Job Description

Title: Midwife (Maternity Coverage)

Company Name: FH Association (Cox's Bazar)

Vacancy: 01

Age: 24 to 35 years

Location: Cox's Bazar (Ukhia)

Salary: Tk. 66000 - 68000 (Monthly)

Experience:
∎ 1 to 2 years
∎ The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s):NGO

Published: 11 Aug 2024

Education:
∎ Diploma in Midwifery

Requirements:

Additional Requirements:
∎ Age 24 to 35 years
∎ Must have experience to work in camp context Ability to work under pressure
∎ Experience working with UNHCR, UNICEF (preferred).
∎ Experience in representation and coordination within the humanitarian sector.
∎ Must have experience to work in camp context Ability to work under pressure
∎ Experience working with UNHCR, UNICEF (preferred).
∎ Experience in representation and coordination within the humanitarian sector.

Responsibilities & Context:
∎ Clinical Care Monitor and examine women during pregnancy.
∎ Develop, assess, and evaluate individual programs of care.
∎ Provide total antenatal care, labour delivery, postnatal care, Family planning, and immunization package, including screening tests in the hospital, community, and the home.
∎ Identify high-risk pregnancies and make referrals to doctors and other medical specialists.
∎ Supervise and assist mothers in labour, monitoring the condition of the fetus and applying knowledge of drugs and pain management.
∎ Liaise with agencies and other health and social care professionals to ensure continuity of care.
∎ Conduct SRH & ASRH awareness programs with participation in male engagement activities for improved community acceptability.
∎ Follow up with ANC and PNC patients with the Community Health program team.
∎ Ensure adherence to infection prevention and control measures.Support in referring patients to Tertiary Hospitals as an escort doing immediate management in an ambulance in coordination with doctors and proper handover.
∎ Liaise with clinic leads and other mentors on midwives’ progress and where possible, enlist support from doctors with Obstetric experience.
∎ Patient EducationArrange and provide parenting and health education.
∎ Provide counseling and advice before and after screening and tests.
∎ Offer support and advice following events such as miscarriage, termination, stillbirth, neonatal abnormality, and neonatal death.
∎ Give support and advice on the daily care of the baby, including breastfeeding, bathing, and preparation of feedings.
∎ Provide FP counseling and services for the reproductive age group.
∎ Provide sexual and reproductive health services to youth and adolescents.
∎ Documentation and reporting to line supervisor.
∎ Ensure that data is accurately recorded in clinic registers and other data-collection methods and promptly documented and sent.
∎ Performing administrative duties, such as taking patient histories and registration.
∎ Assist reporting officer with daily/weekly/monthly SRH data report.
∎ Key Result #1:
∎ Clinical Care Monitor and examine women during pregnancy.
∎ Develop, assess, and evaluate individual programs of care.
∎ Provide total antenatal care, labour delivery, postnatal care, Family planning, and immunization package, including screening tests in the hospital, community, and the home.
∎ Identify high-risk pregnancies and make referrals to doctors and other medical specialists.
∎ Supervise and assist mothers in labour, monitoring the condition of the fetus and applying knowledge of drugs and pain management.
∎ Liaise with agencies and other health and social care professionals to ensure continuity of care.
∎ Conduct SRH & ASRH awareness programs with participation in male engagement activities for improved community acceptability.
∎ Follow up with ANC and PNC patients with the Community Health program team.
∎ Ensure adherence to infection prevention and control measures.Support in referring patients to Tertiary Hospitals as an escort doing immediate management in an ambulance in coordination with doctors and proper handover.
∎ Liaise with clinic leads and other mentors on midwives’ progress and where possible, enlist support from doctors with Obstetric experience.
∎ Key Result #2:
∎ Patient EducationArrange and provide parenting and health education.
∎ Provide counseling and advice before and after screening and tests.
∎ Offer support and advice following events such as miscarriage, termination, stillbirth, neonatal abnormality, and neonatal death.
∎ Give support and advice on the daily care of the baby, including breastfeeding, bathing, and preparation of feedings.
∎ Provide FP counseling and services for the reproductive age group.
∎ Provide sexual and reproductive health services to youth and adolescents.
∎ Key Result #3:
∎ Documentation and reporting to line supervisor.
∎ Ensure that data is accurately recorded in clinic registers and other data-collection methods and promptly documented and sent.
∎ Performing administrative duties, such as taking patient histories and registration.
∎ Assist reporting officer with daily/weekly/monthly SRH data report.

Skills & Expertise:

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Mobile bill, Weekly 2 holidays, Insurance

Workplace:
∎ Work at office

Employment Status: Contractual

Gender:
∎ Only Female

Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Ukhia)

Job Highlights:
∎ This role requires a compassionate and skilled professional dedicated to improving maternal and infant health outcomes, while also contributing to broader community health initiatives.
∎ This role requires a compassionate and skilled professional dedicated to improving maternal and infant health outcomes, while also contributing to broader community health initiatives.

Read Before Apply: Interested candidates are requested to over online through BDjobs. Only short-listed candidates would be contacted for next phase of selection process. The authority reserves the right to accept/reject any or all applications without assigning any reason whatsoever. Any communication in regard to the application or any attempt to influence the process will immediately disqualify candidacy. FH Association is actively trying to increase equity and gender parity in the organization. The compulsory age of retirement is 60 years. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we find suitable candidates. Vacancies will be filled based on the fund availability. Safeguarding Policy: FH strives to provide an environment free from sexual exploitation and abuse and harassment in all places where relief and development programs are implemented. FH holds a zero-tolerance policy against sexual exploitation and abuse and harassment. FH expects its employees to maintain high ethical standards, protect organizational integrity and reputation, and ensure that FH work is carried out in honest and fair methods, in alignment with the FH Heartbeat and safeguarding and associated policies. Violations to stated policies will be subject to corrective action up to and including termination of employment.

Company Information:
∎ FH Association (Cox's Bazar)
∎ The White House, Opposite to Police Lines, Between Bus Station and Dolphin Circle. Kolatoli, Cox's Bazar.
∎ Food for the Hungry is an International Development agency aiming to end all forms of poverty. In 1972, Food for the Hungry (FH) began working in Bangladesh to end poverty altogether. Since then, FH has focused on community development including livelihoods, micro-lending, health, education, and disaster response resilience. Over 50 years, FH has partnered with Bangladeshi leaders and impoverished communities to create better living conditions.

Address::
∎ The White House, Opposite to Police Lines, Between Bus Station and Dolphin Circle. Kolatoli, Cox's Bazar.
∎ Food for the Hungry is an International Development agency aiming to end all forms of poverty. In 1972, Food for the Hungry (FH) began working in Bangladesh to end poverty altogether. Since then, FH has focused on community development including livelihoods, micro-lending, health, education, and disaster response resilience. Over 50 years, FH has partnered with Bangladeshi leaders and impoverished communities to create better living conditions.

Application Deadline: 15 Aug 2024

Category: Nurse