VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

Job title:

MaternalChildHealthAide (MCH-Aide)

Work Location:

Primary Health Care (Wellbody)

Department:

Clinical

Reportto:

Midwife

Requisition Number

Line Management

No

ApplicationStatus

OrganizationProfile

Partners In Health (PIH) is an international health organization relentlessly committed to improving the health of the poor and marginalized. PIH partners with local governments to build local capacity and works closely with impoverished communities to deliver high-quality health care, address the root causes of illness, train providers, advance research, and advocate for global policy change.Our delivered services in the fieldare basedin our partnership with the Governments and Ministries of Health and the support to education, training and mentorship to Health care workers and students is one of our pillars for the Health care system strengthening.

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:

PartnersInHealth (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 healthcentreand to referral hospitals.

The MCH Aide 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. The MCH Aide will work closely under the supervision of the facility midwife and the Wellbody clinical lead

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• 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
• Newborncare to all infants born. Identify, liaise with the clinical team and prepare for transfer sick babies to KGH/MCOE or Birth Waiting Homefor 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 documentationis maintainedin 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 foremergency and obstetricand 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 laborthrough the use ofthepartographLabour Care Guideand 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.

Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse

At Partners In Health, we are committed to ensuring that those who benefit from our work- including our patients, families and community members – as well as our staffare treated with dignity and respect and protected from sexual exploitation, abuse and sexual harassment. A range of pre-employment checkswill be undertakenin conformity with Partner In Health’s PSEAH policy. Partner In Health will request information from applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment duringemployment,or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.

Social Justice

We are a global health and social justice organization that responds to the moral imperative to provide high-quality health care globally to those who need it most. We strive to ease suffering by placing patients at the center of all care, bringing the benefits of modern medicine to all.

Method of application

Interested candidates are required to apply through our website:www.pih.org/employmentIn your application, please ensure to include names, addresses, email addresses and telephone numbers of three (3)referees not later than 12:00pm GMT (Midnight) on30/06/2026