Midwife

Main responsibilities   -          Ensure ante-natal care   -          Ensure post-natal care for mothers and their baby(s) -          Ensure family planning consultation -          Guarantee quality and continuity of care to patients -          Guarantee that hygiene rules, asepsis and waste disposal are respected   Task description Ante-natal consultations -          Lead health promotion meetings (sanitary education) in group or indivudually for patients consulting (in collaboration with the health promotors) -          Offer a complete follow up of patients according to the protocols history clinical examination (palpation, auscultation, uterus height measurement, fetal heart rate, vital signs) preventive treatment (tetanus immunization, disinfest-, malaria prevention, anaemia prevention) and curative (if needed) -          Ensure that routine laboratory tests are performed, interprete the results and adapt the approach if necessary -          Detect pregnancy relied complications and adapt follow up if needed -          Inform and refer to the head midwife or doctor in case of complications/problems exceeding one's own competence -          Fill in antenatal files and registers Family plannning -          Lead health promotion meetings (sanitary education) in group or individually for patients consulting (in collaboration with the health promotors) -          Ensure appropriate individual counselling (information) so women can opt for the method of their choice, knowing indications, contra-indications and the secondary effects of each method -          Ensure a basic clinical examination to exclude contra-indications -          Administer and/or provide the method of contraception according to its use and protocol -          Inform and refer to the head midwife or doctor in case of complications/problems exceeding one's own competence -          Fill in family planning files and registers Post-natal consultations -          Lead health promotion meetings (sanitary education) in group or indivudually for patients consulting (in collaboration with the health promotors) -          Offer a complete follow up of the mothers according to protocols history clinical examination (measurement of uterus height, vital signs, condition of the pereneum and breasts) preventive treatment (tetanus immunization, anaemia prevention etc.) and curative (if needed) -          Offer a complete follow up of the new-borns according to protocols: weight, care of the umbillical cord preventive treatment (vaccination, eye ointment) -          Ensure that routine laboratory tests are performed, interpret the results and adapt the approach if necessary -          Detect complications relied to the post-natal period and adapt the follow up if needed -          Inform and refer to the head midwife or doctor in case of complications/problems exceeding one's own competence -          Fill in post-natal files and registers Hygiene / asepsis, waste disposal and stock keeping -          Keep the consultation room clean and tidy -          Sort waste and use appropriate containers and bins (sharps, combustible waste, domestic waste) -          Follow cleaning and instrument sterilisation procedures -          Respect universal hygiene and asepsis rules during care -          Adequate follow up of used medication during consultations: manage stock files, place a weekly order and calculate monthly consumptions   Quality and continuity of care: -          Respect the medical secret, and guarantee confidentiality -          Respect dignity and the intimacy of patients. Assure a maximum of patients’ comfort -          Participate in collecting needed data for monthly reports -          Participate in the morning meetings of the medical team -          Respect care protocols and the mode of administering treatment -          Be present at trainings and justify each absence to the head midwife