in 1984 by volunteer doctors and nurses, International Medical Corps is a private, International Medical Corps is a global humanitarian nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through healthcare training and relief and development programs.

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Job Purpose:

The midwife will work in the MCHC established in the community. The midwife is directly responsible for the provision of Antenatal Care, Postnatal care, family planning, newborn care, health education and referral of complicated cases. The MCHC midwife works under the supervision of the MCHC in-charge.

Main responsibilities:

• Provide Antenatal care (ANC), postnatal care (PNC) and family planning services.
• Provide awareness sessions on:
• major complications of pregnancy, antenatal and postnatal, family planning, institutional delivery and its importance and benefits in maternal and neonatal mortality reduction. - breastfeeding, maternal nutrition, menstrual hygiene, family planning methods, its benefits and information related to service availability at nearest health facilities. - vaccines, its benefits and importance, and referral of women and girls to the nearest health facility for the vaccination. - other available services in the MCHC such as Psychological first aid (PFA), Psychosocial support (PSS) and youth awareness on healthy lifestyles.
• Identify women and adolescent girls with reproductive health complications and referral to nearest health facilities.
• Refer women and girls with psychosocial distress and postpartum depression to PSS counselors for psychosocial support interventions.
• Maintain data entry registers and other information related to Antenatal Care, Postnatal care, family planning, newborn care, health education and referral of complicated cases as per organization and UNFPA requirements on already developed tools.
• Develop weekly and monthly reproductive health (RH) activity plans with the coordination of the MCHC in charge.
• Participate in the mother and child health center weekly, monthly planned and ad hoc meetings.
• Work closely with other MCHC staff members to build a professional team.
• Perform any other MCHC-related task assigned by MCHC in charge.
• Collaborate with other team members to enhance the overall effectiveness of the MCHC.

Qualification:

Graduate from the recognized midwifery school or Community midwifery Education (CME) program.

Desirable:

Local candidate will be given preference

Experience:

A minimum of 1 year of experience working within BPHS health facilities or with a Humanitarian NGO/Agency in a similar position.

Dear Applicant,

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• IMC commits to a fair and transparent recruitment procedure.
• IMC will conduct his recruitment on the base of need only.
• Only HR department will contact you during the recruitment process.
• IMC may keep data of your application for its pool of candidate and might propose you other position than the one you applied for based on your qualification.
• Only short-listed candidates whose application responds to the criteria will be contacted & local applicants from the same province are encouraged to apply and will be given priority.

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Equal Opportunities:

International Medical Corps is proud to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin, age, disability, or status as a veteran.

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