Nurse Midwife

The Nurse Midwife will support the implementation of services in an emergency setting, providing comprehensive antenatal care and postnatal care to affected populations. The successful candidate will be responsible for setting up maternity care in new health centers, hospitals, and mobile clinics, and training local midwives and community birth attendants to ensure safe community birthing practices.

• Provide comprehensive antenatal and postnatal care in a challenging setting, ensuring maximum access and utilization of services by affected populations.
• Conduct and supervise deliveries and perinatal care where appropriate, and manage referrals where necessary.
• Set up maternity care in new health centers, hospitals, and mobile clinics.
• Train local midwives and work with community birth attendants to ensure safe community birthing practices.
• Offer support and advice following events such as miscarriage, stillbirth, neonatal abnormality, and neonatal death.
• Provide advice and guidance on a safe and timely transfer home.
• Assist in development and delivery of educational sessions for staff and patients.
• Identify and care for survivors of Gender-Based Violence in partnership with other team members.
• Collaborate with other departments as needed to ensure smooth implementation and integration of services.
• Adhere to administrative directives with regards to work schedules, record keeping, patient communications, re-stocking of necessary drugs, consumables, and other items.

Please refer to the Scope of Work Information to view this Volunteer detail opportunity.

As applicable to this position, an individual must promote and encourage a culture of compliance and ethics throughout the organization and maintain a clear understanding of International Medical Corps and donor compliance and ethics standards and adhere to those standards.

It is all staff's shared responsibility and obligation to safeguard and protect populations with whom we work, including adults who may be particularly vulnerable and children. This includes safeguarding from the following conduct by our staff or partners: sexual exploitation and abuse; exploitation, neglect, or abuse of children, adults at risk, or LGBTI individuals; and any form of trafficking in persons.

International Medical Corps is proud to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin, age, disability, or status as a veteran.