LINDA SEFAH
Accra
Summary
Accomplished and energetic registered midwife with 4years work experience with a solid achievement in my career to date ,highly skilled with a flexible approach with solving problems as well as motivated leader with great organizational and prioritization abilities.Also a strong team team member, able to follow orders,I am also keen to learn new skills.I am very thoughtful and careful and pride myself in doing my job well and taking great care of others.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Midwifery Officer
Sda hospital
Accra
08.2017 - Current
- Provides direct patient care and accompany in the management of pre-natal, Antenatal and follow up care for women(including deliveries)
- Participates in continuing professional development (ie)trainings
- Ensuring adequate infection prevention and control measures are all maintained at all times
- Provides comprehensive sexual and reproductive health information and services including family planning, counseling and services to prevent and treat malaria tetanus, STI’s and HIV
- Assist with the organization of postnatal care to clients
- Conduct spontaneous vaginal deliveries
- Administer controlled drugs, intravenous solutions , antibiotics and other agents used to treat medical problems according to treatment protocols
- Assist mothers to initiate infant feeding following delivery
- Provide counseling to client on nutrition, personal hygiene , bed preparedness and complication readiness
- Anticipate and recognize deviations from normal infant deliveries and carry out laid down procedures to safeguard the wellbeing of mothers and babies such resuscitation of newborns ,treatment of hemorrhage and shock, fetal distress, prolapsed cord and other life threatening conditions
- Compiles and submits periodic reports
- Monitoring of vital signs.( blood pressure, pulse, respiration ,temperature)
Midwife
Achimota government hospital
04.2016 - 04.2017
- Conducting of spontaneous vaginal deliveries
- Monitoring of patients during 1st, 2nd and 3rd and 4th stages of labour
- Taking care of patients at the postnatal clinic
- Provide key services during the antenatal period that will help improve health outcomes of clients
- Home visiting of clients
- Tracing of defaulters
- Monitoring and documentation of vital signs
- Administering medications
- Serving of bed pan to clients
- Setting of iv line
- Immunization and weighing of babies
- Antenatal education on danger signs, nutrition, personal hygiene.
- Provided antenatal care to pregnant women and their families, including monitoring maternal and fetal health.
- Performed routine newborn assessments immediately following delivery to assess overall health status.
Clinical Placement
Ridge regional hospital.(Theatre)
Accra
06.2013 - 07.2013
- Prepare patients for surgery preoperatively
- Assisting the scrub nurse to gown for a surgery
- Circulating during a surgery
- Monitoring of patients in the recovery ward
- Assisting in serving medication.
- Performed assessments, such as vital signs, height and weight measurements and other physical assessments.
Student Midwife
Nkawkaw Holy family Hospital
Nkawkaw
12.2012 - 02.2013
- Assist registered nurses with the care of critically ill patients
- Checking of vital signs at the out patient department
- Making of beds
- Assisting in serving of medication.
- Assisted with the delivery of newborns, ensuring safe and healthy outcomes for mothers and babies.
- Provided physical, emotional and educational support to pregnant women throughout their pregnancies.
Clinical Placement
Begoro Government hospital
Begoro
08.2014 - 11.2014
- Assisting with the organization and delivery of antenatal care to clients
- Conducting of spontaneous vaginal deliveries to clients
- Management in the 3rd and 4th stages of labour
- Assist with the management of breastfeeding problems
- Encourage mothers to do 6months exclusive breastfeeding.
- Maintained accurate documentation of all clinical activities in electronic medical records system.
- Conducted educational sessions with patients and families on topics related to health maintenance and disease prevention.
Clinical Placement
Maamobi Polyclinic
Accra
12.2013 - 01.2014
- Assisting the registered midwife in examining and monitoring of pregnant women
- Carrying out screening test(HIV,STI’s, glucose test)
- Monitor fetal heart and contractions of women in labour
- Performed assessments, such as vital signs, height and weight measurements and other physical assessments.
- Assisted in providing patient care including administering medications and treatments as prescribed by physicians.
Education
Bachelor of Science - BSC MIDWIFERY
Wisconsin International University
05-2023
Diploma in midwifery -
Nursing and midwifery training college
01.2015
Skills
- Highly skilled with a flexible approach to problem-solving
- Motivated leader with great organizational and prioritization abilities
- Strong team member, able to follow orders
- Keen to learn new skills
- Excellent interpersonal, adaptive, communication, and negotiating skills
- Strong analytical skills
- Excellent organizational and time management skills required to meet deadlines
- Attend and contribute at general staff meetings
- Participate in national health programs
- Strictly adhere to the provision of the patient's charter
Core Competences
- Excellent interpersonal, adaptive, communication, and negotiating skills
- Strong analytical skills
- Excellent organizational and time management skills required to meet deadlines
- Attend and contribute at general staff meetings
- Participate in national health programs
- Strictly adhere to the provision of the patient’s charter
- Work in accordance with the Ghana Health Service, Nursing and midwifery code of professional conduct and disciplinary procedure
- Experience working as a midwife in both outpatient and inpatient
- Basic Sonogram evaluation skills
Mob
+233504560271
Personal Information
Nationality: GHANAIAN
References
- Mrs Regina Bonsu, Senior Midwifery officer, 055 368 0423
- Dr Francis SEY, Senior Medical Director, 024 990 0907
- Mr Wilson kuhlor, Principal Nursing Officer, +233 24 069 7279
Training
- 08/2018, Malaria case management and malaria in pregnancy, Accra metro, Ghana
- 03/07/19, Injection of Depo provera and insertion of IUD, Accra, Global view Hotel
- 09/07/18, Post exposure prophylaxis of HIV, Accra, Ghana
- 10/04/19, Management of eclampsia and epilepsy, SDA hospital, Accra
- 05/14/20, Management of PPH, SDA hospital, Accra
- 04/12/20, Covid 19 management, Accra, Ghana
Languages
Akan, English/Fluent Speaker
Timeline
Midwifery Officer
Sda hospital
08.2017 - Current
Midwife
Achimota government hospital
04.2016 - 04.2017
Clinical Placement
Begoro Government hospital
08.2014 - 11.2014
Clinical Placement
Maamobi Polyclinic
12.2013 - 01.2014
Clinical Placement
Ridge regional hospital.(Theatre)
06.2013 - 07.2013
Student Midwife
Nkawkaw Holy family Hospital
12.2012 - 02.2013
Bachelor of Science - BSC MIDWIFERY
Wisconsin International University
Diploma in midwifery -
Nursing and midwifery training college
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