Job Description

Title: Maternity Supervisor (Teknaf Base)

Company Name: Terre des hommes

Vacancy: 1

Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Teknaf)

Employment Status: Full-time, Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ MBBS with one year/six-month PGT in Gynecological and Obstetrical department in any medical college

Experience Requirements:
∎ 2 to 3 year(s)
∎ The applicants should have experience in the following area(s): FDMN Setting, PHCC

Job Context:
∎ About Terre des hommes:
∎ Terre des hommes Foundation (Tdh) is the leading Swiss INGO focusing on child rights. It is active in more than 30 countries with development and emergency projects. Tdh interventions are focused on the three programs: Health, Migration and Access to Justice particularly for vulnerable children. Tdh Foundation has a transversal approach towards Child Protection programming and it cuts across all the thematic areas while also has been considered as one of the key value propositions in its business model. The Child Protection expertise within Tdh Foundation aims to develop high quality, evidence-based knowledge and know-how adapted to fragile contexts, conflict zones, and development to improve the protection of children`s rights and their right to protection from all forms of violence (art 19, 34 CRC) in collaboration with and in support of the three core programs. The Tdh Foundation global strategy 2021-2024 specifies that the will have demonstrated that rights-based participation, empowerment, and active involvement of children and communities in defining and implementing responses are essential to improve child protection.
∎ Context:
∎ Tdh is working in Bangladesh since 1974, with operations in Kurigram district, Dhaka district and Cox Bazaar district. Currently, Tdh is implementing programs on Health, Access to Justice (social cohesion and conflict resolution) and Migration, integrated by the transversal expertise WASH and Child protection. Tdh interventions in Bangladesh are both in development and emergency context.
∎ Following the massive displacement of more than 800,000 people into Bangladesh since the end of August 2017, Tdh has put in place an important emergency response plan to provide relief to the Rohingya refugees, notably on Health, WASH, Child Protection and Social cohesion. Alongside, Tdh is implementing the CLARISSA project in Dhaka slums aiming to build a strong evidence base and generate innovative solutions to the worst forms of child labour (WFCL) and will explore how to take these solutions to scale.
∎ Tdh in Bangladesh has started the process of integration of emergency and development approaches and aims to capitalize its institutional learning for further programme expansion and to create critical pathways for evidence-based advocacy.
∎ PURPOSE OF POST:
∎ The Maternity Supervisor bears, aside from regular midwife activities, the responsibility for all aspects of the maternity department: Prenatal/postnatal consultations, family planning consultations, gynecology consultations, labour room, delivery room, hospitalization room and SGBV care. Work in collaboration with the PHC Manager in ensuring the management of PHC performance and improving teamwork for project deliverables.
∎ She/he ensures the supervision of clinical activities and guarantees the quality of midwifery care in the department according to the organization protocols, values and universal hygiene standards in order to provide a high-quality mother and child health (MCH) care to the population. Support rolling out of Electronic Medical Records and ensure data entry by BEmONC Doctors and Nurses.

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Ensuring that proposed emergency RH interventions are guided by guidelines and protocols, including the following services/activities: Family Planning, STIs prevention and treatment, Post Abortion Care, ANC/PNC, Facility deliveries, Emergency Obstetric Care (BEmONC) or referrals for CEmONC, and Clinical Care for Survivors of Sexual Assault (CCSAS)
∎ Ensure that all stated RH goals and objectives are met, that projects are monitored, and that reports are submitted in a timely manner
∎ Oversee any stock out of drugs and work closely with PHC Manager for forecasting of drugs and consumables
∎ Supervise maternity doctors, midwives, nurses and other staffs of maternity.
∎ Work closely with the medical team and outreach team of tdh PHC for patient treatment and referral.
∎ Assist Health Team in compiling EMR data for the SRH component
∎ Ensure that roster duty of the staff is properly planned and develop an alternative plan for supporting patient flow during rush hour.
∎ Work with the PHC data team to ensure the smooth running of the data system: for data collection and facility level to weekly data compilation reports, databases and analysis of the data to inform decisions and report-writing.
∎ Assisting the PHC Manager with reporting and overall management of PHC
∎ Ensure timely submission of probation period appraisal and annual performance evaluation of staff under his/her line management
∎ Continuously assessing RH needs and suggesting new projects to address identified unmet needs;
∎ Contribute to the Quality improvement of staff and training needs assessments
∎ Promoting a culture of learning whereby lessons-learned and good practices are documented and shared for institutional memory;
∎ Any other duties as assigned by the PHC manager to enable and develop tdh programs.

Additional Requirements:
∎ Age at least 28 years
∎ Only females are allowed to apply
∎ Essential working experience of at least 2-3 years in related jobs in Coxsbazar FDMN settings or in Primary Health Care at Camp Level. Extra courses or training will be an asset.
∎ Language: English and Bengali are essential and Rohingya would be an asset.
∎ Competence: Responsibility, Teamwork, Flexibility, Commitment, Service, Leadership
∎ Person with disability are encouraged to apply

Salary: Tk. 116000 (Monthly)

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Health Insurance

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 22 Oct 2022

Company Information:
∎ 13 Oct 2022
∎ Terre des hommes
∎ Business : Terre des hommes Foundation (Tdh) is an International Non-Profit Private Organization operating in Bangladesh since 1974 in the fields of Child Protection, Healthcare, Nutrition, Emergency Relief, Water/Sanitation and Hygiene.

Category: NGO/Development

: Tdh is committed to Gender balance & inclusion and these will be important selection criteria. We strongly encourage applicants from the Teknaf sub-district and Cox's Bazar district.Tdh and Tdh employees are required to abide by the values and principles outlined in Tdh Global Code of Conduct and Risk Management Policies.Fully complies with Tdh's Global Code of Conduct and systematically reports any breach to the Code through the whistle-blowing procedure: raises awareness within the Foundation on abuse and violence and the rights deriving therefrom, respecting the rights and dignity of children, members of the communities and our own Staff.Commits to respecting Risk Management Policies including:Safeguarding Policies (Child Safeguarding Policy, Policy on the Protection against Sexual Exploitation and the Directive on Staff Misconduct at the Workplace), Safety and Security Policy and Anti-Fraud/Corruption and Prevention of the Financing of Criminal Activities Policies.Commits to reducing the risk of abuse and harm by developing a culture of open and informed leadership within the organization and in our work with children and the communities in which we intervene.Gender Equality & Equal OpportunityWe are committed to narrowing the gender gap in all positions. We welcome and strongly encourage qualified female professionals to apply.We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our organization. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.We offer exciting and varied work, useful and meaningful, in a team that wants to make a difference for vulnerable children. Are you interested to join our committed team to face this challenge?

Source: bdjobs.com

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