Job Detail

International Medical Corps (IMC) is a global humanitarian nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training and relief programs. IMC is carrying out medical relief services in several provinces of Afghanistan.

Job Purpose

The Community midwife / female nurse works in Mobile Psychosocial Team to predominantly provide awareness of basic health messages focused on women and girl’s needs, provide first aid services, referrals to the health facilities and work closely with Psychosocial Counsellor to support women and girls holistically to meet their needs.

Main Duties & Responsibilities:

• provide awareness on basic health messages focused on women and girls needs, provide first aid service, referral to the health facilities and work closely with Psychosocial Counsellor to support women and girls holistically to meet their needs.
• Ensure informed consent before providing medical assistance to women and girls and their children.
• Ensure Safe Referral of vulnerable women and girls to the nearby health facilities in case of need.
• Demonstrate and ensure the highest quality of culturally sensitive education on child/early marriage, family planning, or other related topics from the Islamic perspective in the targeted communities.
• Provide information on available services and assistance to vulnerable women and girls
• Keeping records of the work completed
• Working in a team and ensuring that problems are identified in the initial stages and solved amicably. 
• Provide support to the PSS / Training Officer with adequate information, weekly, monthly, and quarterly reporting, and problem-solving
• Attending all relevant meetings requested by the supervisor relevant to the project goals.
• Assist in other duties requested by the supervisor.

Organizational Responsibilities

Policy Adherence

• Adhere to the Code of Conduct, maintain humanitarian principles and respect international humanitarian law.

Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse:

• Actively promote PSEA (Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse) standards within International Medical Corps and amongst beneficiaries served by International Medical Corps.

Compliance & Ethics:

• Promotes and encourages a culture of compliance and ethics throughout the International Medical Corps. As applicable to the position, maintains a clear understanding of International Medical Corps and donor compliance and ethics standards and adheres to those standards.  Conducts work with the highest level of integrity

Safeguarding

• It is all staff’s shared responsibility and obligation to safeguard and protect populations with whom we work, including adults who may be particularly vulnerable and children. This includes safeguarding from the following conduct by our staff or partners: sexual exploitation and abuse; exploitation, neglect, or abuse of children and adults at risk; and any form of trafficking in persons.