Supervisor of Midwives

Job Description

Title: Supervisor of Midwives

Company Name: Partners in Health and Development (PHD)

Vacancy: 1

Age: At most 40 years

Job Location: Dhaka, Gazipur, Narayanganj

Salary: Tk. 50000 (Monthly)

Experience:

Published: 2024-10-31

Application Deadline: 2024-11-10

Education:

Educational qualification:

• BSc in Midwifery Education (Completed/Appeared) from any public/private Institute recognized by Bangladesh Nursing and Midwifery Council (BNMC) 

Experience:

• Experience of conducting  more than 500 Normal Vaginal Delivery (NVD) independently as a midwife in a reputed hospital/clinic/center

• Age At most 40 years
• Only Female

• Supervise midwifery service at Midwifery led Aalo clinics 24/7 NVD center satisfactory level at patients and attendants level

• Monitor and ensure the coordination between midwives with clinic and project team

• Ensure all documentation and reporting of delivery centers

• Being patient, accommodative working in adverse job environment

• Engage in team building with other midwives and staffs

• Participate in training, workshop, orientation seminar as and when called for

• Previous working experience in urban set up with knowledge on urban life style will be an added advantage

• Ensure to maintain confidentiality of all the information acquired during patient care

Background:

Bangladesh government is yet to develop urban primary healthcare (PHC) like rural PHC in Bangladesh. Hence, urban PHC is dependent on the Out Patient Department (OPD) of public and private tertiary hospitals. So, a huge portion of the urban dwellers especially the vulnerable community remain deprived of getting healthcare. Eventually, their Out of Pocket (OOP) expenditure on health exceeds the limit for depending mostly on private health sector.   At this backdrop, Model Urban PHC Clinics (Aalo Clinics) project has been in place designed and developed by a group of experts. Based on the model, Partners in Health and Development - PHD (along with two implementing partners; CMED and NARI MAITREE) has been assigned by UNICEF as the lead organization to implement a sustainable system to manage GP centers focused on performance-based payment (P4P) system by the empaneled GPs and allied health workers. The objective is to deliver all components of ESP service both in PHC clinic and community level with a view to promote urban PHC to government for wider scale-up.

Key responsibilities: 

• Ensure assessment of general condition of pregnant mothers for normal vaginal delivery by midwives

• Supervise midwives to properly identify risk pregnancy, danger sign of pregnancy and consult with GP (if needed)

• Review the files opened by midwives for each of the pregnancy and keep the physical findings and other records of the pregnant mothers

• Supervise the performance of ANC and PNC by midwives·       Monitoring the performance of pre-natal, peri-natal, post-natal including newborn care

• Ensure to conduct uncomplicated normal vaginal delivery independently

• Provide round the clock assistance for critically warned patient as required, ensuring continuity of care

• Support other midwives in handling complex cases to promote patient safety and effective clinical outcomes

• Prepare duty roster for the midwives

• Suggest midwives to manage complications of pregnancy to ensure timely referral

• Ensure effective use of partograph, fetal monitor and other allied equipment’s

• Train midwives on pharmacological management of pregnancy and labor

• Mentoring and monitoring midwives about medical induction of labor as needed

• Acting as liaison for coordination between GPs, clinical staffs and midwives for proper management of pregnancy and labor

• Ensure to adopt necessary procedures following the principles of infection prevention and control (IPC)

• Supervise standard sterilization techniques including use of autoclave by midwives

• Ensure proper counselling about maternal and child health with nutrition