The West African Health Organization (WAHO) is the health institution of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) charged with leadership and coordination of health improvement programs across the ECOWAS region. WAHO is seeking applications from suitably qualified candidates to fill the underlisted vacant position<\/p>\n
Job Description<\/strong><\/p>\n Job Title: Nursing and Midwifery Programme Officer<\/strong><\/p>\n Role Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Under the supervision of the Human Resources Development for Health, the incumbent shall organise workshops, seminars and update course modules; engage in the certification processes for nurses at basic and post basic levels; develop curriculum for nursing training; work closely with the West African College of Nursing (WACN) to identify suitable highly trained nurses; produce a monthly journal on nursing activities in the region.<\/p>\n Role and Responsibilities<\/strong><\/p>\n The incumbent will:<\/p>\n \u2022 Organize workshops, seminars, and update courses for nurses in the sub-region. Qualification Required & Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 A minimum of a Bachelor\u2019s Degree in Medicine or Pharmacy or Nursing or Medical Science or any of the Allied Health Sciences from a recognised university.<\/p>\n Experience:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 At least 5 to 7 years of progressive responsible experience in the implementation of healthcare programs; WAHO Job description<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Ability to manage relationship with partner organizations, Ministries of Health and other relevant regulatory bodies to foster solid cooperation.<\/p>\n ECOWAS Key Competencies<\/strong> \u2022 ability to persuade\/influence others to consider a certain point of view, adopt a new idea or implement new methods and practices; Location:<\/strong>\u00a0Accra<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The West African Health Organization (WAHO) is the health institution of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) charged with leadership and coordination of health improvement programs across the…..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6721,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[6],"tags":[2027],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2nO32-gZs","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65314"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6721"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65314\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u2022 Maintain a directory of nursing and midwifery schools and other institutions involved with nursing education.
\n\u2022 Identify appropriate training institutions for specialised nurse training.
\n\u2022 Take lead in the development of curriculum for training of nurses and take appropriate steps to harmonise nurse training curriculum in the sub-region.
\n\u2022 Collaborate closely with the West African College of Nursing to ensure its progressive development and expansion and assist in the implementation and strengthening of their programmes.
\n\u2022 Provide technical guidance in the publication of suitable educational materials e.g. Journals, modules etc.
\n\u2022 Identity and keep record of suitably trained nurses for Technical Assistance Programmes to the in member states.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Knowledge of quality assurance standards in the ECOWAS region and Non Communicable<\/p>\n
\nP3-02-01 LEADERSHIP<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 ability to lead a team of trainees\/junior staff and instill a spirit of teamwork to engage employees and achieve a well-defined set of activities;
\n\u2022 ability to respect chain of command in an appropriate manner;
\n\u2022 ability to resolve challenges that occur with minimal direction and\/or to recommend and explain solutions or alternatives for approval;
\n\u2022 ability to utilize the Code of Ethics to manage self, others, information and resources;
\n\u2022 ability to mentor others and create feedback loops with supervisors, colleagues and the subordinates to build strong working relationships and improve performance;
\n\u2022 contribute to maintaining organizational unit\u2019s performance goals and standards<\/p>\n