Mid-Wife (Mobile Clinic) – Katsina (Re-Advertised) at Medecins Du Monde

Job Description

Mid-Wife (Mobile Clinic) – Katsina (Re-Advertised) at Medecins Du Monde

Mid-Wife (Mobile Clinic) – Katsina (Re-Advertised)

Job TypeFull Time

QualificationBA/BSc/HND , Others

Experience4 years

LocationKatsina

Job FieldMedical / Healthcare

Salary Range₦400,000 – ₦500,000/month

SUMMARY

Under the supervision of the Medical doctor-team lead mobile clinic, the Midwife will be responsible for the following main activities in order to ensure the quality of care in the mobile clinics:

Provision of free of charge reproductive health consultations

Implementation of health education sessions

Collection, computerization and analysis of weekly epidemiological data

Reporting and attendance to different meetings

TASKS DESCRIPTION:

Provision of free of charge reproductive health consultations

Prepare all the material and equipment and ensure that everything is ready before starting the activities

Follow the basic medical rules of hygiene when performing reproductive health consultations

Participate actively in triage activities before to start reproductive health consultations

Perform antenatal consultations according to the protocols , detect and mention all the risk factors

Perform postnatal consultations during the 6 weeks following the delivery, give appropriate treatment and refers to female medical doctor when needed.

Perform family planning consultations and counseling according to protocol

Give systematic prophylactic treatments to pregnant women

Refer to the female medical doctor all pregnant women with a pathology associated to the pregnancy

Verify the tetanus vaccination of each pregnant woman

Explain in details the treatment to the patient

Manage RH emergency cases with the assistance of the medical doctor according to MdM protocols and regulation

Fill in the reproductive health form for each patient

Ensure patient confidentiality is respected and treat all the patients with respect and dignity

Implementation of health education sessions

Give health education sessions to the patients in the different waiting areas

Spread main messages about health education for the following topics: immunization, antenatal care, post-natal care, assisted delivery, family planning, at-risk pregnancies, breastfeeding and weaning

Collection, computerization and analysis of weekly epidemiological data

Perform the daily data collection regarding reproductive health consultations

Participate to the weekly computerization  and analysis of the reproductive health data

Reporting and attendance to different meetings

Prepare a weekly activities report to submit to the team leader

Participate in a pro-active way to MdM internal meetings (medical, security…)

Participate to all the  trainings organized by MDM

OTHERS

Give suggestions to improve the functioning of MDM mobile clinics

Participate to the loading and unloading of the vehicles and to  the setting up of the mobile clinics

Participate to weekly physical inventory of mobile clinic pharmacy

Be flexible in performing his/her duties to ensure that beneficiaries are getting good quality services

Perform other additional duties on request of the team leader

Inform immediately the security focal point in case of any security problem in the field

Method of Application

Interested and qualified send in your cv and cover letter in the same document to recruitment.nigeria@medecinsdumonde.net using the JOB TITLE & LOCATION as subject. using the position as subject of email.