Main Purpose:

RESPONSIBLE for curative and preventive care with a focus on MCH/FP program-related activities. Actively participates in the implementation of Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health Care Program (MNCH) to include activities such as: family planning and immunization activities; health promotions and prevention activities; antenatal and postpartum care; normal and complicated vaginal deliveries; immediate care of the newborn and resuscitation; management of post-partum hemorrhage,  AND immediate identification of complicated pregnancies/deliveries for emergency obstetric care and management. 

All MNCH related activities are implemented according to MSF policies, procedures & protocols, guidelines, and standards, in order to ensure the quality and continuity of care for the target population and avoid delays in the management of obstetric emergencies.

Responsibilities/Activities:

General:

  • Ensures clean and safe environment for patients and staff

  • Provides necessary support and care or advise the patients.

  • Explains patients and their care takers about patient’s condition and the need of staying in the hospital

  • Ensures and supervises the proper follow up of all newborn babies from delivery until discharge

  • Ensures and supervises integrated health education within all activities, to patients and their families on topics such as importance of breast feeding, weaning, child spacing, hygiene, child and family health, vaccination and possible complications resulting from harmful traditional practices

  • Responsible for MSF equipment and materials and their correct use

  • Adhere to and reinforce the implementation of MSF obstetrical and reproductive health protocols, clinical guidelines, essential medicine practical guidelines, universal hygienic standards and newborn caring standards and any other MSF protocols in force at all time

  • Comply with MSF Health Care Waste Management, hygiene and sterilization procedures.

  • Accurate reporting and timely consultation, following the orders of the doctors and/or supervisors

  • Ensure complete transfer of relevant information to the next shift team (specially identified risk cases)

  • With the LHV supervisor, review, give suggestions, and develop the guidelines and protocols to benefit patient care and the smooth running of the health facility. 

Medical Functions: Curative Care

Ante-Natal Care (ANC) – see MSF ANC Protocol

  • DIAGNOSIS AND MONITORING OF NORMAL PREGNANCY: ANC visits

  • pregnancy confirmation; estimate gestational age and due date;

  • antenatal care (history, focused physical examination, basic screening laboratory tests, and counseling; TT vaccination, etc); Malaria and infectious disease screening in pregnancy

  • Identification of high risk factors; identify coexisting disease and commence 1st line treatment;

  • Educate women about dangers signs in pregnancy and support them with creating a birth plan

Normal Deliveries (NSVD) – managing normal spontaneous vaginal deliveries and the usual procedures for various problems

  • Recognizing true/false labour; identify onset of labour

  • Monitoring progress of active labour by abdominal & pelvic examinations

  • Maintaining and interpreting partograms +++ active management of the 3rd stage of labour

  • Monitoring maternal and foetal well-being during labour;

  • Recognizing signs of fetal distress, stabilize and immediate referral

  • Recognizing signs of maternal distress, stabilize and immediate referral / Recognizing prolonged and obstructed labour and for immediate referrals

  • Perform various procedures as required: amniotomy/episiotomy; prolapsed cord/nuchal cord;

  • Proper induction/augmentation of labour: the rational use of oxytocin and prostaglandins

  • Provide active 3rd stage management;

  • Inspect placenta and membranes for intactness

Immediate Care of the Newborn and/or Resuscitation/Referral for Neonatal Emergencies

  • Initial rapid assessment of the newborn baby

  • Cleaning baby’s airways; Cord-cutting and care

  • APGAR scoring @ 1, 5, and 10 minutes

  • Immediate neonatal resuscitation for a depressed newborn (cardio-respiratory depression)

  • Initiate and establish breastfeeding as much as possible and promote mother-child bonding

Postpartum Care

  • Care of the perineum

  • Care of the breast/lactation management - Promoting immediate breast-feeding and maternal/baby bonding

  • Monitor possibility of post-partum hemorrhage

  • Checking completeness of placenta / no retained products of conception, otherwise immediate referral to LHV/Supervisor/Women Medical Officer/Medical Specialist/Expat Midwife

  • Stabilizing and immediate referrals of convulsing patients

  • Postnatal visits (PNC) - See MSF PNC Protocol

  • History and assessment focused on mother and child

  • Identifying and treating/referring postnatal complications

  • Education and counseling on breastfeeding and proper weaning habits

  • Contraception and child spacing

Management of post-partum hemorrhage

  • Controlled cord-traction to deliver placenta and/or uterine massage after placenta delivery

  • Correct use of drugs/rationale administration of oxytocin

  • Initial management of shock with fluids; IV access

  • Catheterization

Early Identification of Complicated Pregnancies/Deliveries and Immediate Referrals

  • Bleedings during pregnancy

  • Medical termination of pregnancy: Misoprostol regimen

  • Pregnancy-related pathologies and pathological pregnancies

  • Iron-deficiency anemia management

  • Pre-eclampsia and eclampsia management

  • Premature rupture of membranes, management

  • Threatened pre-term delivery management

  • Intra-uterine foetal death management

  • Special deliveries; Mal-presentations and labour dystocia

  • Recognize, manage, and refer complications arising in all stages of labour and IMMEDIATELY call the ATTENTION OF SUPERVISOR-ON-DUTY.

  • Seek immediate assistance from senior medical staff in complicated deliveries

  • Participate in the organization and preparation of referrals:

  • Ensure stabilization of mother and newborn

  • Ensure that all patients are referred on time to adequate health structures

  • Ensure that the administrative procedures are properly followed

  • Ensure that referral forms are correctly filled in and sent with the patient.

  • Ensure follow up of the referred patient.

  • SGBV Care

  • Assist the doctor or nurse in the management of victims of sexual violence, if needed

  • Provide psychosocial support as needed

  • Assists in intra-uterine procedures

  • Administration, Reporting and Data Collection

  • Makes accurate and timely reports, written and verbal, about patient condition, or the drug consumptions to the relevant supervisor when/however required.

  • Ensures the collection of correct data, as required/requested by the supervisor.

  • Carry-out administrative procedures and maintain correct documentation at all times (fill in patient’s files, forms, registration books, consumptions, statistics, etc.)

  • Ensures that administrative procedures of admissions and hospitalizations comply with MSF protocols and attendants are properly informed and receive the documents required (birth certificate, vaccination card, etc.

  • Participates in the organisation of the ward in collaboration with other LHVs, midwifes and the maternity ward supervisor. 

Others:

  • Attends required trainings, workshops, lectures etc. in service or external and possibly able to give training and workshops to other staff, within the framework of her role, on request and with the help or guidance of her supervisor.

工作详细内容

工作频道:
全部职位:
2 发布
工作时间:
早班
工作类型:
工作地址:
Raiwind Road, 拉合尔, 巴基斯坦
性别:
女性
学历:
大专 只有
职位等级:
资深专业人员
经验:
2年 - 2年
在之前申请:
Feb 07, 2021
发布日期:
Jan 06, 2021

Rahbar Hospital

· 11-50 员工 - 拉合尔

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