We assist those in urgent need anywhere, anytime, no matter what the conditions, providing lifesaving health care and health care-related emergency services-often within hours.
As conditions ease, we work with local leaders to rebuild stronger. In non-emergency settings, our focus is development. Through our training programs, we pass essential skills into local hands, preparing those in disaster-prone areas to better withstand adversity. Embedding these skills into the community lies at the heart of what we do: build self-reliance. It gives people hit by tragedy a sense of ownership over their own recovery and the ability to shape their own future as they rebuild. And wherever it occurs, it is an investment that benefits us all because it prepares local residents to be their own best First Responders should disaster strike.Job Summary
Provide maternal and newborn health services for women of all ages, including obstetric and newborn care to pregnant women and their babies, according to International Medical Corps obstetrical and maternal and newborn health protocols.
The midwife should use universal hygienic and newborn caring standards and will work under the supervision of a specialist doctor to ensure their health conditions and avoid complications pre-pregnancy, during pregnancy, delivery, and post-delivery.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function with or without reasonable accommodation.
Main Tasks and Responsibilities
Promote and introduce the International Medical Corps (IMC) integrated approach to VAWG services to institutions, centers, Primary Health Care centers (PHCs) and individuals.
Plan and conduct psycho-social support sessions to beneficiaries at the Women and Girls Safe Spaces (WGSSs), the primary health care centers, the community centers and outreach field level.
Identify opportunities for awareness raising, whether at a community center or other safe space.
Organize focus group discussions on relevant information when needed.
Conduct safety audits at the community level
Engage men and boys within the VAWG-IMC Program and promote equal treatment regardless Of sex.
Contribute and regularly update service mapping of service providers within the area of intervention to ensure that VAWG caseworkers are informed of all relevant and available services.
Ensure safe identification and referral for beneficiaries including VAWG survivors to the VAWG case managers.
Attend IMC and other requested trainings and meetings when available or requested in coordination with VAWG Program Officer and/or Program Manager.
Prepare and submit reports and documentation for activities in a timely manner and report directly to VAWG-Officer.
Plan, monitor, and follow up the work of outreach volunteers in the field
Conduct any other programmatic activity as requested by the VAWG officer
Reporting:
Ensure the implementation and continuity of antenatal and postnatal care, healthy timing and spacing of pregnancies, safe delivery services, emergency obstetric and newborn care (BEmONC and CEmONC), essential newborn care, STI management,.
Providing clinical care for for survivors of violence against women and girls.
Assessing the feasibility of referral of pregnant women from the TBAs to the OPD/MCH.
Ensuring hygiene and sterilization criteria (including universal precautions) are met.
Performing cleaning and minor maintenance for biomedical equipment used. Following the user manual and protocols and alert supervisor in case of malfunctioning.
Guaranteeing a regular and ongoing supply of drugs and equipment required for maternity activities (including monitoring/consumption control/ordering of orders.
Ensuring protection for patients’ privacy and confidentiality are respected. Supervising administrative procedures of admissions and hospitalizations.
Conduct skilled deliveries independently and manage obstetric emergencies as per national/international protocols.
Supervises the use of drugs, facilities and obstetric material for MNH services
Provide quality of care for OPD and in patient management, proper health education and collaborate with another department.
Ensure daily data quality on ANC, admission, delivery, PNC, healthy timing and spacing of pregnancies, OPD and discharge registration, proper documentation of referral cases, and strengthen linkages.
Ensure nutritionally at-risk infants and their mothers also receive mental health and health promotion support (targeted to the infant developmental age) as part of an integrated approach to inpatient nutritional care and treating the infant and mother as one unit.
Breastfeeding support including counseling on proper positioning, attachments, duration, frequency of feeding, effective suckling and double suckling.
Provide timely and accurate reports.
Perform other duties as assigned. The duties and responsibilities listed in this document are representative of the nature and level of work assigned and not necessarily comprehensive.
Job Requirements
Minimum Qualification:
Completion of a clinical midwifery education program with a General Nursing and Midwifery Certificate.
Valid License from Nursing and Midwifery Council or similar accrediting body
Clinical work experience of at least two (2) years as a professional midwife in low resource settings
Language: English and local Languages are mandatory
Essential computer literacy (word, excel, and Internet).
