Midwives at International Medical Corps

FIELD SITE: Gwoza and Askira uba

Main Purpose

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

Job Description

• Ensure the implementation and continuity of antenatal and postnatal care, family planning, obstetrical care (BEmONC and CEmONC), neonatal and comprehensive abortion care, management of victims of sexual violence, reproductive tract infections in accordance with IMC Reproductive Care Package.
• Collaborating with the medical doctor and /or nurse in the management of Sexual Violence cases
• Assessing the feasibility of referral of pregnant women from the TBAs to the OPD/MCH.
• Ensuring hygiene and sterilization criteria (including universal precautions) are met according to IMC specifications.
• Performing cleaning and minor maintenance for biomedical equipment used. Following the user manual and protocols and alert supervisor in case of malfunctioning.
• Guaranteeing a regular and ongoing supply of drugs and equipment required for maternity activities (including monitoring/consumption control/ordering of orders.
• Ensuring patients' right to privacy and confidentiality is respected Supervising administrative procedures of admissions and hospitalizations
• According to IMC protocols, Manage obstetric emergencies.
• Supervises the use of drugs, facilities and obstetric material Provide quality of care for OPD and in patient management, proper health education and collaborate with another department.
• Manage all obstetrical emergency cases according to protocol.
• Conduct normal deliveries independently Ensure daily data quality on ANC, admission, delivery, PNC, family planning, OPD & discharge registration, proper documentation of referral cases, and strengthen linkages
• Ensure nutritionally at-risk infant and their mothers also receive mental health and health promotion support (targeted to the infant developmental age) as part of a holistic approach to inpatient nutritional care and treating the infant and mother as one unit.
• Support mothers/wet nurse mothers in proper positioning, attachments, duration, and frequency of feeding, effective suckling as well as double suckling.

Requirements

• Education: Essential- General Nursing & Midwifery Certificate.
• Experience: Desirable: Clinical work experience of at least two (2) years as a professional midwife.
• Essential-General Nursing & Midwifery Certificate; Valid License from Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria required
• Language: English and Hausa Languages are mandatory
• Knowledge: Essential computer literacy (word, excel, and Internet);