of all staff to ensure that all staff receives CPDs  Perform any other duties assigned by his/her supervisor