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Médecins Sans Frontières – Switzerland (MSF-Swiss) is a medical, humanitarian, impartial and international non-profit organization. MSF provides exclusively humanitarian and medical assistance to populations in need, without discrimination on the basis of race, religion, philosophy, or politics and is independent of any political, religious, military or economic power.

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MSF-Swiss is seeking to employ 1 (one) qualified candidate in the Khartoum Project for the position of Midwife Supervisor. Interested applicants may find the detailed job description of this position below.

Main Purpose of the position:

Supervising the clinical activities and guaranteeing the quality of midwifery care in the department, according to MSF protocols, values and universal hygiene standards in order to provide a high quality Mother and Child Health (MCH) care to the population

Responsibilities

• Supervising, supporting and evaluating the team under his/her responsibility particularly midwives, midwife assistants and other related staff in her team such as cleaners. Planning and organizing their work (areas, days, absences, visits, holidays, etc) and coaching them in their work with special focus in following all appropriate protocols and procedures
•  Ensuring teamwork and a professional relationship between maternity and other departments.
•  Supervising the clinical activities in all the maternity departments and activities such as ante-natal consultations, delivery and after delivery follow up, post-natal consultations, family planning consultations, new-born vaccinations and liaising with the Medical Doctor about the patients who need special care times, visiting hours, etc.
•  Ensuring that the staff on duty knows, implements and follows at all times the universal hygiene standards/ precautions, bio-hazard prevention and infection control in the medical premises ensuring high standards of hygiene in the working environment
•  Ensuring that all staff using medical devices are qualified and trained, cleaning and minor maintenance tasks are performed according to the protocols, reporting any malfunction to the project biomedical service.
•  Being responsible for the department-related pharmacy activities (stock and consumption monitoring) as well as maintenance of the medical equipment
•  Being responsible for ensuring that all the administrative procedures, patients’ data and documents are filled in correctly and registered for compiling monthly reports reflecting the activity in the department.

Context Specific Responsibilities

• Provide supervisory support to Midwifes working in the PHCs supported by MSF.
• Facilitate trainings in the PHC when needed to enhance the use of the facility activities like ANC, PNC, EPI.
•  Provide data for RH activities from the PHC to MWAM for reports.
•  Report any information related to maternal and infant morbidity/mortality reported in the community by the community midwifes.
•  Have regular meetings with community midwifes to ensure that they understand importance of early referrals from community level for secondary care to avoid late complications.
•  Gather information related to GBV cases in the community and how management of cases are done.
•  Mapping of other Actors in the catchment area and understand services being provided by each actor.
•  Ensure donations given to the facility are put into good use and in case of any inventory in future it is timely done and sent to Pharmacy.
•  Report any impending ruptures in the facility and report to pharmacy.
•  Support IPC implementation in the facility and the use of equipment provided.

Requirements

Education: Diploma of Midwife (or any Diploma recognized in the country and /or the Ministry of Health to practice as such) 

Experience: Essential: 2-year experience minimum as a midwife.

Desirable: previous experience at MSF or other NGOs.

Language: Fluent Arabic and English

Knowledge: 

• Essential computer literacy (word, excel)
• Communication skills, and knowledge of Sudan health system, experience in emergency settings is an asset.

All applications should at the minimum include:

• Accurate contact information (candidate’s primary and secondary phone number)
• Copy of the National identification document (National Number/national ID/Passport)
• Cover letter detailing your motivation for this specific position
• Complete CV, detailing the applicant’s education, professional experience
• Copies of relevant diplomas and certificates mentioned in the CV
• Contact information of previous employer(s) and other references

INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. In this recruitment process, candidates will have to pass a written test and an interview.

!!! Please note that your application will only be considered if you filled in this application's Google Form and uploaded all the required documents through the same survey !!! Incomplete applications will not be considered !!!

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In order to apply for this position, please fill in the form and upload the documents using this link: https://forms.gle/omBJ5UhSaxY8QtfG6