Registered Nurse

**RN - Midwife**

Our client, a National Private Hospital Group is looking to employ RN - Midwife (locums) to do ongoing locums at their hospitals in the West Coast, Western Cape.

**Qualification & Requirements;**
- Degree/Diploma in Nursing Science;
- Registration with South African Nursing Council (SANC);
- Relevant qualification in Midwifery essential;
- Minimum 1 year Maternity experience;
- Fully bilingual (English & Afrikaans); and
- Excellent communication skills

**Key Areas;**
- Provide maternity nurse services to pregnant women;
- Support mothers and their newborns through maternity nursing care;
- Monitor vital signs including pulse rate and blood pressure while in labour;
- Assist obstetricians in providing maternity nursing care to mothers and their babies;
- Screen and monitor new mothers and their babies’ health while under maternity nursing care;
- Instruct and counsel new mothers in handling and breastfeeding their babies;
- Assist new mothers in bathing, changing and feeding of their babies;
- Answer and resolve maternity related issues with pregnant women;
- Ensure the highest degree of standards in maternity nurse activities; and
- Delivering babies and care for them.

**Job Types**: Part-time, Temporary, Temp to perm

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Vredenburg, Western Cape: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (required)

License/Certification:

- Nursing Council registration (required)