Background

Ekwendeni College of Health Sciences (ECOHS), established in 1946 is a constituent college of the University of Livingstonia and a member institution of the Christian Health Association of Malawi (CHAM). The College is owned by the CCAP Synod of Livingstonia and is committed to the training of competent healthcare professionals grounded in Christian values and guided by strong professional ethics. The College aims at providing a conducive teaching and learning environment that promotes excellence in health sciences education and contributes to the strengthening of Malawi’s healthcare system. To achieve this goal, ECOHS continuously strives to strengthen its academic and administrative structures in order to support effective service delivery and institutional growth. Therefore, the College wishes to fill the existing gaps and invites suitably qualified candidates to fill the following vacant positions.

Responsibilities

• Assess students learning needs.
• Prepare for classroom instruction.
• Teach the specified curriculum in the classroom.
• Monitor and evaluate student’s progress in the classroom.
• Provide individual and group tutorial work.
• Develop students ability to provide holistic patient care
• Encourage students awareness of their opportunity to care spiritually
• Participate in curriculum review
• Maintain appropriate record for each student.
• Encourage students’ awareness of their opportunity to care spiritually for their patients.
• Assisting in panning and teaching in-service education courses.
• Act as a resource person for training and learning materials.
• Teach the specified curriculum in the class room.
• Assessing and evaluating student’s theoretically practical abilities and general behavior.
• Timely submission of examination results and other reports to the Head of department.

Qualifications and Requirements

• A Bachelor of Science in any of the following Adult Health Nursing, Midwifery, Community Health Nursing, Mental Health Nursing Critical Care Nursing, and Pharmacy.
• Those with Master’s degree in a relevant field will have an added advantage.
• Registered with a relevant regulatory body: Medical Council of Malawi (MCM) or Pharmacy Medicine Regulatory Authority (PMRA), Nurses and Midwives Council of Malawi.
• Minimum of 3 years of teaching and clinical experience.
• A committed Christian.

• Assess students learning needs.
• Prepare for classroom instruction.
• Teach the specified curriculum in the classroom.
• Monitor and evaluate student’s progress in the classroom.
• Provide individual and group tutorial work.
• Develop students ability to provide holistic patient care
• Encourage students awareness of their opportunity to care spiritually
• Participate in curriculum review
• Maintain appropriate record for each student.
• Encourage students’ awareness of their opportunity to care spiritually for their patients.
• Assisting in panning and teaching in-service education courses.
• Act as a resource person for training and learning materials.
• Teach the specified curriculum in the class room.
• Assessing and evaluating student’s theoretically practical abilities and general behavior.
• Timely submission of examination results and other reports to the Head of department.

• A Bachelor of Science in any of the following Adult Health Nursing, Midwifery, Community Health Nursing, Mental Health Nursing Critical Care Nursing, and Pharmacy.
• Those with Master’s degree in a relevant field will have an added advantage.
• Registered with a relevant regulatory body: Medical Council of Malawi (MCM) or Pharmacy Medicine Regulatory Authority (PMRA), Nurses and Midwives Council of Malawi.
• Minimum of 3 years of teaching and clinical experience.
• A committed Christian.