Community Midwife/Nurse

Date Posted: Nov 14, 2022

Job Detail

Location:

Nangarhar
Company:

International Medical Corps
Type:

Contract
Shift:

First Shift (Morning)
Career Level:

Experienced Professional
Positions:

1
Vacancy number:

IMC-JLD-HRD-038
Experience:

2 Year
Gender:

Female
Salary:

As per Company salary scale
Degree:

Bachelors
Apply Before:

Nov 19, 2022

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About International Medical Corps

About International Medical Corps:

International Medical Corps (IMC) is a global humanitarian nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training and relief programs. IMC is carrying out medical relief services in several provinces of Afghanistan.

Job Description

Job Purpose

The Community midwife/female nurse works in Mobile Team to predominantly provide awareness on basic health messages focused on women and girl’s needs, provide first aid services, referrals to the health facilities and work closely with Psychosocial Counsellor to support women and girls holistically to meet their needs. The position holder is also responsible to provide regular reports to the protection officer/project manager on the work delivered at the field level.

Main Duties & Responsibilities

Provide awareness on basic health messages focused on women and girls’ health needs, provide first aid service, referral to the health facilities and work closely with psychosocial counselors to support women and girls to meet their needs.
Provide medical first aid support to women and girls in the community health education/PSS center.
Ensure informed consent before providing medical and psychosocial assistance to women and girls.
Ensure Safe referrals of vulnerable women and girls to the nearby health facilities in case of need.
Demonstrate and ensure the highest quality of culturally sensitive education on child/early marriage, family planning, or other related topics from the Islamic perspective in the targeted communities.
Provide information on available services and assistance to vulnerable women and girls
Keeping records of the work completed
Working in a team and ensuring that concerns and issues are identified in the initial stages and addressed amicably.
Provide support to the PSS / Training Officer with adequate information, weekly, monthly, and quarterly reporting, and problem-solving
Attending all relevant meetings requested by the supervisor relevant to the project goals.
Assist in other duties requested by the supervisor

The duties and responsibilities listed in this document are representative of the nature and level of work assigned and are not necessarily inclusive in size. You may be required to travel to other parts of the country if required.

Organizational Responsibilities

Policy Adherence

Adhere to the Code of Conduct, maintain humanitarian principles and respect international humanitarian law.

Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse:

Actively promote PSEA (Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse) standards within International Medical Corps and amongst beneficiaries served by International Medical Corps.

Compliance & Ethics:

Promotes and encourages a culture of compliance and ethics throughout the International Medical Corps. As applicable to the position, maintains a clear understanding of International Medical Corps and donor compliance and ethics standards and adheres to those standards. Conducts work with the highest level of integrity

Safeguarding

It is all staff’s shared responsibility and obligation to safeguard and protect populations with whom we work, including adults who may be particularly vulnerable and children. This includes safeguarding from the following conduct by our staff or partners: sexual exploitation and abuse; exploitation, neglect, or abuse of children and adults at risk; and any form of trafficking in persons.

Job Requirements

Qualifications:

Holding a degree from a registered midwifery/nursing school or relevant educational institute.

Experience

Minimum 2 years of experience in a similar capacity

proven experience in the provision of first aid services, and basic health awareness.

3 years of experience in a similar capacity

Proven experience in the provision of first aid services, and basic health awareness/support is desirable.

Competency

Relationships: Able to build good relationships with the women beneficiaries, women community focal points, and other women actors).

Able to use survivor-centered service provision approach. Seeks to understand problems from the beneficiary’s point of view, identifies beneficiary’s needs, and provide the required services

Communication: Speaks and writes clearly and effectively. Listens to others and shows real commitment to maintaining open communication with the beneficiaries and team members.

Teamwork: Committed to working collaboratively with colleagues to achieve project goals/objectives. Willing to learn from others and open to feedback.

Demonstrated commitment to continuous learning and professional development.

Strong communication, facilitation, and writing skills with fluency in spoken and written Dari, and Pashto

Willingness, enthusiasm, and experience in working with vulnerable women, and IDPs with a special focus on their social empowerment

Demonstrated ability to provide specialized services to beneficiaries, effectively plan, and set priorities.

Familiarity with provision of basic health/first aid services to people in community

Teamwork: Committed to working collaboratively with colleagues to achieve project goals/objectives. Willing to learn from others and open to feedback.

Demonstrated commitment to continuous learning and professional development.

Strong communication, facilitation, and writing skills with fluency in spoken and written Dari, and Pashto

Willingness, enthusiasm, and experience in working with vulnerable women, and IDPs with a special focus on their social empowerment

Skills Required

Submission Guideline:

Dear Applicant,

International Medical Corps never asks job applicants for a fee, payment, or other monetary transaction. If you are asked for money in connection with this recruitment, please report to International Medical Corps at the website provided at the end of this document.

Please note that:

IMC commits to a fair and transparent recruitment procedure.
IMC will conduct his recruitment on the base of need only.
Only HR department will contact you during the recruitment process.
IMC may keep data of your application for its pool of candidate and might propose you other position than the one you applied for based on your qualification.
Only short-listed candidates whose application responds to the criteria will be contacted & local applicants from the same province are encouraged to apply and will be given priority.

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