| Lilongwe, Malawi 1-5 months, negotiable Kamuzu College of Nursing (KCN) |
About VSO
| VSO is the world's leading independent international development organisation that works through volunteers to fight poverty in developing countries. Our high-impact approach brings people together to share skills, build capabilities, promote international understanding and action to change lives and make the world a fairer place. |
Role overview
| The purpose of this placement will be to prepare for and conduct training of nurses and midwives in clinical instruction of selected nurses and midwives. The training will be conducted by VSO volunteers alongside local Malawian trainers who will in the process learn from each other on Clinical Instruction. It is planned that there will be two sessions for the trainings each running for a period of one week. The volunteer, together with local colleagues, will specifically run training workshops for serving nurses in clinical instruction skills from 25 hospitals where the seven THET project partner nurse and midwife training colleges place students for clinical instruction. The serving nurses already provide this support to the student nurses and often they rely on these student nurses in providing services to the patients. This training will therefore make them to effectively utilise the student nurses in the wards while giving them systematic support in their clinical practice. |
Skills, qualifications and experience required
| Essential • Bachelor’s degree in Nursing and Midwifery • Excellent facilitation skills • Excellent spoken and written English • Computer literacy • Excellent interpersonal communication skills • Experience in training junior staff on the job • UK resident Desirable • Training facilitation experience • Previous experience working in a developing country • Post professional experience at Nursing and / or Midwifery training institution as tutor or clinical instructor |
| Due to funder requirements, only applicants from the UK will be considered for this job. For more information on the project please have a look at the following websitehttp://www.vso.org.uk/volunteer/thet |
How to apply
| If you're interested in applying for this role, please download the job description to read more details about the position and the skills and experience we're looking for. To submit your application, click on 'Apply now' and complete all relevant fields on the on line application form. |
Application closing date
| 26 Oct 2014 |
Interview/Assessment date(s)
| week commencing 20 October |
Start date
| flexible from February 2015 |
| Click here to download the job description in PDF format |
