Midwife

Job Description

Title: Midwife

Company Name: Global Unnayan Seba Sangstha (GUSS)

Vacancy: 1

Age: 25 to 40 years

Job Location: Cox`s Bazar (Ukhia)

Salary: Tk. 30000 - 30000 (Monthly)

Experience:

• 2 to 3 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO

• Diploma in Midwifery

• Valid registration with Bangladesh Nursing and Midwifery Council (BNMC).

• 2 to 3 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO

• Age 25 to 40 years

• Minimum 2–3 years of experience as a midwife in a hospital, clinic, or primary healthcare setting.

• Experience in humanitarian, refugee, or camp-based health projects is highly desirable.

• Prior work in maternal and child health programs under NGOs or government health services will be an advantage.

1. Maternal and Newborn Care

• Conduct safe and clean deliveries, provide essential newborn care, and manage normal obstetric and neonatal cases.

• Provide focused antenatal care (ANC) and postnatal care (PNC), including screening, counselling, and treatment as needed.

• Identify high-risk pregnancies and support timely referral and follow-up.

• Support women, girls, and families throughout pregnancy, labor, and postnatal periods with dignity and respect.

• Participate in patient escorts and provide emergency obstetric and newborn care as needed.

• Ensure timely notification and participation in review processes for neonatal deaths, maternal deaths, and stillbirths.

2. Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) Services

• Provide family planning services including counselling, contraceptive provision, and follow-up.

• With Medical Officer’s support, provide menstrual regulation (MR), post-abortion care (PAC), STI management, and GBV case management support.

• Offer accurate SRH health education, emotional support, and reassurance to patients and their partners at the facility, community, and safe spaces.

• Coordinate with CHWs to ensure regular ANC/PNC/Neonatal/GBV follow-up and defaulter tracing.

• Support SRH outreach activities and collaborate with NGO partners and volunteers in preventive health programme.

3. Clinical Support and Coordination

• Assist the Medical Officer in history taking, examinations, treatments, and referrals.

• Perform basic laboratory specimen collection and assist in medical procedures as needed.

• Ensure proper infection prevention and control (IPC) procedures in all SRH and delivery services.

• Maintain daily checklists of SRH equipment, commodities, and medicines to ensure they are stocked, organized, and within expiry dates.

• Ensure medical equipment functions properly, perform troubleshooting, and coordinate timely maintenance.

4. Documentation, Reporting, and Capacity Building

• Maintain accurate and up-to-date patient records, registers, and data collection tools.

• Support the Medical Officer in preparing daily, weekly, and monthly reports.

• Participate and/or facilitate continuous medical education, on-the-job training, and capacity development activities.

• Contribute to audits, assessments, and programme reviews as required.

5. Accountability and Safeguarding

• Provide compassionate, respectful, and culturally sensitive care to all patients.

• Uphold safeguarding standards, including Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA), child protection, and gender equality.

• Promote community awareness and trust in SRH services, addressing misconceptions and encouraging facility-based care.

• Ensure patient confidentiality and ethical standards in all clinical practices.

• Respond to patient and community feedback in a professional and accountable manner.

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