Midwife at Premiere Urgence Internationale (PUI)

General Objective

• Under the supervision of the Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) Supervisor, the Midwife plays a vital role in providing Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health (MNCH)/SRH care services, including Antenatal Care (ANC), Postnatal Care (PNC), Basic Emergency Obstetric and Neonatal Care (BEmONC), and family planning.
• Working in challenging humanitarian settings, s/he ensures high-quality obstetric care by conducting both normal and complicated deliveries, managing reproductive health concerns such as sexual violence, reproductive tract infections, and neonatal care, and maintaining strict hygiene standards.
• In collaboration with doctors and healthcare teams, s/he adheres to PUI protocols and national/international guidelines to ensure continuity of care, efficient use of medical resources, and availability of essential drugs and equipment.

Responsibilities and Tasks
Patient Care:

• Prepare all necessary materials and ensure readiness before starting activities.
• Implement and ensure continuity of antenatal and postnatal care, performing screening tests, detecting risk factors, and providing appropriate follow-ups.
• Conduct normal deliveries independently, manage obstetric emergencies, and identify cases requiring referral to specialized care.
• Provide family planning consultations and counseling, ensuring contraceptive provision according to patient needs.
• Administer systematic prophylactic treatments, including tetanus vaccinations, to pregnant women.
• Treat sick Pregnant and Lactating Women (PLW) per established therapeutic protocols.
• Identify and manage Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) cases, ensuring appropriate medical interventions and referrals.
• Maintain infection control standards, ensuring hygiene, sterilization, and biomedical equipment maintenance.
• Guarantee a steady supply of drugs and medical equipment, monitoring stock levels for maternity activities.
• Conduct individual health promotion sessions during consultations and educate patients in waiting areas.
• Supervise administrative procedures, ensuring patient confidentiality and accurate medical documentation.
• Ensure proper ward organization, facilitating seamless patient care and effective shift handovers.

Management of an efficient referral system:

• Manage the emergency and electives referral cases according to the referral protocol by facilitating the logistics including transportation means, appointment with specialists, laboratory tests etc. in collaboration with SRH supervisor
• Oversee emergency and elective referrals, ensuring proper logistics, transportation, and specialist coordination.
• Follow up referred cases to assess outcomes and ensure appropriate continuing care.
• Identify and refer patients needing mental health consultation, facilitating timely intervention.

Medical data collection and reporting:

• Accurately document clinical case management, including history-taking, diagnosis, treatment, and investigations.
• Track epidemiological trends, drug consumption, and inventory levels, ensuring efficient resource utilization.
• Contribute to weekly medical statistics reports and overall health needs assessments.
• Conduct clear verbal and written handovers, emphasizing key patient conditions and critical interventions.
• Report gaps, losses, damages, or operational issues related to medical equipment and supplies to supervisors.

Internal and external representation:

• Participate actively in professional training and capacity-building programs to improve technical skills and healthcare efficiency.
• Engage in coordination meetings, ensuring smooth collaboration between SRH, Health and Nutrition Supervisors, and other stakeholders.
• Adhere to infection-control protocols, medication administration standards, and biomedical equipment regulations.
• Supervise the rational use of drugs, medical facilities, and obstetric materials, ensuring compliance with treatment protocols.
• Perform additional responsibilities as assigned by supervisors, adapting to evolving healthcare needs.

Qualifications

• Interested candidates should possess an OND / Bachelor`s Degree with 3 - 10 years work experience.