Midwife

MedGlobal is a global humanitarian non-profit organization providing medical and health education services to people in need, including refugees and displaced persons, in disaster and underserved regions. The organization is composed of medical and public health professionals of diverse backgrounds.

Providing women's health and obstetrics services, and improving the health standards for women and girls, including prenatal and gynecological care.

The midwife has the following responsibilities and duties:1.

Provide comprehensive antenatal, and postnatal care to pregnant women in line with clinical guidelines.

2.

Conduct  safe  deliveries  and  ensure  skilled  birth  attendance,  including  early  identification  and  referral  of complications.

3.

Offer family planning counseling and services.

4.

Support newborn care, including immediate resuscitation, breastfeeding initiation, and growth monitoring.

5.

Maintain accurate patient records and submit timely reports.

6.

Conduct health education sessions for women, families, and communities on maternal, newborn, and child health.

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Ensure infection prevention and control measures are strictly followed.

8.

Participate in training and capacity-building activities to maintain updated knowledge and skills.

9.

Uphold confidentiality, dignity, and respect in all patient interactions.

Should have the following skills, education, and experience:

1.   Diploma or Bachelor’s degree in Midwifery or Nursing with a valid midwifery license/certification.

2.   At least five years of experience as a midwife.

3.   High communication skills

4.   Problem-solving skills

5.   Empathy skills

6.   Written and verbal communication skills

MedGlobal Code of Conduct reflects the profession’s core set of beliefs and values of care, respect, trust, and integrity. These  beliefs  and  values  are  fundamental  to  MedGlobal  employees,  volunteers,  interns,  consultants,  officers’ coordinators, and directors to guide their practice and conduct.

The Code is organized into categories, as follows:

1.   Always act with fairness, honesty, integrity, and openness; respect the opinions of others and treat all with equality and dignity without regard to gender, race, color, creed, ancestry, place of origin, political beliefs, religion, marital status, disability, age, or sexual orientation.

2.   Provide a positive and valued experience for those receiving service within and outside MedGlobal.

Child abuse in all forms is unacceptable to MedGlobal, which recognizes its responsibility to protect children from harm in all areas of its work.

MedGlobal is committed to ensuring a child-safe environment and is applying a zero-tolerance approach towards any kind of child abuse and exploitation.

DISCRIMINATION, ABUSE AND HARASSMENT POLICY

MedGlobal provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and expressly prohibits and will not tolerate any form of discrimination, abuse, harassment (sexual or otherwise), based upon race, ethnicity, religion, national origin, gender, age, marital status, citizenship status, disability, or military status. MedGlobal employees and related personnel must under no circumstances take part in any form of discrimination, harassment, or abuse (physical, sexual or verbal), intimidation or exploitation, or in any other way infringe the rights of others inside or outside the organization.