Midwife

Job Description

Title: Midwife

Company Name: Relief International

Vacancy: Not specific

Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Ukhia)

Employment Status: Full-time

Educational Requirements:
∎ Diploma in Nursing/Midwifery from an accredited academic institution; and recognized & registered by Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council (BMDC).

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 3 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ POSITION CODE: JULY2019-MIDWIFE
∎ Reports to: Medical Officer
∎ Job Summary: The Midwife will assist female patients in all stages of pregnancy, childbirth and post-delivery. He/she will also provide antenatal and postnatal advice and support to women and their families.
∎ The position is based in Ukhiya.

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Works as part of a multidisciplinary team of international and national staff to provide high quality patient care to an extremely vulnerable population.
∎ Provides direct patient care and accompany in the management of pre-natal, antenatal, inpatient and follow-up care for women (including deliveries).
∎ Provide infant and young child feeding (IYCF) counselling to mothers and pregnant women
∎ Provides comprehensive sexual and reproductive health information and services including family planning counselling and services to prevent and treat malaria, tetanus, STI.
∎ Provides reproductive health services and counselling to adolescents in the prevention of teen pregnancy, and sexual violence related injuries.
∎ Adheres to the relevant Code of conduct and ethics
∎ Participates in outreach and community health programs (as required)
∎ Participates in Continuing Professional Development (i.e. trainings, mentoring)
∎ Plans care of the patient in collaboration with the site doctor.
∎ Provision of direct nursing care i.e. Administration of IV medications, wound dressings clinical observations etc.
∎ Maintains all reusable equipment by cleaning and sterilizing appropriately.
∎ Maintain adequate and correct records of patient care including consumables & instruments utilized (if any)
∎ Ensure high quality maternal health services at all project sites.
∎ Works with technical support and M & E teams to collect appropriate baseline data over the life of the project
∎ Compiles and submits periodic reports
∎ Ensures adequate infection prevention and control measures are maintained at all times.
∎ Performs any other duties as may be assigned.

Additional Requirements:
∎ At least three (3) years' experience in relevant clinical fields
∎ Previous experience in international organization is an advantage. Knowledge and experience with working in the field of refugee health care will be added as advantage.
∎ Effectively applies knowledge on clinical skills, bedside manner, infection control, administering medication, phlebotomy, maintenance etc.
∎ Adequate practical knowledge on handling child delivery and its complications.
∎ Works effectively with local authorities, stakeholders, and beneficiaries.

Application Deadline: July 7, 2019

Company Information:
∎ Relief International
∎ Business : Relief International, hedquatered in USA, is a leading international non government organization working in 16 countries to relieve poverty, ensure well-being and advance dignity. We specialize in fragile settings, responding to natural disasters, humanitarian crises and chronic poverty.

Relief International combines humanitarian and development approaches to provide immediate services while laying the groundwork for long-term impact.

Our signature approach which we call the RI Way emphasizes local participation, an integration of services, strategic partnerships, and a focus on civic skills. In this way, we empower communities to find, design and implement the solutions that work best for them.
Relief International has been working in Bangladesh since 2004. The Bangladesh portfolio of Relief International has strong focus on emergency response, economic opportunity and livelihoods rebuilding, traficking in persons, sustainable tourism, human rights and protection, refugee crisis response and public health. RI maintains a country office in Dhaka with multiple field offices in Cox`s Bazar. RI currently employs over 1000 local and international staffs in Bangladesh.

Relief International is currently implementing large scale refugee response program in Cox`s Bazar in Bangladesh in collaboration with multiple partners including UNHCR, UNICEF, USAID/OFDA, EU ECHO.
For more information on Relief International: www.ri.org

Category: Medical/Pharma