Medical Assistant, Health & Nutrition, Bhasan Char, HCMP

Job Description

Title: Medical Assistant, Health & Nutrition, Bhasan Char, HCMP

Company Name: BRAC

Vacancy: --

Age: Na

Job Location: Noakhali (Hatiya)

Salary: Negotiable

Experience:

• At least 1 year
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO, Development Agency

• Diploma in Medical Faculty/ Medicine from any reputed institute

• BMDC registration is required

• At least 1 year
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO, Development Agency

KNOWLEDGE:

• Sound understanding and experience of primary healthcare.

• Knowledge on patient care, immunization, triage, store management, medicine dispensing.

SKILLS:

• Good communication skills.

• Patient counseling

• Vaccination skills

COMPETENCIES:

• Demonstrated competency to work independently with minimum supervision.

• Demonstrated skills in clinical planning and decision making.

• Ability to work with people of various backgrounds, culture and religion.

• Ability to work under pressure, be flexible in challenging situation.

BRAC is an international development organisation founded in Bangladesh in 1972 that partners globally with over 100 million people living with inequality and poverty to create opportunities to realise their potential.

This position will be responsible for triage, dispensing medicine, Immunization, Consultation, and assisting the Medical Officer in medical care, triage management, emergency management, and patient referral following the proper protocol of the health sector.  Conducts triage and segregate patients according to priority and sends them to respective departments for care.

• Consultation of green patients as per BMDC rules.

• Push immunizations shot for the clients.

• Dispense medicine according to the proper guidelines and doctor’s prescriptions.

• Provide information and counseling about drug doses, indications, side-effect to patients to improve their health.

• Manages a store in the health center.

• Provides counselling and treatment to NCD patients

• Prepares and submitting of DHIS-2, EWARS and other reports.

• Helps HP Manager/Medical officer in record keeping and reporting.

• Regularly prepares requisition for medicine and other logistics.

• Attend regular meeting, seminar, and workshop.

• Maintain a functional coordination with different stakes in the camp (CiC, Site management, Camp health focal and other health partners).

• Ensure effective coordination and communication within different projects under Health and Nutrition Sector.

• Prepare and submit daily and monthly reports.

• Established Patient friendly services and a healthy working environment

Safeguarding

• Ensure the safety of Programme Participants, people who come into contact with the organisation and team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation including sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) to achieve the programme`s goals of safeguarding implementation. Act as a key source of support, guidance and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment

• Practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action

• Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place and encourage others to do so

• Mobile bill

• Weekly 2 holidays

• Free accommodation

• Festival Bonus

• Health & Life Insurance

• Paternity/ Maternity leave

• others as per Organisation policy.