Midwife ( Afghan Female Only)

Job Description

Clinical Service Delivery

· Provide direct clinical care, working closely with the other health mobile team clinical staff to ensure the delivery of high quality comprehensive primary healthcare services.

· Triage, screening, and assessment of patients.

· Performs basic and assisted delivery care.

· Performs any needed neonatal and obstetric resuscitation activity.

· Ensures timely supported referrals to the nearest Emergency Obstetric Care center.

· Refers STI cases to the medical doctor.

· Identifies survivors of sexual assault and refers them for registration, counseling, and clinical care support

· Provides antenatal and postnatal care in line with relevant standards and protocols.

· Delivery of hygiene promotion, health education and patient/care giver counselling.

· Ensure adherence to infection prevention and control measures in line with COVID guidance

· Ensure accurate recording of information in the clinic registers, and timely completion of summary reports.

· Ensure mobile clinic areas are appropriately stocked with essential equipment and supplies.

· Carry out duties as per duty roster

· Ensure patient confidentiality is respected, and that all consultations are conducted in a dignified and respectful manner

Staff Supervision & Development

· Maintain open and professional relations with team members, promoting a strong team spirit and provide guidance to enable staff to successfully perform in their positions.

· Provide support and mentorship to other health mobile team staff, providing on-the-job training where needed.

Project Management

· Implement outreach activities with the rest of the team to access vulnerable clients to increase service utilization.

· Work with and support community volunteers to provide health promotion, community mobilization and awareness raising.

· Ensure regular inventory and consumption tracking of medical drugs and supplies.

· Work with relevant staff to ensure prompt requesting of medical drugs and supplies.

Monitoring and Reporting

· Ensure all patient consultations are documented and patient records completed.

· Submit reports in a timely manner.

Other Duties

· Consistently and proactively monitor/assess the safety and security of the team; promptly reporting concerns or incidents to IRC management and liaising with community leaders and other external parties as required to maintain/enhance the security environment for IRC programs.

· Other duties as assigned by the supervisor to enable and develop IRC programs.

Qualifications

· Qualified Midwifery diploma/certificate and registered with the Ministry of Health

- At least 2 years clinical midwifery experience. - Previous experience and training in sexual gender-based violence and clinical care for sexual assault survivors and advantage

· Ability and flexibility to understand the cultural and political environment and to work well with the local health representatives.

· Skills to provide sensitive and appropriate medical counseling.

· Excellent communication skills, good spoken and writing of concise reports in English.

· Must be a team player with excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work under pressure in a stressful environment, displaying patience, compassion, and diplomacy.

· Ability to be innovative, flexible, adaptive, and willingness to work out of hours, sometimes throughout the night.

· Ability to live in challenging conditions and ability to work under difficult, high pressure situations.

Desired qualifications:

- Previous work with IRC is an advantage - FEMALE applicants are strongly encouraged to apply - English language