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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 beresponsible for providing essential reproductive health services to the refugees at one of the IRC health facilities in Northern Jordan. The service contract midwife will work up to 11 days/ month according to IRC call for duty.
Major Responsibilities:The Midwife will be specifically responsible for performing the following activities:
· 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 IRC doctors or other secondary care facilities if needed
· 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
Key Working Relationships:
Position Reports to: Senior RH Officer (in charge)
Position directly supervises: none
Indirect Reporting: RH Specialist
Other Internal and/or external contacts.
Internal: Medical doctors, midwives and other health staff deployed at the health facility
External: none
Job Details
| Posted Date: | 2021-05-17 |
| Job Location: | Zarqa, Jordan |
| Job Role: | Medical, Healthcare, and Nursing |
| Company Industry: | Non-profit Organization |
Preferred Candidate
| Career Level: | Mid Career |
| Nationality: | Jordan |
| Degree: | Bachelor's degree |
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