Nurse Midwife [ Lower Shabelle and Banadir regions, Somalia]
HIJRA
Job Type
Full Time
Location
Somalia
Description :
Organization: Humanitarian Initiative Just Relief Aid
Country: Somalia
Closing date: 01 Apr 2017
Background:
Humanitarian Initiative Just Relief Aid (HIJRA) is an international African humanitarian Non-Governmental Organization that positively contributes towards improving the living standards and conditions of those adversely affected by disasters and conflict in the Horn, East & Central Africa by implementing WASH, Health, Education, Livelihoods, Community service & development and Protection programs in the region for a period of more than 20 years.
HIJRA with funding from the Somalia Humanitarian Fund is implementing a health Project in Afgooye district, Lower Shabelle region and Hodan and Wadajir districts, Banadir region. HIJRA, in a strategy to expand the existing project implementing team, is now seeking to recruit qualified persons willing to offer their professional services to the health project in the following capacity:
Overall Objective of the Position:
The nurse midwife, who will be based in Mogadishu or in Lower Shabelle, will participate both in health centre based patient care and in the delivery of outreach primary health care services. The nurse is supervised by the MCH supervisor
Responsibilities of Nurse midwife:
¬ Diagnosing, monitoring and examining women during and after pregnancy;
¬ Providing full antenatal care, including screening tests in the hospital, community and the home;
¬ Identifying high risk pregnancies and making referrals to doctors and other medical specialists;
¬ Upgrade the skills of local staff to care for normal deliveries
¬ Oversee the provision of antenatal and post-natal services
¬ Maintain health records, documenting all services provided, compiling regular statistics
¬ Offering support and advice following events such as miscarriage, termination, stillbirth, neonatal abnormality and neonatal death;
¬ Together with midwife responsible for submitting requests for medicines and medical supplies to health center pharmacy. Requests for medicines have to be vetted by MCH supervisor and approved by medical coordinator
¬ Prepare rooms, sterile instruments, equipment and supplies, and ensure that stock of supplies is maintained
¬ supervising and assisting mothers in labour, monitoring the condition of the foetus and using knowledge of drugs and pain management;
¬ To carry-out any other duties and/or responsibilities assigned by her immediate supervisor.
Personal/Professional Requirements
¬ Qualified nurse-midwife with at least 3 years’ experience in public health or MCHs
¬ Excellent communication skills
¬ Highly organized, able to determine priorities and meet multiple deadlines
¬ Able to work well both within a team and independently
¬ Good knowledge of Somali language
¬ Female nurse/midwife is priority number one
How to apply :
Interested and qualified Somali nationals are requested to submit their applications [Cover Letter and CV] via email to vacancies.so@hijra.or.ke and to include the words ‘Nurse Midwife’ in the subject field of the email**. Applications shall close on Saturday 1st April 2017.** Late applications shall not be considered. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for the interview.
HIJRA is an equal opportunity employer