Midwife

Job Description

Title: Midwife

Company Name: Terre des hommes - Cox's Bazar

Vacancy: 01

Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Teknaf)

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ Qualification in Midwifery.
∎ Midwifery practicing Licensure/Registration by the Nursing and Midwifery Board.

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 2 year(s)
∎ The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): Clinic, Development Agency, Diagnostic Centre, Hospital, NGO

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Welcoming all the pregnant women coming for the ANC services into health facilities.
∎ Conduct screening for all pregnant women in accordance with the national protocol.
∎ Provide all services given in ANC including protocol drugs and screening for all mothers.
∎ Identify all Risk factors associated with the pregnancy and refer appropriately and take actions.
∎ Provide Iron supplementation, and ensure the mothers are immunized with TT toxoid as per the protocol.
∎ Provide Health education and nutrition education for all women attending ANC services.
∎ Register all the required information on the ANC Registers and ANC cards as per protocol
∎ Conduct screening for all lactating women attending Post- Natal care in accordance with national protocol.
∎ Provide Vitamin A, medical supplements and other protocol drugs as per protocol to lactating women.
∎ Provide Nutrition counselling and health education on importance of lactation.
∎ Refer the mother to EPI department for immunization of baby.
∎ Operate Family planning clinic as per national protocol.
∎ Explain to the FP clients all the methods available and allow them to make personal choices.
∎ Screening all the FP clients for STI and other medical complications.
∎ Mange patients with sexually transmitted infections (STI) in line with the Syndromic guidelines and protocols.
∎ Provide sexual reproductive health counselling/education including to adolescents.
∎ Conduct Normal and complicated deliveries in line with all guidelines.
∎ Monitor labour using partograph and in Line with all guidelines provided to monitor deliveries.
∎ Respond to all cases of Obstetric emergencies in line with the protocols in consultation with the doctor and other medical staff.
∎ Identify, stabilize and refer all cases of emergency obstetric complications with the help of the doctors and other medical staff.
∎ Providing health education at the reproductive health waiting area and at all levels of RH care.
∎ Participate in provision of one to one health education to all patients during consultation and services delivery.
∎ Adhere to international standards in infection control and waste management.
∎ Ensure aseptic techniques in provision of RH services.
∎ Sterilize and disinfect all the instruments used during delivery and other obstetric services.
∎ Provide support and supervision to other staff when called upon to by the Doctor i/c of PHC.

Additional Requirements:
∎ Only females are allowed to apply
∎ Experience in running a maternity/MCH clinic will be valuable.
∎ Knowledgeable in sexual, reproductive and maternal health programming.
∎ Good skills in delivering trainings and health education.
∎ Fluency in oral and written communication in English, including representation, liaison and negotiation skills. Knowledge of Bangla and Chitagonian would be an asset.
∎ Familiarity with Cox Bazaar setting, cultural awareness and sensitivity
∎ Basic handling of Microsoft Office (Word, excel spreadsheets) is desirable.
∎ Agree to comply with Tdh Code of Conduct and promote Child Safeguarding policy, Policy on the Protection Against Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) and the Policy on (Sexual) Harassment and Abuse of Authority.
∎ Report serious cases of abuse on children that she/he would be aware of in Tdh's intervention locations. Strict confidentiality must be respected.
∎ Adhere to and enforce current administrative and logistical regulations and procedures.
∎ Tdh intervenes without any affiliation for politics, religion or financial profit. He/she will direct his or her activities and engagements without preoccupation of political, racial or religious affiliation.

Salary: Tk. 43941 (Monthly)

Application Deadline: April 23, 2019

Company Information:
∎ Terre des hommes - Cox's Bazar
∎ Business : Terre des hommes is the leading Swiss child relief agency, improving the lives of millions of the world`s most vulnerable children. TDH is a humanitarian non-Governmental, non-political, neutral and non-profit international organisation (INGO). TDH working in Bangladesh since 1974 and its work focused on Health, Nutrition and Child Relief. The Organization is considering interventions in Nutrition at Coxs Bazar among the displaced people from Myanmar

Category: Medical/Pharma

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