Improving access to quality basic emergency obstetrics and newborn care is critical to reducing these preventable maternal and newborn deaths and is a top priority of the Government of Nigeria (GoN).
Aligning with the commitment of the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (FMOHSW) to ensure that “no woman dies during pregnancy, childbirth and in postpartum”, Jhpiego, with funding from United States Government through the
Department of States in Nigeria is providing technical assistance to GoN to bridge lingering gaps in the capacities of doctors, nurses, midwives, and Community Health Extension Workers (CHEWs) working in MCGL supported Primary Health Care (PHC) facilities with Kebbi State to provide life saving BEmONC signal functions.
- Each ad-hoc staff will participate in a 5-day skills standardization and pre-training planning workshop to be organized by Jhpiego.
- Conduct an advocacy visit to the SPHCDA prior to the commencement of the training and participate in a post-training debrief of stakeholders.
- Conduct a 7-day on-site capacity building of an average of 6 healthcare care workers at the PHC, which would include community health extension workers, community midwives, nurses and midwives.
- Conduct a 4-day follow-up mentoring of the trained healthcare workers to strengthen their confidence and competence in using the newly acquired knowledge and skills.
- Conduct pre- and post-test assessments for each of the modules of the training package.
- Submit a comprehensive report at the end of the training and at the end of the mentoring within 5 working days after completion of each task.
Required Qualifications
- Must be a practicing medical doctor, or registered nurse and/or registered midwife in one of the General Hospitals where Comprehensive Emergency Obstetrics and Newborn Care (CEmONC) training was recently conducted in Kebbi State.
- Evidence of up-to-date annual practicing license issued by either the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (for doctors) or the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (for Nurses and/or Midwives).
- Acquired at least 5 years post-MBBS, or post-nursing and/or midwifery bedside clinical practicing experience in a secondary health facility in Kebbi State.
- Evidence of successful completion of an onsite hands-on competency-based comprehensive emergency obstetrics and newborn care training (or refresher training) within the last 12 months.
- Evidence of strong clinical facilitation, mentoring or coaching skills.
- Evidence of strong analytical and communication skills.
Duration of Consultancy:
Maximum of 14 (fourteen) non-consecutive working days (unless otherwise extended by Jhpiego) as follows:
- On-site training – 7 days
- Mentoring – 4 days
- Report writing – 2 days
- Advocacy visit and debrief meeting – 1 day
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should apply via the link below