The MCH Aid is a critical member of the PIH Sierra Leone team and will work collaboratively with the clinical and support services staff to provide high-quality, comprehensive maternal and newborn health services at all PIH supported and affiliated sites as required.
Requirements
- Provide high quality antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care to pregnant women, new mothers and their babies
- Liaise with the midwife to evaluate postnatal patients prior to discharge and provide discharge counseling
- Assist to ensure proper documentation is maintained in all maternal and newborn records, health registers and clinic registers
- Collaborate with the midwife and the rest of the staff to ensure clinical staff can provide BEmONC services in line with MOHS and WHO standards
- Actively participate in the identification and management of antenatal complications requiring treatment, follow-up and clinical management
- Provide high quality and timely basic emergency care for obstetric complications during antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal periods
- Administer vaccines and other medications under the supervision of the midwife
- Assist high quality normal delivery care including ensuring proper monitoring of labor through the use of the partograph and other monitoring tools in use in the department
- Provide daily essential kept clean and free from health hazards
- Prepare documentation and participate in MDSR monthly reviews, including presentations for the facilities and DHMT
- Collaborate with the midwife to provide clinical assessment, birth plan development, and on-going care for patients at the facilities we work in
- Support maternal and newborn health outreach activities in collaboration with the midwife and Facility Clinical Lead
- Work rotating shifts, including significant night shift coverage, and rotating “on call” weekends