Midwife, HGSP (World Bank Funded Project)
- Organization: Jhpiego
- Location:
- Grade: Junior level - Junior
-
Occupational Groups:
- Public Health and Health Service
- Banking and Finance
- Medical Practitioners
- Sexual and reproductive health
- Project and Programme Management
- Closing Date:
Midwife, HGSP (World Bank Funded Project)
- Job ID
- 2023-5507
- Location
- BD-Chattogram
- Category
- International Positions
- Employment Status
- Temporary
Overview
The WORLD Bank has been aiding the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh through United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) to strengthen midwifery- led SRHR care in Bangladesh. Under this initiative; 29 midwives will be recruited and deployed to provide 24/7 NVD services along with other maternity care and SRH services at 20 selected UH&FWCs in Coxs’ Bazar district through the project titled “Health and Gender Support Project (HGSP).
"This position is for Bangladesh locals only"
Responsibilities
Services Delivery
- Provide high quality pre-conception services, antenatal care (ANC), postnatal care (PNC), essential newborn care (ENC), reproductive and adolescent health care.
- Identify risk pregnancy/ danger sign, communicate doctors/ consultants of the facility for comprehensive emergency obstetric care and/or refer to the appropriate higher center.
- Provide basic emergency obstetric and neonatal care.
- Conduct normal vaginal delivery.
- Provide postpartum family planning counseling and services.
- Ensure appropriate/ rational use of medicines/ drugs.
- Ensure supply, storage, use and maintenance of MSR, instruments and update stock-ledger regularly.
- Documentation and reporting of maternal and neonatal health care services. Provide post abortion care (PAC), post abortion family planning (PAFP) services
- Provide health education to the adolescents, newly married couples, and postpartum women regarding hygiene practice, prevention of sexually transmitted infections and gender-based violence’s (GBV).
Capacity Development and Mentoring
- Conduct on job training to the clinical aid, cleaner IPC, Counselling of Family planning and ANC, PNC Services.
- Mentoring the clinical aid and cleaner during cleaning and autoclaving instrument.
Monitoring and Supervision
- Monitor and supervise proper waste management, environmental cleanliness, and infection prevent practices.
- Monitor the clinical aid when she calls mother according to monthly EDD list.
Coordination
- Coordinate with key stakeholders, CHW who work SRH related activities at district and upazila level.
- Attend mother assembly, and going to visit at field with CHW.
Representation
- Represent the organization through participation in the meetings, workshops, conferences, seminars, and symposiums as assigned.
Compliance
- Ensure the safety of team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation to achieve the program's goals on safeguarding implementation. She will act as a key source of support, guidance and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment.
Safeguarding/ PSEA
- Practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action. She will follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place, encourage others to do so.
Special Assignment
Carry out any other tasks assigned by the supervisor and senior management team.
#LI-NA1
Required Qualifications
Minimum 2/3 years of work experience in NVD, ANC, PNC, ENC, FP services delivery.
Valid registration and licensure as a Diploma Midwife in Bangladesh.
Preferred Qualifications
Self-motivated, flexible and adaptable to the needs of the organization
Willingness to visit the targeted areas as necessary to accomplish the assignment.