Comprehensive Community Based Rehabilitation in Tanzania (CCBRT) aims to be the leading provider of accessible specialized health services in Africa and serves – as healthcare social enterprise and through development programmes – the community and the most vulnerable. CCBRT is Tanzania’s largest local provider of disability and rehabilitation services in the country. We’re committed to empower people with disabilities and their families, improving their quality of life, and ensuring access to medical and rehabilitative treatment. Committed to preventing lifelong disabilities wherever possible, CCBRT is also engaged in extensive maternal and newborn healthcare (MNHC) activities including obstetric fistula repairs. The CCBRT Academy provides training to health care professionals.

CCBRT runs a Skills Training Programme allowing people who completed their professional education to be exposed and gain skills and work experience for a fixed period of 6 months as a skills trainee.

Within CCBRT’s OPERATING THEATRE department, we have a trainee position available for 6 months for an enthusiastic and qualified graduate interested to enhance his/her skills in practical Nursing.

Exposure

During the placement period, the trainee will:

Learn about CCBRT and a hospital setting as working environment
Explore a wide variety of nursing procedures and processes in the operating theatre.
Assist in improving patient care
Learn about inclusive and disability friendly services
Learn about Peri operative Nursing
The trainee will be supervised and coached by the Operating Theatre in Charge and other team members

The Trainee
Has a diploma or degree in Nursing
Is eager to learn and ready to work under supervision
Has a proven set of computer skills
Has the ability to multitask, knows how to prioritise and has a hands-on mentality  Has good communication skills
For this position we are looking for fresh-graduates who are ready to explore the labour market.

Work placement trainees are not paid. A small monthly stipend is provided to contribute to transport costs. CCBRT does not offer employment at the end of the trainee programme.