Centre Midwife at Marie Stopes Ghana

Job Description

• The Centre Midwife will be responsible for providing high quality core MSIG clinical services in the assigned centre of excellence. She will be required to support the Midwife / Centre Manager to maintain high quality clinical services and to promote a congenial and professional atmosphere towards all clients. The Centre Midwife will report to the respective Centre Manager (Senior Midwife) in the region.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist to oversee the work schedules of all clinical team working within the centre.
• Efficiently provide clinical services including long-acting family planning methods.
• Ensure proper maintenance of all clinical products and equipment
• Promote and maintain a welcoming, friendly, professional, and efficient atmosphere towards all clients in the centre to ensure client satisfaction at all times.
• Counsel and assist clients to make informed FP/SRH choices when necessary.
• Ensure that clinical complications at service delivery points are minimized or professionally managed when they occur.
• Provide core MSIG Clinical services including: IUCD, Implant insertion, MSP and MSMP.
• Support the Centre Manager (Senior Midwife) to monitor monthly centre results and make appropriate recommendations to meet centre set targets.
• Assist with all clinical trainings at the centre level.
• Counsel and assist clients to make informed family Planning/sexual Reproductive Health decision
• Keep and manage records of all centre activities including minutes of centre team meetings
• Assist the Centre Manager (Senior Midwife) to ensure formal communications with the various health partners where appropriate
• Support with the entry of all service data into the organisation Electronic Health Record system and other MSIG database as required

Required Skills or Experience

• Must have a recognized clinical qualification in Midwifery.
• Must be registered with a recognized local clinical professional body in Ghana and be of good Standing
• Must have requisite experience to work with minimum supervision

Skills and Experience

• At least Three (3) years post-graduation experience in a Midwifery position
• Experience of working in Sexual and Reproductive Health
• Be well versed in Ghana Health Service clinical policies, protocols and standards
• Excellent provider-client interaction skills
• Work experience with Ghana Health Service and/or an INGO
• Articulate and analytical with attention to detail
• Knowledge of health delivery system in Ghana
• Must be multi-skilled and able to work with minimum supervision.
• Sympathetic to women and men seeking Family Planning and Reproductive Health services
• Be able to work on own initiative and at longer periods.
• Customer focused with good interpersonal skills to engage with people at all levels –government, donor and community
• Passionate about maternal health and the vulnerable
• Motivates team members to deliver high quality service and result
• Team player, self-motivator and able to motivate others to achieve results
• Pro-choice and pro-family planning