Midwife

Full time on site
Midwife
Job Description

Requirements

Education
  • Diploma in Nursing and Midwifery.
Additional Requirements

Skill and Competencies:

Experience:

  • At least 2 years experience of working in NGO/Hospital is preferable.
  • Willingness to work in hard to reach area.
  • Ability to work under pressure. 

Responsibilities & Context

Responsible for: 

  • Responsible and accountable to facility in charge for the duties and performance.
  • Assist the Emergency management during normal vaginal delivery, caesarean section, ANC and PNC cases, Delivery and delivery related patient.
  • Patients counseling specially in gynaecological cases.Responsible for ward duty schedule during various gynaecological camps.
  • Ensure use of sterile linen, gauze, cotton, and instruments during delivery.Ensure proper infection prevention practices including house keeping.  

Activities: 

  • Examining and monitoring pregnant women.
  • Assessing care requirements and writing care plans.
  • Undertaking antenatal care.
  • Carrying out screening tests.
  • Providing information, emotional support and reassurance to women and their partners.
  • Taking patient samples, pulses, temperatures and blood pressures.
  • Caring for and assisting women in labour.
  • Monitoring and administering medication, injections and intravenous infusions during labour.
  • Monitoring the foetus during labour.
  • Advising about and supporting parents in the daily care of their newborn babies.
  • Helping parents to cope with miscarriage, termination, stillbirth and neonatal death.
  • Writing records.
  • Tutoring student midwives.
  • Identifying high-risk pregnancies.
  • Midwives may work on a rota and be on call to provide care on a 24-hour basis.
  • Prepare monthly report.
  • Any work assigned as per advice by concerned authority.
  • Prepare and present reports on cases, incidents, initiatives etc. During team meetings and department meetings in order to share experience(s) and learning with team members.
  • Attend all training/clinical sessions.
  • Actively take part in mentoring activities organized by friendship.
  • Develop and demonstrate interest in a particular specialty.
  • Duty on roster basis.  

Employment Status

Contractual

Job Location

Anywhere in Bangladesh