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Midwife(Afghan Females Only)

Jalalabad

  • Organization: IRC - International Rescue Committee
  • Location: Jalalabad
  • Grade: Junior level - Junior
  • Occupational Groups:
    • Public Health and Health Service
    • Medical Practitioners
    • Sexual and reproductive health
  • Closing Date:

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing, and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. Founded in 1933 at the call of Albert Einstein, the IRC is one of the world's largest international humanitarian non-governmental organizations (INGO), at work in more than 40 countries and 29 U.S. cities helping people to survive, reclaim control of their future and strengthen their communities. A force for humanity, IRC employees deliver lasting impact by restoring safety, dignity and hope to millions. If you're a solutions-driven, passionate change-maker, come join us in positively impacting the lives of millions of people world-wide for a better future.

General Duties

  1. 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.
  2. Other duties as assigned by the supervisor to enable and develop IRC programs.
  3. 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.
  4. Provide support and mentorship to other health clinical staff, providing on-the-job training where needed.

Specific Duties:

  1. Provide direct clinical care, working closely with the other health clinical staff to ensure the delivery of high quality comprehensive primary healthcare services.
  2. Triage, screening, and assessment of patients.
  3. Performs basic and assisted delivery care.
  4. Performs any needed neonatal and obstetric resuscitation activity.
  5. Ensures timely supported referrals to the nearest Emergency Obstetric Care center.
  6. Refers STI cases to the medical doctor.
  7. Identifies survivors of sexual assault and refers them for registration, counseling, and clinical care support
  8. Provides antenatal and postnatal care in line with relevant standards and protocols.
  9. Delivery of hygiene promotion, health education and patient/care giver counselling.
  10. Ensure adherence to infection prevention and control measures in line with COVID guidance
  11. Ensure accurate recording of information in the clinic registers, and timely completion of summary reports.
  12. Carry out duties as per duty roster
  13. Ensure patient confidentiality is respected, and that all consultations are conducted in a dignified and respectful manner

Minimum Qualifications:
  • Education:  Qualified Midwifery diploma/certificate and registered with the Ministry of Health
  • Years of Experience: 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.
  • Technical Competency: 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.   
  • Communication and reporting skills: 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

Standard of Professional Conduct:The IRC and the IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in the IRC Way – our Code of Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, Accountability, and Equality.

Commitment to Gender, Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion: The IRC is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive, respectful, and safe work environment where all persons are treated fairly, with dignity and respect. The IRC expressly prohibits and will not tolerate discrimination, harassment, retaliation, or bullying of the IRC persons in any work setting. We aim to increase the representation of women, people that are from country and communities we serve, and people who identify as races and ethnicities that are under-represented in global power structures.
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