Midwife
Job Description
Title: Midwife
Company Name: Gonoshasthaya Kendra, Cox's Bazar
Vacancy: 06
Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Kutubdia, Teknaf, Ukhia)
Employment Status: Full-time
Educational Requirements:
∎ Preferred Diploma in Midwifery
∎ Accepted Diploma in Nursing Science and Midwifery
∎ Registrations with the Bangladesh Nursing & Midwifery Council (BMNC)
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 2 year(s)
Job Context:
∎ Job Location: Ukhiya, Teknaf, Kutubdia and Bashan Char
∎ Starting date of Job: November-2021
∎ Duration: 30 Months
∎ Reporting to: Clinic Manager
∎ Job Location : The primary work location will be the Ukhiya, Teknaf, Kutubdia and Bashan Char
∎ BACKGROUND OF GONOSHASTHAYA KENDRA AND THE PROJECT:
∎ Gonoshasthaya Kendra (GK) is a National NGO. GK registered as a Public Charitable Trust in 1972 and started with two visions (a) "the fate of the poor decides fate of the country, and (b) "development of the country depends on development of women."
∎ GK has been active in responding to all significant natural disasters in Bangladesh since 1972 through the mobilization of its own and foreign resources. GK provided food aid, lifesaving medicine and treatments in its operational Upazila during flood of 1987, 1988, 2000, Tornado: 1989, Cyclone and tidal surge: 1985 1991, 1994, Cyclone SIDR 2007, Cyclone AILA 2009 in its operational areas.
∎ GK has experienced partnership with several UN agencies, INGOs, such as UNDP, UNHCR, WFP, WHO, World Bank, European Union, UNHCR, Christian Aid, Action Aid, We Social Movement, French Support Committee, Save the Children, Plan Bangladesh, Medico International and many others.
∎ GK is managing 43 health centers in 19 districts, two hospitals of 250 beds, the largest dialysis center in Bangladesh where 100 people could be treated simultaneously. GK is running one University, Medical College, Dental College, Medical Technical School, Pharmaceutical Industry and a Vocational training school providing short, long and customized courses for distressed women. GK has awarded numerous national and international awards for its work on health and disaster response.
∎ Gonoshasthaya Kendra Bangladesh and its partner Malteser International are two humanitarian organizations in Bangladesh that have been working on emergency programs since September 2017, post-emergency and development. GK is currently implementing a project funded by the German Federal Foreign Office and Malteser International (MI) of "Improving the health and nutritional situation of refugees in Cox`s Bazaar and contributing to the peaceful coexistence of refugee and host communities". The goal of this project is to improve the health, nutrition, and psychosocial status of refugees while assisting host communities through health education in community level.
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Cooperates with the medical teams in the structure to ensure the quality of health care delivered.
∎ Performs clinical activities such as ante-natal consultations, delivery and after-delivery follow up, post-natal consultations, family planning consultations and new-born care.
∎ Checking that medical protocols are followed and prescriptions are correct
∎ Ensuring hygiene and safety rules are followed
∎ Manages human resources' rosters, writing job descriptions, assisting with recruitment, replacing absent personnel, organizing team meetings, carrying out individual reviews and helping staff understand internal regulations.
∎ Collects data, Creates activity reports
∎ Willing to field visit as per need basis.
∎ Team Management activities of SRH volunteers (Capacity building, Performance evaluation etc)
∎ Ensure Family Planning services (Counselling, referral and proper documentation and reporting etc)
∎ Ensure Community engagement and Gender diversity.
∎ Establish and maintain good communication & collaboration with community influencer and TBAs.
∎ Participate in SRH Technical group activities including verbal autopsy.
∎ Maintain Proper SRH referral pathway.
Additional Requirements:
∎ Minimum 2 (Two) Years of Experience in I/NGOs with Humanitarian and Development Sectors.
∎ Registrations with the Bangladesh Nursing & Midwifery Council
∎ Two years of experience as midwife
∎ Experience in NGO
∎ Skills and qualities required:
∎ Flexibility in working hours because of the emergency relief nature of GK's activities
∎ Ability to face workload and good time management
∎ Good communication skills to work with the partner
∎ Experience working with Medical data and statis tics, Good IT competencies
∎ Knowledge of humanitarian action and will to take part in GK and MI actions
∎ Languages: ( Bangla and Chittagonian compulsory)
∎ Good in English
∎ Personal skills:
∎ Good organizational skills
∎ Good communication skills
∎ Ability to cope with stress working in camp environment
∎ Good command of Chitagonian/Rohingya language and Bangla. English language skills an asset.
∎ Flexibility to perform other tasks and take initiative when required.
∎ Cultural awareness/ sensitivity and empathy to the target population
∎ Awareness and observation of universal medical ethics.
Salary:
∎ According to experience
Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.
Application Deadline: 30 Oct 2021
Company Information:
∎ 26 Oct 2021
∎ Gonoshasthaya Kendra, Cox's Bazar
Category: NGO/Development
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