Job Title: Clinical Coordinators, Full time
Classification: Technical Person
Reports to: Vice President of Division

Job Description:

The Ghana College of Nurses and Midwives (GCNM) has a mandate to provide specialist education in the levels of full time, three years, Specialist programmes and full time, one year, Associate programmes. The Clinical Coordinator creates a leadership role in coordination, clinical placement, monitoring and facilitative supervision of residents’ progress with Faculty of the specialist programmes. The following are core components of the Clinical Coordinator’s role.

•   Technical
•   Communication and working relationship
•   Personal and people development
•   Management
•   Research
•   Health and Safety responsibilities
•   Quality assurance
•   Professional representation

Roles and Responsibilities

Technical:

•   Recommends appropriate clinical sites that would meet the identified educational requirements for Resident nurses and midwives to the Vice President of Division.
•   Collaborates with Faculty to prepare, revise, and submit residents’ learning outcomes, objectives and competencies for clinical experience to the Vice President of Division.
•   Collaborates and consults with Faculty to review, evaluate, and recommend educational clinical experience changes to the Vice President of Division.
•   Coordinates the signing of needed clinical contracts with all accredited clinical facilities and Faculty and serves as liaison between the clinical facility and GCNM.
•   Coordinates the gathering of facility specific documentation necessary for Resident placement into the clinical facilities.
•   Participates in networking activities to build strategic relations with contracted healthcare facilities and related professional agencies, including appropriate orientation activities for new Resident midwives.
•   Maintains self-clinical competence to ensure relevance of clinical support to Faculties and Residents.
•   Establishes and maintains positive working relationships with clinical facility management and staff.
•   Assist the Vice President of Division to :

1) Identify and apply up-to date equipment and technology
2) Ensure the Residents are in the clinical facilities all times during practicum
3) Engage with mentors regarding learning opportunities to further enrich Resident learning and accomplishment of the programme’s outcomes

•   Collaborates with the unit manager and staff so that the presence of Residents and their activities are supportive of the unit’s goals and needs.
•   Provides timely and ongoing evaluative feedback to the Faculty and Academic Board on Residents performance.
•   Performs continuous evaluation of the effectiveness of clinical sites, Residents and Faculty, resolves issues that may arise and provides feedback to the Vice President of Division.
•   Performs other duties as may be assigned by the Vice President of Division

Communication and Working relationships:

•   Cooperates and collaborates effectively with all health professionals at clinical sites to ensure a good working relationship between them and the Residents
•   Works with other health facility staff to respond to major incident events/mass casualty incident.
•   Participates actively in clinical/academic meetings and audits.
•   Punctual, accessible and available for consultation at all times.
•   Contributes actively to professional meetings and scientific conferences.

Personal and People Development:

•   Develops and maintains continuing personal and professional development to meet the changing demands in the area of nursing and midwifery services
•   Monitors own performance against agreed objectives and standards
•   Keeps up to date on job related issues as appropriate
•   Plays active role in the orientation of new staff
•   Assist with continuous professional education of Nurse and Midwife Educators
•   Takes responsibility to ensure personal professional development plans are agreed with Vice President of Division
•   Provides leadership and mentorship for post registration Specialist nurses and midwives, Associates and Residents
•   Contributes to the promotion and support of the development and provision of specialty related health learning materials for academic and clinical competency-building
•   Maintains a stable and enthusiastic learning environment

Management:

•   Prepares and submits periodic reports on specialty coordination activities
•   Devises improved methods for increasing efficiency in competency-based learning
•   Advises and utilizes nursing or midwifery process and clinical skills to extend competencies of residents and Associates
•   Promotes a positive image of the nursing and midwifery professions

Research:

•   Participates in research as defined by the GCNM Academic Board

Health and Safety Responsibilities:

•   Ensures and comply with existing health and safety policies and procedures of the MOH/GHS
•   Ensures clients/patients, staff safety and that of personal safety
•   Observes the Universal Precaution for infection prevention and control

Quality Assurance:

•   Advocates for and promotes the quality of nursing and midwifery practices in clinical settings and among Residents
•   Institutionalize quality assurance systems on clinical interactions
•   Ensures that staffs comply with the MOH/GHS quality assurance policy and guidelines
•   Continuously monitor activities that militate against quality standards; and report for action
•   Acts as a role model in quality improvement activities.

Professional Representation:

The Clinical Coordinators must at all times:

•   Works in accordance with the GHS Code of Ethics and strictly adhere to the provisions of the Patient’s Charter and Disciplinary Procedures of the Nursing and Midwifery Council
•   Works in accordance with the Professional Code of Ethics and Disciplinary Procedures
•   Participate in National Health Programmes

This job description is intended as a guide to the principal duties and responsibilities for the post and should not be considered an exhaustive list. It is subject to change in line with future development of the service

Qualification Required & Experience

•   A Nurse/Midwife in good standing with the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Ghana, with at least five (5) years working experience in midwifery.
•   A first degree in Nursing or Midwifery from an accredited university

Experience

•   Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team environment
•   Supervisory/team leader experience
•   Experience of managing and organizing own workload and that of the Department/facility/faculty
•   Experience in planning and implementation of service developments.
•   Working experience in a wide range of areas in health services.
•   Involvement in national health policy development
•   Research experience

Knowledge

•   Knowledge of Patient Charter
•   Knowledge of Health and Safety issues
•   Knowledge and understanding of quality assurance issues in clinical care
•   Knowledge of relevant clinical, midwifery protocols
•   Knowledge of Risk Assessment
•   Understand the midwifery process

Skills and Abilities    

•   Organizational skills
•   Planning and supervisory skills
•   Potential for leadership
•   Report writing and presentation skills
•   Excellent Verbal communication skills
•   Excellent interpersonal skills
•   Analytical and problem solving skills
•   Ability to demonstrate and participate in effective team work
•   Ability to relate to people from different backgrounds
•   Working knowledge in computer application
•   Ability to manage under pressure
•   Ability to use own initiative

Personal Attributes    

•   Competent, adaptable, imaginative, innovative, enthusiastic, self aware, team player and a sense of humour
•   Self control

Other requirements    

•   Work to deadline
•   Results Oriented

NOTE:

Applicants may opt to apply as seconded staff from the Ministry of Health/ Ghana Health Service or as an independent applicant.

Salary: Attractive

Location: Accra

How To Apply For The Job

All Applications and other relevant documents must be submitted via email:

recruitments@gcnm.edu.gh

Closing Date: 4 March, 2016