UMATI collaborates with the Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Women and Special Groups, as well as the President’s Office – Regional Administration and Local Government (PORALG), to deliver Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) education, information, and services across Tanzania. The organization has a strong legacy of leadership in SRH initiatives, having been a pioneer in Family Planning (FP), youth-focused SRHR programs, integrated clinic models, and community-based service delivery.
Job title: Registered Nurse
Reporting to: Clinic In charge
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
- Demonstrate skills in information systems and advanced Microsoft office application
- Experience in leadership and administration
- License to practice
- Excellent in communication skills
Responsibilities
- Plan clinic activities pertaining to SRH maternal and child health
- To comply and deliver relevant service statistic reports on implemented activities at the clinic to the Clinic in charge
- Coordination of medical related training activities with other agencies, facilities and institutions in the area to ensure the staff are developed appropriately in their professions
- To provide Sexual and Reproductive Health Services to clients and counsel clients on appropriate methods
- To assist in minor surgery and to prepare facilities for other clinical services
- To provide VCT Services activities and clinic services
- To supervise Home based care services in the community
- Conducting training of SRH and HBC, VCT services
- Attending to any other duty as may from time to time be assigned by his superiors
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
How to Apply
Interested candidates should submit an application letter indicating the position applied for and a detailed CV in one PDF document.
Applications should be submitted to the Executive Director through email applications@umati.or.tz
Deadline: The deadline to submit your application is May 19 2025
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.
