Midwife

Overview

The main purpose of this position is to provide high-quality pre-conception services, antenatal care (ANC), postnatal care (PNC), essential newborn care (ENC), and reproductive and adolescent health care. Identify risk pregnancy/ danger signs, communicate with doctors/ consultants of the facility for comprehensive emergency obstetrict care and/or refer to the appropriate higher center. Provide basic emergency obstetric and neonatal care. Conduct normal vaginal delivery.

Job location: Kurigram (12) and Dhaka (4)

Responsibilities

• 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 with doctors/ consultants of the facility for comprehensive emergency obstetric care and/or refer to the appropriate higher centre.
• 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.
• Ensure proper waste management, environmental cleanliness, and infection prevent practices.
• Provide postabortion care (PAC), postabortion 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 (GBV).
• Collaborate with community health workers for awareness, promote healthy practices and strengthen referral systems.
• Participate in multidisciplinary team meetings, case discussions and training sessions.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of clinical protocols and guidelines.
• Carry out any other tasks the supervisor and senior management team assign.
• Midwives will do the HB%, RBS, Urine for albumin and Urine for pregnancy including screening tests for triple elimination (HIV, Hep.B, Syphilis) in their facilities

Any other job related to the function will be allocated as and when required by the Supervisor. This position may require field visits to the project implementing areas.