Community Medical Assistant, Nutrition and Health

Job Description

Title: Community Medical Assistant, Nutrition and Health

Company Name: Action Contre la Faim (ACF)

Vacancy: 05

Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Teknaf, Ukhia)

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ Diploma in Medical
∎ Medical Assistant Training Course or equivalent (at least 3-years course) with valid BMDC registration.

Experience Requirements:
∎ 1 to 2 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ CONTRACT DURATION: 31st December, 2020
∎ START DATE: As Soon As Possible
∎ JOB LOCATION: Cox`s Bazar (Ukhiya and Teknaf)
∎ CONTRACT TYPE: Fixed Term
∎ Community Medical Assistant is responsible for enhancing coordination between Stabilization Centers and Nutrition and Health Centers, detection and referral of suitable cases to inpatient nutrition centers.

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Objective 1: Coordination between Stabilization Centers and Nutrition/ Health Centers:
∎ Visit the Nutrition/ Health centers and sensitize SC admission and referral criteria.
∎ Visit the Nutrition/ Health center to ensure that the admission criteria for referral to SC are respected.
∎ Provide proper counselling to the caregivers while referring to the SC.
∎ Perform medical examination of the patients called for and take the patients to SC, if applicable.
∎ Visit the Nutrition center while discharging the patients, and ensure proper referral by collecting the reception copy of the referral slip.
∎ Accompany the patient when there is a medical transfer to a higher center.
∎ Maintain proper communication and collaboration with other partner organizations (Save the Children, MSF, IOM etc.).
∎ Ensure that close follow up and feedback system is in place for the referral cases between SC, health posts, PHCs and nutrition centers.
∎ Objective 2: Field/ Home Visit:
∎ Visit the households of the defaulter/ absent beneficiaries.
∎ Follow up visit the households of the non-breastfed babies to ensure hygiene practices, along with volunteers.
∎ Visit the household of the CMAMI beneficiaries to crosscheck information before enrolling into management of non-breastfed children.
∎ Objective 3: Data management and reporting:
∎ Prepare the Health/ Nutrition center visit report regularly.
∎ Prepare the home visit report.
∎ Inform any urgent issue to line manager/DPM/PM related to Stabilization Center or catchment area.
∎ Objective 4: Proactively support ACF’s commitments to gender equality, child protection and disability sensitivity
∎ Read and ensure a full understanding of ACFs Gender Minimum Standards & Child Protection Policies, asking questions and/or for support when necessary;
∎ Implement all work related activities with a gender, disability and child protection lens, taking into account the different needs, concerns and ideas of our staff and beneficiaries;
∎ Ensure the incorporation of gender equity principles in all policies and activities;
∎ Encourage the participation of all genders in meeting and on committees;
∎ Help build an inclusive office environment where people do not feel disadvantaged or judged according to their gender or limited due to manageable disability.

Additional Requirements:
∎ Communication skills - Excellent interpersonal skills
∎ Good command on Microsoft word and excel
∎ Ability to work under pressure in a stressful environment, showing patience, compassion and diplomacy.
∎ Consultation/ counselling skill
∎ Community based activity skill
∎ Experience in management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAMI, CMAM, IYCF, care practices) is a plus.
∎ Experience in refugee camp is a preferable.

Salary: Tk. 36574 (Monthly)

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Festival Bonus: 1 month Gross salary every year
∎ Provident Fund: 7.5% of Basic Salary
∎ Performance Bonus: from 30 % to 80% of monthly Gross salary per year depending on performance
∎ End of Contract Benefits: As per organization policy
∎ Medical coverage: 80% hospitalization coverage medical expenses (max limit BDT 120,000 per year)
∎ 18 days of paid annual leave per year
∎ 10 days of paid casual leave per year
∎ 14 days of paid sick leave per year
∎ Paternity Leave, Compassionate Leave, Maternity Leave and Marriage Leave
∎ Birth Allowance and Marriage Allowance
∎ Mobile Allowance and Food Allowance
∎ Free and unlimited access to the certifying e-learning platform Cross knowledge
∎ Participation to external training costs upon eligibility of the request

Application Deadline: April 17, 2020

Company Information:
∎ Action Contre la Faim (ACF)
∎ Address : Orin Tower, House # 23, Road # 113/A, Gulshan - 2, Dhaka 1212
∎ Web : www.actioncontrelafaim.org
∎ Business : Action Contre la Faim | Action Against Hunger is a humanitarian non-Governmental, non-political, neutral and non-profit international organization (INGO) that was established in France in 1979 to deliver aid in countries throughout the world. The aim of Action Against Hunger is to save lives by combating Hunger and Disasters that threaten the Lives of vulnerable Children, Women & Men. Since 2007, Action Against Hunger has been providing assistance to vulnerable populations in Bangladesh in the arena of Nutrition & Health, Mental Health & Care Practices (MHCP), Food Security & Livelihoods (FSL & DRR), and Water Sanitation & Hygiene (WaSH).

Category: NGO/Development