Posted on: Wed 05-08-2026

Standard Specialist Hospital is a 24-hour secondary services hospital in the heart of Kano State that provides high-quality healthcare services.

 

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Registered Midwife

Location: Tarauni, Kano

Employment Type: Full-time

Department: Maternity/Labour Ward

Reports To: Matron / Head of Nursing Services

 

Job Summary

• The Registered Midwife is responsible for providing safe, evidence-based, compassionate, and high-quality care to women during pregnancy, labour, childbirth, and the postnatal period.
• The Midwife also provides essential newborn care, health education, family planning counselling, and supports the multidisciplinary healthcare team in promoting maternal and child health.

 

Key Responsibilities

Antenatal Care:

• Conduct comprehensive antenatal assessments.
• Monitor maternal and fetal wellbeing.
• Identify high-risk pregnancies and promptly refer to the appropriate clinician.
• Provide antenatal health education on nutrition, birth preparedness, breastfeeding, danger signs, and newborn care.
• Administer prescribed medications and immunizations.

 

Labour and Delivery:

• Admit and assess women in labour.
• Monitor labour using the partograph.
• Conduct normal vaginal deliveries within the scope of practice.
• Recognize complications early and promptly notify the obstetrician.
• Assist in instrumental and Caesarean deliveries when required.
• Perform neonatal resuscitation where necessary.
• Ensure infection prevention and control measures are strictly followed.

 

Postnatal Care:

• Monitor mothers during the immediate postpartum period.
• Assess uterine involution, bleeding, pain, and recovery.
• Promote and support exclusive breastfeeding.
• Educate mothers on newborn care, hygiene, nutrition, family planning, and postnatal danger signs.
• Identify postpartum complications and initiate appropriate referrals.

 

Newborn Care:

• Perform immediate newborn assessment.
• Monitor newborn growth and wellbeing.
• Administer routine newborn medications and immunizations according to hospital protocols.
• Maintain accurate newborn documentation.
• Educate mothers on infant feeding, immunization schedules, and newborn danger signs.

 

Emergency Care:

• Respond promptly to obstetric emergencies.
• Participate in neonatal resuscitation.
• Assist in the management of postpartum haemorrhage, eclampsia, obstructed labour, and other obstetric emergencies.
• Maintain readiness of emergency equipment and medications.

 

Patient Education:

• Provide counselling on:
• Pregnancy care
• Family planning
• Breastfeeding
• Nutrition
• Personal hygiene
• Prevention of sexually transmitted infections
• Child immunization
• Encourage attendance at antenatal and postnatal clinics.

 

Documentation:

• Maintain accurate, timely, and confidential patient records.
• Complete labour, delivery, postnatal, and newborn documentation.
• Report incidents and adverse events according to hospital policy.

 

Infection Prevention and Quality Assurance:

• Adhere to infection prevention and control guidelines.
• Ensure proper sterilization of equipment.
• Participate in quality improvement activities and maternal death reviews.
• Comply with hospital safety standards and regulatory requirements.

 

Teamwork:

• Collaborate effectively with obstetricians, paediatricians, anaesthetists, nurses, laboratory personnel, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals.
• Participate in ward rounds, clinical meetings, and multidisciplinary case reviews.
• Mentor junior staff and student midwives where assigned.

 

Professional Development:

• Maintain current registration and licence.
• Participate in continuing professional development (CPD).
• Keep up to date with evidence-based midwifery practices.
• Comply with the Code of Professional Conduct for Nurses and Midwives.

 

Qualifications

• Registered Midwife (RM).
• Current practising licence issued by the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (NMCN).
• Additional certification in Basic Life Support (BLS) and Neonatal Resuscitation is an advantage.

 

Experience:

• Minimum of 1- 2 years of post-qualification clinical experience is preferred.
• Experience in a secondary or tertiary healthcare facility is an added advantage.

 

Required Skills:

• Excellent clinical and midwifery skills.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to remain calm during emergencies.
• Sound clinical judgement and decision-making.
• Compassionate and patient-centred approach.
• Good documentation and record-keeping skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Basic computer literacy.

 

Personal Attributes:

• Integrity and professionalism.
• Compassion and empathy.
• Emotional resilience.
• Attention to detail.
• Respect for patient confidentiality.
• Strong ethical standards.
• Good time management and organizational skills.

Application Closing Date

31st August, 2026.

 

How to Apply

Interested and qualified candidates should send their application and copies of credentials to: [email protected] using using the job title as the subject of the mail.

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