Midwife / Nurse Assistant at Lindii Peace Foundation (LPF)

Duty Description 

• Provide obstetrical care to pregnant women and their babies, doing follow up before, during and after delivery, according to required standard and obstetrical/reproductive health protocols, universal hygienic and newborn caring standards and under supervision of a specialist doctor, in order to ensure their health conditions and avoid post-delivery complications

Key Responsibilities

• Assist midwives and nurses in providing comprehensive antenatal, delivery, and postnatal care, ensuring adherence to protocols and standards.
• Support in the implementation of PMTCT protocols during ANC, delivery, and PNC consultations, including pre-counseling, testing, and post-counseling.
• Collaborate with medical doctors and nurses in managing cases of Sexual Violence, ensuring appropriate care and referral.
• Support the assessment of pregnant women for referral from Traditional Birth Attendants (TBAs) to OPD/MCH for medical evaluation or management of complicated deliveries.
• Prepare and maintain delivery rooms, ensuring hygiene and sterilization standards, including universal precautions, are strictly followed.
• Assist during normal deliveries and manage obstetric emergencies according to standard protocols; identify cases requiring urgent referral and facilitate timely transfer.
• Perform neonatal care immediately after delivery, including cleaning, resuscitation, vaccination, and monitoring for anomalies or infections; document all procedures accurately.
• Support mothers and families with newborn care, emphasizing the importance of breastfeeding, vaccination, and warning signs of complications resulting from harmful traditional practices.
• Ensure the privacy and confidentiality of patients are maintained at all times.
• Conduct routine cleaning and minor maintenance of biomedical equipment used in maternity care, following user manuals and protocols; report malfunctions promptly.
• Guarantee a consistent supply of drugs, medical supplies, and equipment required for maternity activities; monitor stock levels, manage consumption, and assist in ordering as needed.
• Support proper documentation of all maternity activities, including admissions, hospitalizations, and discharge procedures, ensuring compliance with LPF protocols.
• Verify that patients receive all necessary documentation (birth certificates, vaccination cards, etc.) and are properly informed.
• Participate in ward organization and coordinate with other midwives and the maternity ward supervisor; ensure effective handover of relevant information, especially regarding high-risk cases.
• Conduct normal deliveries independently and manage obstetric emergencies effectively, including administration of medications such as antibiotics, oxytocics, anticonvulsants, and performing manual removal of the placenta.
• Assist with neonatal procedures, including neonatal resuscitation and initial medical acts (umbilical cord care, vaccination), and report any anomalies or infections to the doctor.
• Supervise the rational use of drugs, obstetric materials, and facilities, maintaining proper storage conditions and stock levels to ensure safety and availability.
• Follow standard protocols for Basic Emergency Obstetric and Neonatal Care (BEmONC) and Comprehensive Obstetric and Neonatal Care (CEmONC), including surgical interventions like cesarean sections when required.
• Support health education for mothers and families on postnatal care, hygiene, and newborn health practices.
• Respect patients’ rights to privacy and confidentiality throughout all interactions.
• Participate in team meetings, training sessions, and coordinate with other health staff to improve service quality and ensure continuous care.

General Accountability:

• The Midwife at OPD NEP Clinic is the main responsible for the Antenatal and Postnatal Consultations and
• Contraceptive Methods / Family Planning Activity; she/he is the focal person for the care and orientation of survivors of sexual violence and abduction.
• Assigned tasks / responsibilities may change or be added based on the changing project needs and strategy.

Sexual & Reproductive Health:

• Ensures the ANC/PNC area is cleaned and well equipped and supplied. Ensures sterilization of materials used in the ANC/PNC.
• Ensure that pregnant women are vaccinated for routine vaccination (TT) including new born in PNC for their routine vaccines (Pentavalent, Measles, Meningitis…).
• Provide the rapid diagnostic tests for Malaria, Syphilis, Urine and HIV when ANC and treatment of common maternal morbidities.
• Awareness on pregnancy, delivery, and their complications, related health promotion, hygiene, nutrition and immunization.
• Providing contraceptive methods/family planning according to users’ choices, monitoring side effects and ensuring follow-up appointments.

• In collaboration with the mental health team, ensures that medical care and psychosocial first aid is provided without compromising SV and/or abduction survivor-centred principles in collaboration with NAM, MAM and SV-PAM, facilitate the referral of survivors to other services, where applicable.

Documentation & Reporting:

• Support the MoH teams to ensure appropriate documentations, data collection and storage.
• Preparing, analysing and then sharing with the NAM the daily situation reports (Sitrep) and the monthly medical report (MMR) for ANC, PNC, FP, SV, Abduction).
• Assisting the supervisor in ordering drugs and consumables as required by the department and providing consumption reports.
• Appropriate documentations, record keeping and storage of survivor data.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• Degree in Midwifery is essential
• Working experience of at least 2 years in midwife activities related jobs is essential. (INGO)
• English Language and the local language are essential

Competencies:

• Results and Quality Orientation,
• Teamwork and Cooperation, Behavioural Flexibility,
• Commitment to LPF Principles.
• Stress Management.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Suite is essential