Midwife Supervisor – Wadi Khaled

-Starting date: November 1st, 2021.

-Type of contract: 12 months Fixed-Term Contract, Renewable.

Updated competitive salary package with benefits including allowances, medical coverage and 5 weeks of paid leave

-Place of work: Wadi Khaled, Akkar

-Salary: 2,807,817 LBP

-Scope of responsibility:

Supervising the clinical activities and guaranteeing the quality of midwifery care in the department, according to MSF protocols, values and universal hygiene standards in order to provide a high quality Mother and Child Health (MCH) care to the population

-Function responsibilities include:

• Supervising, supporting and evaluating the team under his/her responsibility particularly midwives, midwife assistants and other related staff in his/her team such as cleaners. Planning and organizing their work (areas, days, absences, visits, holidays, etc.) and coaching them in their work with special focus in following all appropriate protocols and procedures
• Ensuring teamwork and a professional relationship between maternity and other departments.
• Supervising the clinical activities in all the maternity departments and activities such as ante-natal consultations, delivery and after delivery follow-up, post-natal consultations, family planning consultations, new-born vaccinations and liaising with the Medical Doctor about the patients who need special care times, visiting hours, etc.
• Ensuring that the staff on duty knows, implements and follows at all times the universal hygiene standards/ precautions, bio-hazard prevention and infection control in the medical premises ensuring high standards of hygiene in the working environment
• Ensuring that all staff using medical devices are qualified and trained, cleaning and minor maintenance tasks are performed according to the protocols, reporting any malfunction to the project biomedical service.
• Being responsible for the department-related pharmacy activities (stock and consumption monitoring) as well as maintenance of the medical equipment
• Being responsible for ensuring that all the administrative procedures, patients’ data and documents are filled in correctly and registered for compiling monthly reports reflecting the activity in the department.
• In certain contexts, being responsible for ensuring that the maternity staff is able to identify, receive and provide care to victims of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) in collaboration with the medical team and according to protocols.

• -Specific activities:

• Ensure the implementation and continuity of Basic Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care (BEmONC) in collaboration with the health center we are working with (Makassed)
• Collaborate with supporting services, i.e. mental health, health promotion, social worker and referral team on updates ensuring best quality of care is guaranteed.
• Participate in the medical team regular meetings and collect the needed data for the monthly medical reports.
• Participates in all training delivered to the department and makes an ongoing effort to maintain and update obstetrical/medical/ paediatric knowledge and skills
• Capacity building of staff under his/her supervision

-Requirements:

Experience:          Minimum 2 years’ experience as Midwife

Languages:            Very good command of English Language

Qualification:        Midwife Bachelor Degree

                                Registration with the order of midwives

Knowledge:           Advanced Computer Literacy (word, excel and internet)

Competencies: Teamwork, Flexibility, Commitment, Service, Stress Management.