Midwife Supervisor

Job Description

Title: Midwife Supervisor

Company Name: Friendship

Vacancy: 1

Age: Na

Job Location: Anywhere in Bangladesh

Salary: Negotiable

Experience:

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

• Diploma in Midwifery

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

Skill and Competencies:

• Experience: 2 to 3 years of experience in midwifery and supervisory roles, preferably in humanitarian settings or with vulnerable populations. Experience of midwife mentoring and supervision.
• Knowledge: Familiarity with evidence-based practices in maternal and newborn healthcare, emergency obstetric care, and family planning
• Communication Skills: Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to effectively lead a team and engage with the community.

Responsible for:

• Supervision and Training: Provide guidance, support, and on-the-job training to a team of midwives to enhance their knowledge and skills in maternal and newborn care.
• Quality of Care: Ensure that midwives adhere to best practices and international standards in maternal and newborn healthcare to provide safe and quality care.
• Antenatal Care: Oversee the provision of comprehensive antenatal care services, including health assessments, prenatal education, and monitoring the health of pregnant women
• Safe Delivery: Ensure the availability of skilled birth attendance during childbirth and promote the implementation of essential childbirth practices to reduce maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality
• Postnatal Care: Coordinate postnatal care services, including check-ups for newborns and mothers, and support for breastfeeding and postpartum family planning
• Emergency Obstetric Care: Collaborate with relevant organizations to ensure timely access to emergency obstetric care services for pregnant women with complications
• Data Collection and Reporting: Maintain accurate and up-to-date records of maternal and newborn health indicators.
• Community Engagement: Engage with the refugee community to raise awareness about maternal and newborn health, encourage antenatal care attendance, and promote positive health-seeking behaviors.
• Collaboration: Work closely with other healthcare providers, including doctors, nurses, and community health workers, to integrate midwifery services into the overall healthcare system.
• Capacity Building: Organize and facilitate training sessions for healthcare workers and community members to enhance their knowledge of maternal and newborn health

Activities:

• examining and monitoring pregnant women
• assessing care requirements and writing care plans
• undertaking antenatal care in hospitals, homes and GP practices
• carrying out screening tests
• providing information, emotional support and reassurance to women and their partners
• taking patient samples, pulses, temperatures and blood pressures
• caring for and assisting women in labour
• monitoring and administering medication, injections and intravenous infusions during labour
• monitoring the foetus during labour
• advising about and supporting parents in the daily care of their newborn babies
• helping parents to cope with miscarriage, termination, stillbirth and neonatal death
• writing records
• tutoring student midwives
• identifying high-risk pregnancies
• Midwives may work on a rota and be on call to provide care on a 24-hour basis.
• Prepare monthly report
• Any work assigned as per advice by concerned authority.
• Prepare and present reports on cases, incidents, initiatives etc. during team meetings and department meetings in order to share experience(s) and learning with team members.
• Attend all training/clinical sessions
• Actively take part in mentoring activities organized by Friendship