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Volunteer Role Neonatal Nurse

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Job Type: Volunteer
Job Categories & Sub Categories: Healthcare / Pharma / Biotech / Medical / R&D : Nurse
Apply Before: 26th November 2018
Preferred Age Range: No Age Bar
Preferred Educational Qualification: Bachelor (Preferred Neonatal Nurse)
Educational Qualification Description: Essential • Registered Neonatal nurse • Experience as a neonatal/Paediatric Nurse in hospital setting at least for 3 years • Experience in mentoring/training of nurses, students at a paediatric

Role overview

The specific emphasis and details of your position will depend on the objectives of the local partner. However, your main responsibilities are likely to include:

Transferring your skills and knowledge particularly to paediatric and neonatal department staff and generally to overall hospital staff. The knowledge and skill acquired is expected to improve the quality of services and the competence of paediatric and neonatal department staffs.
Strengthen NICU in the hospitals (where applicable) and play a key role in strengthening systems to enable the hospital and concerned department to provide quality care consistently.
Building the capacity of health workers, clinical leads and Village Health Team members in essential and emergency maternal obstetrics care through training of trainers, trainings and on the job coaching, mentoring and support supervision.
Support strengthening functioning of maternity and labour wards.

Possible locations in Africa and Asia: Ethiopia, Uganda and more to come

Skills, Qualifications and Experience
Professional skills/ competencies:

Essential

Registered Neonatal nurse
Experience as a neonatal/Paediatric Nurse in hospital setting at least for Five years
Experience in mentoring/training of nurses, students at a paediatric Department of any Hospital/in a clinic
Experience of working in neonatal intensive care unit

Desirable

Masters of Science in Nursing
Additional specialization in areas like neonatal care
Basic computer skill
Experience in mentoring and teaching/Bedside teaching

Job Specification:

Transferring your skills and knowledge particularly to paediatric and neonatal department staff and generally to overall hospital staff
Strengthen NICU in the hospitals (where applicable) and play a key role in strengthening systems
Building the capacity of health workers in maternal obstetrics care
Support strengthening functioning of maternity and labour wards

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