Midwife at Focal Points Ventures

Focal Points Ventures, a Construction and Project Company, is recruiting suitable candidates to fill the position below:

Job Title: Midwife

Location: Ikeja, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Requirements

• Monitoring the health of pregnant women and their unborn babies.
• Educating patients as well as their partners and family members on reproductive health, preparation for parenthood, and antenatal care.
• Teaching patients with pain management techniques to prepare them for labor.
• Delivering patients’ babies in birthing centers, patients’ homes, or hospitals as well as providing emotional support and encouragement during labor.
• Taking and recording patients' blood pressure, temperature, and pulse as well as ordering diagnostic tests as needed.
• Helping patients and their partners to cope with miscarriages, stillbirths, neonatal deaths, and terminations.
• Teaching new mothers how to feed their newborns.
• Assisting patients in creating suitable birth plans.
• Providing sound advice to patients regarding diets, exercises, and medications suitable for pregnancy.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree or Associate's Degree in nursing or related field.
• 1 - 4 years work experience.
• Completion of an accredited midwifery educational program.
• Certified by either the American Midwifery Certification Board (AMCB) or North American Registry of Midwives (NARM).
• Appropriate state licensure.
• Proven experience working as a midwife.
• Basic Life Support (BSL) and Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certifications.
• The ability to work under pressure.
• Strong problem-solving, analytical, and clinical assessment skills.
• Effective communication skills.
• Patient and compassionate.

Application Closing Date
14th March, 2022.