Rivers State Primary Health Care Management Board Recruitment 2023/2024

Applications are invited from suitably qualified persons for the following positions in the Rivers State Primary Health Care Management Board

The Rivers State Primary Health Care Management Board (RSPHCMB) in collaboration with the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF) is recruiting Midwives and Nurses for the expanded Midwife Service Scheme (eMSS).

Job Title: Midwives and Nurses Recruitment

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY

• 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 labor.
• Monitoring and administering medication, injections and intravenous infusions during labor.
• Monitoring the fetus during labor.
• 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

JOB SPECIFICATION

• A Minimum of RN/post basic midwifery nursing from any accredited school of nursing or university.
• Basic Life Support certificate is a MUST
• ACLS certificate would be an added advantage
• Sufficient clinical knowledge.

Application ends on the 22nd September 2023