Midwife (Afghan Female Only)

Requisition ID: req46153

Job Title: Midwife (Afghan Female Only)

Sector: Health

Employment Category: Regular

Employment Type: Full-Time

Open to Expatriates: No

Location: Bamyan, Afghanistan

Work Arrangement: In-person

Job Description

• 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.
• 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 clinical staff, providing on-the-job training where needed.
• Provide direct clinical care, working closely with the other health 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, counselling, 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.
• Carry out duties as per duty roster
• Ensure patient confidentiality is respected, and that all consultations are conducted in a dignified and respectful manner
• Any other job relevant duty assigned by direct supervisor

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, 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.
• 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 counselling.
• 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.
• Ensure all patient consultations are documented and patient records completed.
• Submit reports in a timely manner.
• Fluency in English, Pashto/Dari
• Computer skills (including MS Word, Excel, Access, and internet)
• Ability to work closely, professionally, and constructively with all others regardless of nationality, ethnicity, gender, religion, race, tribe, or cultural background

Compliance with Policies

• Compliance with the IRC WAY (our standards for professional conduct) is a responsibility shared by all involved in delivering on the IRCs mission. We must abide by the IRC Way and Safeguarding Policies all the time.
• The IRC has zero tolerance approach to the IRC Code of Conduct including safeguarding violations being committed by its staff, consultants, contractors, volunteers, interns, suppliers, vendors, sub-grantees/partners, implementing partners or any other associate.
  

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