Midwife

Midwife © Mikkel Dalum/MSF

 

As a midwife with MSF, your experience in both complicated and normal deliveries will be essential. You could be involved in setting up a mother-child health department in a rural clinic, providing reproductive health care from mobile clinics or treating patients in an urban hospital. Your training skills will be crucial because you may be assigned to help traditional birth attendants develop new skills. At the same time, you will need to learn from the women you treat to understand cross-cultural issues surrounding childbirth. 

Watch Jean, an MSF midwife in Nigeria

Basic Requirements: 
  • Commitment to the aims and values of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
  • Minimum two years of significant and relevant professional experience post-qualification
  • Demonstrated ability to work well as a part of a multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary team
  • Experience in supervising, training and managing others
  • Flexibility and ability to cope with stress
  • Willingness to work in unstable environments
  • Minimum of 3 months' relevant travel or work experience in developing countries
  • Available to work in the field for a minimum of 9 months

MSF is always looking for people with language skills and at the moment we are particularly looking for field workers with good French.

You should meet all the basic as well as the essential requirements relevant to your profession before applying to MSF.

Essential Requirements: 
  • Valid An Bord Altranais – Irish Nursing Board registration as a midwife
  • Managerial and supervisory experience
  • Ability to train and coach other health workers
  • Willingness to be regularly on call for difficult and complicated deliveries
  • Current or recent clinical experience
Desirable Requirements: 
  • Diploma in tropical nursing or relevant work experience with tropical diseases (ideally 12 months in this type of setting)
  • Knowledge of STDs / HIV / AIDS
  • Family planning experience
  • Community midwifery experience

Ideally, you should apply 3-6 months before you are thinking of going overseas. 

If you feel that you meet our basic and specific requirements you can complete the application form online by clicking here