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Background/IRC Summary:
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. At work today in over 40 countries and 22 U.S. cities, we restore safety, dignity and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure. The IRC leads the way from harm to home.
Since 2007, IRC has worked with refugees and other vulnerable populations in Jordan. IRC’s programs in Jordan focus on urban interventions in the north that address gender-based violence specifically violence against women and girls for Syrian refugees and host community members as well as reproductive health care to Syrian refugees through two clinics based in Ramtha and Mafraq. Since January 2013, IRC also carries out Child Protection programs in Syrian refugee camps, providing specialized services for the identification, support and protection of unaccompanied children (UAC) and other children at risk.
Job Overview/Summary:
The position will be responsible for providing essential reproductive health services to the refugees at the IRC health facility in Mafraq fixed clinic.
Major Responsibilities:
The Midwife will be specifically responsible for performing the following activities:
In close collaboration with the Administrative in charge, medical doctors and other clinic staff, provide Professional RH care for clinic patients following established standards and practices.
Duties include:
• Providing clinical care to women and adolescents for reproductive health problems
• Providing advice, care and support for women and their babies during antenatal and postnatal periods
• Developing, assessing and evaluating individual program of care
• Identify high risk cases and refer to doctors and other secondary care facilities
• Provide vaccination services to children, women of child bearing age and pregnant women as per the MoH EPI guidelines for prevention against vaccine preventable diseases
• Ensure that standard procedures for cold chain maintenance are followed for storage of vaccines in the health facility
• Arranging and providing health education on reproductive health issues
• Providing counselling and advice to all patients related to reproductive health
• Manage inventories of RH commodities in a professional and tidy manner ensuring accountability in collaboration with the Senior Health Officer (in charge)
• Updating patients registration books and other related appointment information
• Maintaining and reviewing patient records, charts and other pertinent information relating to HIS
• Maintaining patient confidentiality
• Perform tasks as needed by the Senior Health Officer (in charge) that are relevant to the position
Job Details
| Date Posted: | 2016-11-08 |
| Job Location: | Mafraq, Jordan |
| Job Role: | Healthcare/Medical |
| Company Industry: | Community/Social Services/and Nonprofit |
Preferred Candidate
| Career Level: | Mid Career |
| Nationality: | Jordan |
| Degree: | Bachelor's degree |
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