Midwife Supervisor

MSF Spain is looking for a Midwife Supervisor in  Gaza to Supervise 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

We expect you to share our humanitarian values to offer assistance to people based on need and irrespective of race, religion, gender or political affiliation. In MSF we treat our beneficiaries with dignity, and with respect for their cultural and religious beliefs.

Accountabilities

•       Supervising, supporting and evaluating the team under his/her responsibility, particularly midwives/nurses, 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 good teamwork and a professional relationship between MSF maternity ward and other relevant departments.

•       Supervising the clinical activities in all maternity departments and activities that MSF is running, such as ante natal consultations, post partum follow up, post-natal consultations, family planning consultations,  and liaising with Medical Doctors about the patients who need special care or follow up 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.

•       Being responsible for ensuring that the maternity staff is able to identify, receive and provide care to the victims of the SGBV in collaboration with the Ob/Gyne MD and following the protocols.