Medical Attendants Job at Maternity Africa
POSITION: MEDICAL ATTENDANTS
DUTY STATION: NGARAMTONI YA CHINI, ARUSHA
Maternity Africa is a local nonprofit organization in Tanzania, devoted to helping make childbirth safe and treating obstetrical fistulas. We support local communities and provide information to keep mothers and babies healthy, as well as excellent medical care and training to ensure safer deliveries.
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We are looking to appoint a kind, compassionate, and highly motivated individual to be part of a wonderful team of dedicated and caring staff who together will create a safe and clinical excellence Maternity Centre. If you want to work in a dynamic and fulfilling team environment, then this job is for you! We offer continual learning supported by dedicated nurse educators who assist in the provision of training.
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Duties and Responsibilities
- Carry out general cleaning of the wards and their surrounding
- Strip and make beds, changing bed linens, which may require lifting bedspreads; dust all furniture, pictures, drawers, window ledges, and shelves thoroughly
- Transport patients in wheelchairs or on movable beds around the hospital
- Move medical equipment between wards, departments, and theatres
- Maintain stocks of clean clothing and linen for patients
- Remove soiled clothing and linen items for cleaning to the laundry
- Lift and turn patients
- Restocking the ward
- Assist with taking samples and collecting results from the lab
- Assist in giving patients bed baths or helping them up to the bathroom
- Assist with changing Chlorine water, soapy water, and clean water in the sluice room, for the disinfecting of instruments and keeping them tidy
- Adhering to infection control procedures
- Assist with Autoclaving of instruments
- Assisting with Health Education for patients when appropriate
- Complete data collection sheets as required
- Perform any other related duties as required by the supervisor
Medical Attendants Job at Maternity Africa
Qualifications and Requirements
- Holder of an Ordinary Secondary School (O-level) Certificate
- Working experience in a similar role is Preferable.
- Must have a Pre-Nursing Certificate from a recognized institution.
- Basic Medical Knowledge
- Knowledge of Safety and Sanitation
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How to Apply:
Interested candidates are kindly requested to send their cover letter (Max of a Page), Curriculum Vitae (Max of 4 pages), and Professional Certificates to recruitment@maternityafrica.org. The application should be sent by 15th January 2023. If you do not hear from us within a week from the closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful
WEBSITE: https://maternityafrica.org/