Job Description
Job Description
Role Overview
As a Midwife, you will provide specialized, compassionate, and evidence-based maternal and neonatal care throughout pregnancy, labour, childbirth, and the postnatal period. You will work within professional standards to ensure the health, safety, and dignity of mothers and newborns while collaborating closely with the multidisciplinary medical team.
Duties and Responsibilities
-Maternal & Neonatal Care: Deliver safe, compassionate, and professional midwifery and nursing care in accordance with established clinical guidelines and ethical standards.
-Assessments & Monitoring: Conduct comprehensive antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal assessments, monitor maternal vitals and fetal well-being, and document findings accurately.
-Clinical Procedures & Administration: Administer prescribed medications, treatments, and injections safely, and assist medical officers during obstetric procedures and emergency obstetric care.
-Care Planning: Implement individualized midwifery care plans and continuously evaluate maternal and newborn responses to treatment.
-Emergency Response & Triage: Participate promptly in obstetric triage, emergency response, and patient referrals when complications arise.
-Infection Control & Safety: Ensure strict adherence to infection prevention and control measures, maintaining a sterile and secure environment for deliveries.
-Patient Records: Maintain accurate, complete, and confidential patient records, partographs, and clinical notes.
-Health Education & Counselling: Provide expectant mothers and their families with comprehensive health education regarding prenatal nutrition, breastfeeding, family planning, and postnatal care.
-Equipment Management: Ensure proper use, care, and accountability of specialized obstetric and neonatal medical equipment and supplies.
-Collaboration & Supervision: Collaborate effectively with doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals; supervise and support nurse aides, students, and junior staff. Professional Standards: Adhere strictly to the Nursing Council of Zimbabwe (NCZ) scope of practice, participate in clinical audits, engage in continuous professional development (CPD), and comply with organizational policies.
Qualifications and Experience
•Diploma in General Nursing.
• Midwife Qualifications
• Current Practicing Certificate
• At least 3 years prior experience is a requirement
How to Apply
ponai.receptionbucc@gmail.com by 20 October 2026