2022-03-01

Midwife – Heliwa – Mogadishu, Somalia

Heliwa – Mogadishu, Somalia
Posted on March 1, 2022

SOS Children’s Villages International

Midwife – Heliwa – Mogadishu, Somalia

VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

SOS Children’s Villages International is the umbrella organization to which all SOS Children’s Villages including SOS Children’s Villages Somalia Association is affiliated. SOS Children’s Villages Somalia has officially been working in Somalia since 1985. SOS is currently working in 134 countries worldwide. We are committed to the welfare of children – often throughout the whole of their childhood, and to strengthening families and communities as a preventive measure in the fight against abandonment and social neglect. We also run education and health facilities. With the SOS Children’s Village concept, the organization pioneered a family approach to the long-term care of orphaned and abandoned children. SOS Children’s Villages upholds child protection policy and our selection processes reflect our commitment to the protection of children and youth from abuse. SOS Children’s Villages Somalia currently works in five regions; Banadir Regions (almost all districts), Bay, Bakol and Lower Shabelle in Southwest State, Middle Shabelle in HirShabelle State.

SOS Children’s Villages invites applications from suitably qualified and interested candidates who fulfill the eligibility criterion for the below position.

Job Title: Midwife (1 Positions)

Report to: Midwife–incharge

Location: Heliwa – Mogadishu (Somalia)

Job Summary:

Midwife is expected to provide advice, care and support for women and their partners and families before, during and after childbirth. She helps women make their own decisions about the care and services they access. She cares for newborn children, providing health education and parenting support. Midwife is personally responsible for the health of both mother and child and only refer to obstetricians if there are medical complications. She works in multidisciplinary teams in both hospital and increasingly community healthcare settings.

Key Areas of accountabilities:

Providing full antenatal care, including screening tests in the hospital;
Identifying high risk pregnancies and making referrals to doctors and other medical specialists;
Arranging and providing parenting and health education for the woman, her partner and family members;
Encouraging participation of family members in the birth to support the mother and enhance both mother/baby bonding and family relationships;
Providing counselling and advice before and after screening;
Offering support and advice following events such as miscarriage, termination, stillbirth, neonatal abnormality and neonatal death;
Supervising and assisting mothers in labour, monitoring the condition of the foetus and using knowledge of drugs and pain management;
Giving support and advice on the daily care of the baby, including breast feeding, bathing and making up feeds;
Providing advice and guidance on a safe and timely transfer home; liaising with agencies and other health and social care professionals to ensure continuity of care;
Engaging in professional development to meet PREP (post-registration education and practice) requirements;

Qualifications and Experience:

Degree in Nursing & Diploma in Midwifery.
2 years’ experience as midwife, and having worked in delivery/maternity unit.

Competencies – knowledge, skills, abilities:

Good critical thinking skills, organized
Strong communication skills
Good time management skills
To work effectively in a multi-cultural and multi-ethnic environment, respecting diversity.

Child Safeguarding Policy: SOS Children’s Villages organization is committed to safeguarding the rights of the children and therefore, is expected that every individual who joins with SOS Children’s Villages Somalia understand his/her responsibility in protecting and keeping children always safe

Application Procedure:

Interested applicants should send their applications with a CV and scanned copies of your academic and professional certificates indicating telephone numbers and three referees to this email hr.so@sossomalia.org

Indicating with the subject line of the position.

The closing date is 10^th March 2022.

This position is open to female candidates only.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

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