The State Midwifery Consultant will work from UNFPA, and S/he will be responsible for providing technical and program management support for planning, management and monitoring of activities related to midwifery programs.
As part of the work, the Consultant, under direction of the State Head, UNFPA will interact with the designated training institutions and will undertake field visits to the districts where SMTI is located for program planning, management, and monitoring. S/he will serve as a link between UNFPA and NHM for midwifery Programme strengthening at the SMTIs
Specific roles and responsibilities will include the following:
- Overall co-ordination of SMTI activities including training, mentoring and overall training implementation for the identified UNFPA supported SMTIs.
- Co-ordination between partner organizations NHM, UNFPA and District administration.
- Co-ordination with state government on developing Midwifery Led Care Units (MLCUs) and skill labs at SMTIs.
- Support Deputy Director-Maternal Health, NHM and UNFPA in conducting quality assurance for midwifery in the identified SMTIs.
- Organizing the various elements needed for training: This will include making sure schedules for teaching, trainee rotations are made and distributed to all parties, with gentle reminders and any required information support extended,
- Support midwifery educators and midwifery educator trainees in the training (clinical and classroom) and examination.
- Support the labour room sites to adopt ensure evidence-based clinical practices in co-ordination with the specialists.
- Support and undertake assessments of the institutes.
- Provide support in developing a reporting system.
- Facilitate learning visits of other states for the midwifery program.
- Support in the development of knowledge products in terms of midwifery and maternal health/ SRH guidelines to trainers, organizing scientific briefs, advocacy briefs and Audio-visual materials on midwifery program.
- Facilitate the strengthening the capacities of the staff nurses in the UNFPA focus districts in the State.
- Undertake any other related task assigned by UNFPA
