Basic Emergency Obstetrics and Newborn Care (BEmONC) Capacity Builders

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.
  

In collaboration with Jhpiego staff:

• 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.