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Midwives
Country Afghanistan Province Nangarhar,
Categories Health Care, Type Full Time
Post Date 2021-05-17 Close Date 2021-05-22
Vacancy No Jhp-UHI-107 Gender male female
No Of Jobs 2 Contract Duration
Education Degree from recognized midwifery institute or equivalent to that in midwifery. Experience Clinical experience (At least 5 years).
Organization Opportunities for you Salary NTA pay scale

About Company

About Jhpiego: Urban Health Initiative: The USAID funded Urban Health Initiative (UHI) Program’s goal is to improve health outcomes of people living in urban areas, particularly focusing on the health of women and children and other vulnerable populations. Interventions aim to increase demand, access and quality of health services. Lead by Jhpiego and implemented by a dynamic consortium of organizations, UHI is implemented in five cities in Afghanistan – Kabul, Herat, Mazar-e-Sharif, Jalalabad and Kandahar.

Job Description

1.   To provide necessary advise and assist on ANC, PNC, FP methods and nutrition.
2.   Provide information and consultation on Family Planning for any patient/client comes to health 
center.
3.   Be Responsible for basic gynecological examination and ask/consult the doctor for advice in 
case of need.
4.   Pregnancy testing.
5.   Counseling on Reproductive health specially on Family Planning methods.
6.   Completion of notes, registration and other paper work.
7.   To screen and treat women for anemia and other pregnancy related pathologies in consultation 
with the doctor.
8.   To conduct normal, assisted and abnormal deliveries in a safe environment.
9.   To screen pregnant and Lactating women and Under 5 children for nutritional condition and
treat/ counsel patient/ client in the light of MoPH Nutrition guideline.
10. To promote breast feeding for at least 2 years.
11. To provide and promote health education taking in to account cultural and religious factors.

Job Requirement

Qualifications:
1. Degree from recognized midwifery institute or equivalent to that in midwifery.
2. Clinical experience (At least 5 years).
3. Good knowledge of written and spoken Pashto and Dari is desirable.
4. NGO working experience.

Skills and Abilities:
1. Organizational skills.
2. Effective communicator.
3. Sensitivity to the issues of women’s health and social needs.
4. Be able to work on own initiative and achieve results.
5. Customer focused.
6. Analytical approach to problem solving.

Submission Guideline

Jhpiego offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive employee benefits package including: paid vacation, holidays and sick leave and more.

Send resumes to Recruitment-AF@jhpiego.org . For further information about Jhpiego, visit our website at www.jhpiego.org

Note: Please mention the job title and vacancy number of the position on your email subject line otherwise your application will not be considered . The successful candidate selected for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background investigation.

Jhpiego is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer!

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