Midwife Paediatrician

As a midwife with MSF your experience in both complicated and normal deliveries will be essential.
From visiting expectant mums deep in the jungle to carrying out ante-natal checks, to training birth attendants in busy maternity departments in big hospital settings, MSF midwives are a vital part of most project teams.
Responsibilities 
Our midwives often have a dual responsibility; working in health centres and conducting outreach work in the community. No matter what the context – whether working in natural disasters, conflicts or poverty-affected communities – babies will continue to be born and midwives will always be needed. 
 
It’s a challenging and rewarding role and you will be responsible for some or all of the following: 

Pre and post-delivery care 
Deliveries, often complicated 
Care of survivors of sexual violence 
Setting up maternity departments in new health centres or hospitals 
Working with community birth attendants to ensure safe community birthing practices 
Running awareness programs in the community 
Training local midwives 
On-call care, often 24 hours 

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in midwifery or a Degree in nursing with the exception of Community Health Nursing.
All nurses applying to the midwifery position must have over 2 years’ experience working in a busy labor ward.
Valid registration
Experience in supervising, managing and training others
Experience of obstetric emergencies/complicated deliveries, termination of pregnancy, sexual violence
Willingness to be regularly on call for difficult and complicated deliveries
Over three months experience of working in a low resource settings
Willingness to work in unstable areas
Available for six to nine months
Adaptable and able to work in a multi-cultural team
Flexible and able to manage stress
Fluency in English

Desirable

Tropical nursing diploma
Knowledge of STDs/HIV/AIDS
Family planning experience
Community midwifery experience
Experience working in a similar organisation​
Knowledge of other working languages e.g French and or Arabic

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