Nursing Officer

From The Guardian.10th June 2015

The New –Born screening for child survival –Sickle Cell Disease Project (NBS) has received funding from Human Development Innovation Fund (HDIF) to establish a New-Born Screening programme (NBS) to identify children with Sickle Cell Disease (SDC) at birth .The NBS programme has exciting employment opportunities for highly motivated and result –driven professionals interested in working in the health sector


NURSING OFFICER (1 POST)
Reporting to the Clinical Coordinator, the Nurse Officer is responsible for clinical care to SCD patients and clinical data collection.

Specific Responsibilities
Give health education to SCD patients, parents and guardians
Perform pretest counseling to SCD patients, parents and guardians
Supervising and assisting mothers in labour,
Participate in DBS collection and storage for NBS screening
Participate in filing of NBS CRF s
Perform post test counseling to SCD patients, parents and guardians
Supervise proper vital sign measurements and recording for SCD patients
Supervise proper anthropometric and measurement recording for SCD patients
Organization of Outpatient clinics for SCD patients
Participate in major ward rounds and ensure all orders by the doctors are executed
Attend clinical meetings.
Perform other duties as assigned by the supervisor

Key Qualification(s)
Degree in Nursing, Midwifery or relevant qualification(s)
Relevant Work Experience Minimum of One.(l) Year Clinical experience

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS:

If you believe you are the right candidate for any of the above positions, please send your application letter, detailed curriculum vitae, and photocopies of academic certificates, and
names and contact details of THREE referees to the address below. Applications which do not attach all the mentioned dossiers, including three referees, will be disqualified.
Your application should have a title of the position you are applying for. Failure to do this will disqualify the application
Applicants will be sent a fill out questionnaire when they submit, please ensure you use a
frequently monitored. They need to submit that questionnaire before the deadline for
applications. Failure to do this will disqualify the application.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

All applications should be submitted through jobs@blood.ac.tz no later than 1500 hours