Wings of Healing started medical missions in Ethiopia 2011. We conducted 2 medical campaigns every year till 2015. Since then we carried more frequent campaigns. Up to July 2021, WOH carried out over 40 medical missions and performed over 2600 surgical procedures for pelvic organ prolapse and over 100 procedures for different types of gynaecological cancer. We focus on providing care in the rural areas where expertise and facilities are limited. WOH provides all the surgical material required and provided assistance for patients’ travel. During many campaigns, patients received as well food and clothes. We are currently focusing on training local doctors and nurses in Ethiopia to deliver the service in many parts of the country. We have provided cervical screening to over 10,000 women in Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charities and many local hospitals and Health Centres. This has prevented at least 3,000 cases of cervical cancer.

Responsibilities

Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to

• Improving basic preventive health care among the IDP in line with public health emergency management with emphasis on preventing maternal and new born deaths.
• Conduct & undertake family health services
• Provide ANC, PNC, delivery and essential new born care.
• Provide iron supplementation, TT vaccine, FP counseling
• Strengthening of early referrals mechanism all obstetrics complications and other maternal and child health illnesses.
• Ensure all referral cases are properly transported to the nearest health facility based on the availability of ambulance and seriousness of the illness.
• Strengthening of linkages and coordination mechanisms between community and the Woreda health bureaus.
• Support HWs and HEWs on how to provide quality maternal and child health services.
• Conduct planning and promotion of awareness creation on nutrition and preventative health care issues in the community

Job Requirement

• Bsc/Msc in midwifery with a minimum of two years of experience for Bsc and one for Msc
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with strong interpersonal skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and other information processing software.
• Strong organizational skills, and ability to work independently with minimal guidance.
• Fluency in written and spoken English and Amharic.

Place of work: Tigray, Ethiopia