Registered Nurse

Reporting to: Clinic Incharge

Location: Dodoma, Tanzania

Job Purpose:

The Incumbent is responsible to ensure quality Sexual and Reproductive Health Services and counsel clients on appropriate Family Planning method.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Identifies patient care requirements by establishing personal rapport with potential and actual patients and other persons in a position to understand care requirements.
• Establishes a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, friends, and families.
• Promotes patient’s independence by establishing patient care goals; teaching patient, friends, and family to understand condition, medications, and self-care skills; answering questions.
• Assures quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards; measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and standards; making or recommending necessary Adjustments; following hospital and nursing division’s philosophies and standards of care set by state board of nursing, state nurse practice act, and other governing agency regulations.
• Resolves patient problems and needs by utilizing multidisciplinary team strategies.
• Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations; calling for assistance when need arise.
• Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols, medication administration and storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations.
• Documents patient care services by charting in patient and department records.
• Maintains nursing supplies inventory by checking stock to determine inventory level; anticipating needed supplies; placing and expediting orders for supplies; verifying receipt of supplies; using equipment and supplies as needed to accomplish job results.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
• Conduct weekend youth friendly services
• Assist Doctor when performing different procedure
• Provide RCH services includes, family planning, Antenatal care services including PMTCT, Post natal check ups, Immunization, Cervical cancer screening
• Perform all nursing and midwifery procedure as assigned by supervisor

Qualification

• Diploma in nursing from recognized health institution
• At least 2 years of working experience in the field
• Demonstrate skills in information systems and advanced Microsoft office application
• Experience in leadership and administration
• License to practice
• Excellent in communication skills

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• General knowledge in SRH services
• Empathetic personality, self-confidence, confidentiality, tolerance of non-scheduled work hours
• Computer knowledge
• Fluent in Oral and written English and Swahili

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS:

Interested candidates should submit an application letter indicating the position applied for and a detailed CV in one PDF document. Applications should be submitted by 12th May 2025 to the Executive Director through email: applications@umati.or.tz The position should be the subject of the email application. Kindly note that only shortlisted applicants will be contacted. UMATI is an equal-opportunity employer. Women and people with disability are highly encouraged to apply.