Midwife (Mobile Clinic) at Medecins du Monde (MdM)

Medecins du Monde (MdM) is an international humanitarian organization whose mission is to provide medical care for the most vulnerable populations, the world over, including France. It seeks to stimulate voluntary commitment from doctors, other health care providers, and from those whose expertise in other fields is needed for its activities, to enlist all competent support required for the achievement of its projects, and to seek at all times to encourage close working relationships with populations in its care. MdM operating in Nigeria, Borno state since October 2016.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Midwife (Mobile Clinic)

Location: Borno, Maiduguri
Employment Type: Full-time

Summary
Under the supervision of the Medical doctor-team lead mobile clinic, the Midwife will be responsible for the following main activities in order to ensure the quality of care in the mobile clinics:

• Provision of free of charge reproductive health consultations
• Implementation of health education sessions
• Collection, computerization and analysis of weekly epidemiological data
• Reporting and attendance to different meetings

Tasks Description
Provision of free of charge reproductive health consultations:

• Prepare all the material and equipment and ensure that everything is ready before starting the activities
• Follow the basic medical rules of hygiene when performing reproductive health consultations
• Participate actively in triage activities before to start reproductive health consultations
• Perform antenatal consultations according to the protocols , detect and mention all the risk factors 
• Perform postnatal consultations during the 6 weeks following the delivery, give appropriate treatment and refers to female medical doctor when needed. 
• Perform family planning consultations and counseling according to protocol 
• Give systematic prophylactic treatments to pregnant women 
• Refer to the female medical doctor all pregnant women with a pathology associated to the pregnancy
• Verify the tetanus vaccination of each pregnant woman
• Explain in details the treatment to the patient
• Manage RH emergency cases with the assistance of the medical doctor according to MdM protocols and regulation
• Fill in the reproductive health form for each patient
• Ensure patient confidentiality is respected and treat all the patients with respect and dignity

Implementation of Health Education Sessions:

• Give health education sessions to the patients in the different waiting areas
• Spread main messages about health education for the following topics: immunization, antenatal care, post-natal care, assisted delivery, family planning, at-risk pregnancies, breastfeeding and weaning

Collection, Computerization and Analysis of weekly Epidemiological Data:

• Perform the daily data collection regarding reproductive health consultations 
• Participate to the weekly computerization  and analysis of the reproductive health data

Reporting and Attendance to Different Meetings:

• Prepare a weekly activities report to submit to the team leader
• Participate in a pro-active way to MdM internal meetings (medical, security…)
• Participate to all the  trainings organized by MDM

Others:

• Give suggestions to improve the functioning of MDM mobile clinics 
• Participate to the loading and unloading of the vehicles and to  the setting up of the mobile clinics
• Participate to weekly physical inventory of mobile clinic pharmacy
• Be flexible in performing his/her duties to ensure that beneficiaries are getting good quality services
• Perform other additional duties on request of the team leader
• Inform immediately the security focal point in case of any security problem in the field.

Salary Range
N300,000 - N400,000 / month.

Application Closing Date
9th February, 2025.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV and Cover letter in the same document to: [email protected] using the Job title and Specific Location as the subject of the mail.

Important Notice

• Only successful applicants will be called for the next steps and are obligated to disclose any information about family member(s) currently in the employment with MDM-France in any location. 
• No monetary transactions, neither demands of favors in kind, nor other types of favoritism will be tolerated in the MDM recruitment process.
• MDM reserves the right to refuse hiring a candidate having benefitted from any such acts. All illicit demands may be pursued through the judicial system.
• MDM is an equal opportunity employer and encourages any Nigerian citizen to apply irrespective of race, gender, religion, creed, political affiliation.
• Dual Employment is considered gross misconduct and hence not acceptable.
• MDM reserves the right to cancel any step or whole of the recruitment process at any stage.
• MDM France takes this opportunity to thank all potential candidates for their application.
• Candidates are required to submit references upon application.
• Disclaimer: Please note that MdM does not engage in or accept bribes in exchange for job opportunities. Any attempts to offer or accept bribes will result in immediate disqualification from the recruitment process."
• Due to the nature of this role we will be reviewing applications on an ongoing basis and the role might be filled and closed before the closing date. Early applications are encouraged.