MIDWIFE / NURSE

Job Title:

MIDWIFE/NURSE

Job Location:

GAZİANTEP

Number of Vacancies

Three (3) Vacancies

General Description of the Programme:

SENED is an independent, non-governmental, non-profit organization licensed and registered in Türkiye with the number 27-15-175. SENED Organization was established shortly after the Syrian Nakba and in response to the suffering of millions of Syrian refugees in Turkey as well as internally displaced people in Syria, to alleviate suffering, achieving justice, equality, and freedom, strengthening the role of civil society, and supporting and developing the local community. SENED works in the humanitarian work sectors to support, empower, and educate the community through several programs, takes exceptional care of people with disabilities and their families and defends their issues.

SENED Association emphasizes creating safe, accessible, and participation-encouraging living conditions for individuals’ emotional, intellectual, physical, and social development by focusing on people with disabilities. Beyond the medical perspective on disability, it tries to find solutions to the problems faced by disabled people with a holistic perspective by considering the disabled people, their families, and the society they live in, focusing on the conditions they experience. SENED Association aims to create a safe and supportive environment and space by conducting family-oriented activities to help disabled individuals and their families become stronger, discover their potential and stand by with their children. By collecting data on refugee-disabled people and identifying problems and needs, SENED strives to ensure harmony between disabled refugees and local people with a voluntary, professional team and a community-based approach. All activities, education, research, advocacy, etc., are carried out on platforms created by local and disabled refugee people.

Job purpose:

The Midwife/Nurse is responsible for the provision of women’s and reproductive health services together with the doctor in the fixed or mobile service units determined by the Health Directorate and SENED in the provinces affected by the earthquake. Under the supervision of the doctor with whom she works, under the supervision of the provincial officer appointed by the Health Directorate and the SENED Provincial Field Coordinator, she assists in the execution of women’s and reproductive health services, service delivery, field planning of service delivery, and monitoring of SENED program principles and methods within the planning of the Provincial Health Directorate.

Duties, objectives, and competencies:

· In the fixed or mobile service unit, she works collaboratively as a team with the doctor.

· It plays a primary role in the reception, acceptance, registration, preparation of the beneficiary for counselling or examination, provision of the service together with the doctor during the examination, guidance and follow-up of the applications planned to be done after the service.

· It makes sure that the beneficiary’s data entry is done in accordance with the standards.

· Provides counselling services to the beneficiary on women’s and reproductive health, pregnancy planning and violence.

· Organizes and conducts awareness trainings on relevant issues for beneficiaries and target groups.

· It is responsible for identifying, notifying and ensuring the continuity of missing materials required for the regular and continuous provision of clinical services.

· After the service delivery, it makes sure that the beneficiary understands the service provided correctly and arranges the next visit.

· She ensures the follow-up, supervision and support of the health workers works with her.

· She assists the doctor during the evaluation of the beneficiary, performing general and pelvic examinations, performing or requesting necessary laboratory tests, pre-pregnancy, pregnancy and post-pregnancy evaluations, examinations, examinations and tests, which play a key role in minimizing maternal and infant mortality.

· She assists the doctor in evaluating the beneficiary in terms of sexually transmitted infections, performing the necessary examinations or directing them.

· During the clinical evaluation of the beneficiary in terms of severity, he necessarily accompanies the doctor.

· If the beneficiary has requested services related to pregnancy planning, he/she acts together with the doctor in the evaluation of the beneficiary, the provision of counselling and the provision of methods and performs the method presentation.

· She identifies risky cases and supports the beneficiary in directing them to the health institution at the level required by their situation; follow up the case and informs the Provincial Health Directorate for the case.

· She contributes to the collection of service data through the electronic data collection system and provides services in accordance with the principles of humanitarian aid and an understanding free from discrimination.

· She works in cooperation with stakeholders, local authorities, non-governmental organizations and other health institutions in the field in line with the approval of the Provincial Health Directorate and SENED.

· Prepares presentations/trainings, when necessary, on topics such as needs and experience in women’s and reproductive health in the field; shares them on jointly decided platforms.

· Performs technical tasks related to the program when needed.

Requirements: Essential

Education: Having a bachelor’s degree in midwifery or nursing

Experience: at least 2 years of professional experience, reproductive health experience, and Reproductive Health Counselling Certificate for nurses and midwives

Having an IUD Consulting and application certificate is a plus.

Flexibility for working in the field (containers, tent areas and rural areas), in all kinds of physical and climatic conditions

Language: Fluent in Turkish; Knowledge of Arabic and English is a plus.

Computer Skills: Ability to use Microsoft Office and Windows-based applications.

General terms and conditions

Safeguarding

Disabled beneficiaries, children and vulnerable adults must be safeguarded to the maximum possible extent from deliberate or inadvertent actions and failings that place them at risk of abuse, sexual exploitation, injury and any other harm. One of the ways that SENED shows this ongoing commitment to safeguarding is to include rigorous background and reference checks in the selection process for all candidates.

Diversity

SENED is committed to creating a genuinely inclusive, effective, and representative organizational culture, encouraging employee equity and diversity, and eliminating discrimination. Having a diverse profile of employees, different age groups, backgrounds, cultures, etc., including various experiences and capabilities, helps us understand, represent, and serve children better. Therefore, all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of race, religion, gender, disability, or age.

Procedures

If needed, SENED will submit a work permit application for the selected candidate after the job offer is accepted. Failure to provide the required documents or rejection of a work permit application by the Government of Türkiye will result in rescinding the employment offer.

This Job Description only serves as a guide for the position available. SENED reserves the right to change this document. Any published closing dates are estimated. Due to the nature of SENED’s work, we aim to fill vacancies as quickly as possible. This means we will close adverts as soon as we have found the right candidate, which may be before the published closing date. We would therefore advise interested applicants to apply as early as possible.

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