MIDWIFE

Project goal

Improve health outcomes of women and their families and alleviate the stress and psychological suffering of vulnerable people 

Project desciption

Blue Mission is partnering with IDEALS for the Karma project.  Karma (Arabic for “dignity”) is an initiative targeting refugee and host communities in the informal settlements of Lebanon’s South and Mount Lebanon Governorates, providing aid to women and their families. The programme entails outreach to refugee and host populations living in informal settlements in the South and Mount Lebanon to assess the mental and physical health needs of their residents, with an emphasis on women and their children. The outreach staff will perform exams, provide antenatal care to pregnant women and educate the community on a myriad of important subjects; contraceptives and family planning tools will be made available to women who would like to prevent or space out pregnancies. Beneficiaries who need counseling will be referred to the Blue Mission Centre for psychosocial intervention. The project will be staffed by a midwife, psychologists, art and drama therapists, a social worker, administrative staff and community liaisons who will aid in building trust and partnerships with the refugee community, the local Lebanese host population and leaders, be they municipal, informal or religious. 

Main responsibilities and tasks

Capacity building/Awareness/outreach activities/Referral/Reporting

• Providing capacity building trainings to the team on sexual and reproductive health
• Support the development of educational material for sexual and reproductive health interventions
• Provide assistance through a preventative approach in arranging and providing parenting and health education for the woman, her partner and family 
• Educate women on fertility, warning signs of pregnancy complications, hygiene, vaginal infections, family planning and children’s health. 
• Provide antenatal care, postnatal care and family planning services to women living in informal settlements
• Ensure all the equipment is ready to use and medical supply and drugs are available
• Respect patient privacy and confidentiality, and treat them with respect and care
• Refer internally pregnant women or women in need with contraceptive and ultrasounds to the gynaecologist
• Refer pregnant women or women in need PHC centres hospitals for special care and laboratory investigation 
• Following WHO guidelines for antenatal care as well as other relevant guidelines and Lebanese law 
• Involve the patient in the decision-making process
• Observe hygiene and aseptic technique in all procedure.
• Participate actively in the monitoring and the reporting of medical activities and ensure that data entry forms and templates are used correctly and data is managed timely and with high quality (patient files, forms, statistics, outreach reports) 
• Follow-up on selected individual patients in coordination with social worker, project manager and specialists and Ensure an acute transfer of information. 
• Refer to social worker for support if needed for any patients.

Education and professional experience

• 4 years’ degree in Midwifery and Registered with Midwifery syndicate
• At least 2 years of experience in related field
• Desirable previous experience with NGO
• Experience in training/mentoring/coaching staff

Required Skills

• Adherence to Blue Mission’s values, policies and protocol and capacity to enforce procedures
• Excellent understanding of the Lebanese humanitarian context, and specifically the South governorate
• Excellent communication skills both written and oral
• Arabic native speaker and very good proficiency in English, written and oral
• Experience in reporting, monitoring and evaluation
• Excellent knowledge of the Pack Office, including Excel and Word
• Respect the time schedule and be at work on time
• Team work and cooperation
• Creative, open-minded, flexible, self-learner
• Capacity to work under pressure and manage personal stress levels
• Ability to prioritise clearly and oversee multiple tasks