Maternal Child Health Aide (MCH-Aide)

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 PIH currently has implementation programs in Haiti, Rwanda, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Peru, Mexico, Russia, Sierra Leone and Navajo Nation. Through our partnership with Harvard Medical School and the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, we support a wide range of programs in dozens of other countries around the world. 

 Our Work In Sierra Leone:

Partners In Health (PIH) began supporting the government of Sierra Leone in response to the Ebola epidemic in October 2014. Recognizing the large need for continued investments in the health system after Ebola, PIH is committed to long-term health system strengthening in support of the Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MOHS), guided by the same principles as our emergency response and our work around the world: public sector accompaniment, integrated and comprehensive services, social justice, nimbleness and flexibility, partnership, community ownership, and evidence-based interventions. In the aftermath of the epidemic, PIH is committed to supporting the delivery of comprehensive health services in Sierra Leone, from the community level to the health centre and to referral hospitals.

• Provide high quality antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care to pregnant women, new mothers and their babies, including provision of the full package of antenatal care services as per the Sierra Leone national
• Newborn care to all infants born. Identify, liaise with the clinical team and prepare for transfer sick babies to KGH/MCOE or Birth Waiting Home for further treatment as needed.
• Provide routine daily postnatal care for women and infants through to 6 weeks postpartum.
• Liaise with the midwife to evaluate postnatal patients prior to discharge and provide discharge counseling to ensure that mothers are able to care for their newborns competently and confidently.
• 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 services in line with MOHS and WHO standards.
• Ensure that the delivery center is protocols and guidelines for emergency and obstetric and newborn care.
• Do triage and monitor the vital signs of patients when needed
• 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/Labour Care Guide and other monitoring tools in use in the department.
• Provide daily essential kept clean and free from health hazards
• Ensure that delivery instruments are clean, sterilized and kept in their appropriate places
• 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 Wellbody Clinical Lead.
• Work rotating shifts, including significant night shift coverage, and rotating “on call” weekends.
• Other responsibilities related to the work as required.

Requirements

• Certification: Must hold an MCH Aide certification.
• Experience: Minimum of two years of relevant experience in maternal and newborn health services.