Job vacancies at UMATI, May 2025

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

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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

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 19th May 2025 to the Executive Director through email [email protected]

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.