Maternal Health Specialist

vor 1 Tag

Genf, Genf, Schweiz Medecins Sans Frontieres Vollzeit
Job Description:

As a Maternal Health Specialist with MSF, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the delivery of high-quality reproductive healthcare to women in need. Your responsibilities will include planning, organizing, and implementing sexual and reproductive health activities, as well as providing pre- and post-delivery care for mothers and babies. You will also be responsible for managing, training, and supervising local midwives and the maternity team. Additionally, you will ensure that all pregnant women and newborns are referred to the Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI).

Responsibilities:
  • Plan, organize, and implement all sexual and reproductive health activities
  • Assist field doctors and nurses when needed
  • Pre- and post-delivery care for mothers and babies
  • Manage, train, and supervise local midwives and the maternity team
  • Ensure all pregnant women and newborns are referred to the EPI
  • Set up maternity departments in new health centers/hospitals
  • Care of survivors of sexual violence
  • Work with community birth attendants to ensure safe community birthing practices
  • Supervise the distribution of drugs and monitor inventories

Requirements:
  • Qualification as a registered midwife
  • At least two years of professional experience as a midwife
  • Recent clinical experience (at least six months within the last 24 months)
  • Experience of labour wards and difficult case management
  • IT skills (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
  • Fluency in English and/or French
  • Commitment to MSF's work and values
  • Adaptable and able to work in a multicultural team
  • Flexible and able to manage stress

Assets:
  • Experience or diploma in tropical medicine
  • Training in emergency obstetrics (e.g. Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics)
  • Experience working in developing countries
  • People management experience
  • Fluency in Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, or Russian

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