Bangladesh: 17-548: Midwife Volunteer - Bangladesh

Essential Job Duties/Scope of Work:International Medical Corps is a global, humanitarian, nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training and relief and development programs.
Established in 1984 by volunteer doctors and nurses, International Medical Corps is a private, voluntary, nonpolitical, nonsectarian organization. Its mission is to improve the quality of life through health interventions and related activities that build local capacity in underserved communities worldwide. By offering training and health care to local populations and medical assistance to people at highest risk, and with the flexibility to respond rapidly to emergency situations, International Medical Corps rehabilitates devastated health care systems and helps bring them back to self-reliance.
SUMMARY
Provide comprehensive ANC and PNC in a challenging setting, ensuring maximum access and utilization of services by affected populations; and setting up maternity care in new health centers, hospitals, and mobile clinic
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSABILITIES:

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function with or without reasonable accommodation. The duties and responsibilities listed are representative of the nature and level of work assigned and are not necessarily all inclusive.

• Provide comprehensive ANC and PNC in a challenging setting, ensuring maximum access and utilization of services by affected populations;
• Conduct and supervise deliveries and perinatal care where appropriate and manage referrals where necessary;
• Setting up maternity care in new health centers, hospitals, and mobile clinics;
• Training local midwives and working with community birth attendants to ensure safe community birthing practices;
• Offer support and advice following events such as miscarriage, stillbirth, neonatal abnormality and neonatal death;
• Provide advice and guidance on a safe and timely transfer home ;
• Assist in development and delivery of educational sessions for staff and patients ;
• Identify and care for survivors of Gender Based Violence in partnership with other team members;
• Collaborate with other departments as needed to ensure smooth implementation and integration of services ;
• Adhere to administrative directives with regards to work schedules, record keeping, patient communications, re-stocking of necessary drugs, consumables and other items.

Compliance & Ethics
Promotes and encourages a culture of compliance and ethics throughout International Medical Corps. As applicable to the position, maintains a clear understanding of International Medical Corps’ and donor compliance and ethics standards and adheres to those standards. Conducts work with the highest level of integrity.

Qualifications:

1. Graduate degree or midwife certification and registration required; tropical nursing diploma desirable;
2. A minimum of five years’ experience as a midwife in public or private health facilities including experience working and living in developing countries or limited resource area; or equivalent combination of education and experience;
3. At least 3 years of experience in a hospital setting and 1 year in community or outpatient setting;
4. Ability to provide and counsel on basic STI treatment and family planning preferred;
5. Working knowledge HIV/AIDs/ PMTCT/TB preferred;
6. Capacity to evaluate complex ethical situations and work with team on decision making;
7. Willingness to work in unstable areas;
8. Adaptable and able to work in a multi-cultural team and understand cross-cultural issues surrounding childbirth;
9. Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English required; working knowledge of French, Spanish or Arabic skills desirable;
10. Must be able to demonstrate cross-cultural awareness and maintain a positive working relationship with clients and colleagues with professionalism and integrity;
11. Demonstrated skills in creative problem solving particularly in limited resource settings;
12. Experience in managing, training and motivating multiethnic and multicultural teams.

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