Midwifery Nurse at Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral & Research Hospital

Job Purpose:

• The Midwifery Nurse’s job exists to provide advanced nursing services and patients care in the Maternity-Antenatal/Post-natal & Labour Ward Unit, to provide nursing research and training and advise on the same at KUTRRH.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Receive, register, record and document patients’ information and present the same to the
• Medical Officers at the reproductive health unit.
• Transfer referred patients from unit for further diagnosis or specialized treatment from other units of the hospital.
• Provide family planning services, prenatal care, and gynecological exams for women.
• Delivering babies and assisting with cesarean births.
• Provide care for newborn babies and mothers after delivery.
• Handling labor emergencies.
• Discussing sexual or reproductive health issues with patients.
• Repairing cuts/tears from birth.
• Support Medical Officers and Medical Specialists in attending to patients in the reproductive health unit.
• Administer medication to patients in the unit as prescribed by Medical Officers and Medical Specialists in the hospital.
• Monitor patients’ progress in the unit, document the same for clear patient records and report the same to the Medical Officers and Medical Specialists in the hospital.
• Liaise with other healthcare staff in handling patients with multiple of complex medical conditions in the units in the hospital.
• Any other duties as may be assigned from time to time.

Qualifications and Requirements

• Diploma or Degree in Nursing from a recognized institution.
• Higher Diploma in Midwifery Specialized Nursing training qualification from a recognized institution.
• At least four (4) years nursing experience out of which at least one (1) year must have been in Midwifery Nursing.
• Registration by the Nursing Council of Kenya.
• Valid practicing license as a Midwifery Nurse from the Nursing Council of Kenya.
• Proficiency in computer applications.
• Fulfilled the requirements of Chapter Six (6) of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010.