Medical Assistant
Job Description
Title: Medical Assistant
Company Name: Gonoshasthaya Kendra, Cox's Bazar
Vacancy: Not specific
Job Location: Noakhali, Cox's Bazar (Teknaf, Ukhia)
Employment Status: Full-time
Educational Requirements:
∎ Diploma in Medical
∎ Diploma in Medical Faculty (DMF) or Diploma Medical Assistant (DMA) With Valid BMDC Registration by State Medical Faculty of Bangladesh.
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 2 year(s)
Job Context:
∎ GK was created in 1972 with two visions. Firstly, "the fate of the poor decides the fate of the country". Secondly, the "development of the country depends on the development of women". Since 2017, Gonoshasthaya Kendra (GK) and UNHCR have entered in a partnership to respond to the Rohingya crisis.
∎ Working Place: Teknaf, Ukhiya Cox`s Bazar/ Bhasanchar, Noakhali
Job Responsibilities:
∎ To diagnose and treat patients in the outpatient department in accordance with GK protocols.
∎ To assist with triaging patients in the waiting area according to the triage protocol.
∎ To provide medical care in emergencies anywhere in the clinic at any time.
∎ To take responsibility for inpatients after hours and on weekends (or whenever necessary) which involves daily ward rounds, close monitoring of sick patients, admissions and discharges, as well as seeing and treating emergency patients that present to the clinic.
∎ To be on alert and inform the Medical Team Leader and/or expat team of any notifiable diseases, outbreaks, or other health hazards
∎ To participate, as needed, in the multidisciplinary care of HIV/TB patients, psychiatric care, and SGBV.
∎ To participate in relevant meetings and training.
∎ To perform all activities in a manner that demonstrates respect for the individual and maintains confidentiality of information relating to patients.
∎ To assist in other healthcare and emergency response activities in- and outside the clinic as requested.
∎ Special Note :
∎ Carry out any additional assignment in accordance with her/his position entrusted by the Medical Team Leader of GK from time to time and mutually agreed upon;
∎ Management may, at any point of time, modify this job description as it is deemed necessary in Gonoshastha Kendra's interests in consultation with an incumbent.
Additional Requirements:
∎ Minimum 1-year working experience on Rohingya camp will be preferred
∎ Good organizational skills.
∎ Good communication skills.
∎ Ability to cope with stress working in camp environment.
∎ Good command of English and Chitagonian/ Rohigya language as asset.
∎ Flexibility to perform other tasks and take initiative when required.
∎ Cultural awareness/sensitivity and empathy to the target population.
∎ Awareness and observation of universal medical ethics.
Salary: Negotiable
Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.
Application Deadline: 28 Dec 2021
Company Information:
∎ 24 Dec 2021
∎ Gonoshasthaya Kendra, Cox's Bazar
∎ Address : 40/ A, Mukti Jodda Shoroni, Saimon Road, Baharchara, Cox's Bazar.
∎ Web : www.gkcox.org
Category: NGO/Development
: Only shortlisted applicants will be called upon for interviews. The selected candidates need to be joined by 1st January 2022.
