MEDICAL ASSISTANT

Job Description

Title: MEDICAL ASSISTANT

Company Name: Medecins Sans Frontieres/ Doctors Without Borders (MSF)

Vacancy: Not specific

Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Ukhia)

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ Essential, Medical Assistant Diploma

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 1 year(s)

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Accountabilities
∎ • Ensuring quality triage activities, detecting incoming emergencies, in order to prioritize the provision of medical care to the most severe cases.
∎ • Proceeding to clinical examination, diagnosis of symptoms and conditions presented by patients, undertaking systematic and complementary examination, and obtaining accurate information (vaccination status, malnourishment detection, vital parameters, etc.) in order to propose appropriate treatment and ensure patients data traceability (epidemiological information, consultation forms, test results.).
∎ • Within his competences, establishing medical treatments in Outside Patients Department (OPD) according to diagnosed pathologies, identifying potential counter-indications of certain medicines and adapting the doses to patient’s individual needs (age, weight and other particularities) in order ensure therapy success.
∎ • Within his competences applying treatment and follow-up activities, according to MSF medical and prevention protocols such as PEP and SGBV and implementing PTE protocols, keeping contact with all patients, providing information and explanation regarding their health conditions, the treatments and the importance of following them correctly, and basic hygiene and nutrition praxis, in order to enhance a preventive culture among the population
∎ • Ensuring referral of patients whose health condition requires the consultation of a specialist (e.g. to the doctor for all difficult/complicated cases, to the reference, hospital for emergency hospitalization, to the nutritional centre for children presenting signs of malnutrition,, etc.,) in order to ensure the most appropriate health care.
∎ • Filling in consultation forms, registers and any epidemiological information for each patient, noting clearly medical prescriptions and test results and registers main elements and diagnoses. Collecting statistical data and report on any epidemiological risk (abnormal increases in certain pathologies or in the number of consultations), in order to actively implement appropriate measures.
∎ • Monitoring the rational use of medicines and medical equipment, in order to ensure efficient health care treatments under budget constraints and to avoid service disruption.
∎ • Ensuring that all staff using medical devices are qualified and trained. Ensuring cleaning and minor maintenance tasks are performed according to the protocols. Reporting any malfunction to the project biomedical service
∎ • Strictly applying all rules of hygiene during all medical activities, according to standards in place
∎ PEP =Post Exposure Prophylaxis, SGBV = Sexual and Gender Based Violence, PTE = Patient Therapeutic Education
∎ MSF Section/Context Specific Accountabilities
∎ • Screening, traige of SARI (severe acute respiratory infection) and Covid-19 patients in MSF isolation facilities, including Rubber Garden SARI isolation-treatment center, according to MSF protocols.
∎ • Provide treatment to Covid-19 mild and moderate patients under the supervison of MD/MAM following MSF protocols.
∎ • Treatment of non-covid-19 patients (in the OPD, ER, Pediatrics, Adult and neonatal wards) in MSF facilities, according to MSF protocols, under the supervison and consultation with MDs/MAM.
∎ • Ensure strict IPC standard are followed in the all MSF facilities, and yourself..
∎ • Fexible to work in treating Covid-19 and non-Covid-19 patients in all MSF facations and locations.
∎ • Able to perform day and night shifts according to rosters.
∎ • Participate in trainings conducted by MSF, and where possible provide training to other colleagues – including nurses, nurse aid etc etc..
∎ • Proper collection, documentation, analysis and reporting patient data.
∎ • Submit timely reports, when required.

Additional Requirements:
∎ Both males and females are allowed to apply
∎ Experience: Essential clinically certified work experience of at least 1 year
∎ Languages: Essential working local language, English Desirable
∎ Knowledge: Desirable computer literacy
∎ Competencies: Results and Quality Orientation L2, Teamwork and Cooperation L2, Behavioural Flexibility L2, Commitment to MSF Principles L2 , Stress Management L3

Application Deadline: April 27, 2020

Company Information:
∎ Medecins Sans Frontieres/ Doctors Without Borders (MSF)
∎ Address : 5th Floor, Khawaja Palace, Plot N. 76, Ro-11, Banani, Dhaka-1213, Bangladesh.
∎ Business : Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) is an international medical humanitarian organization working in many countries worldwide. MSF has been working in Bangladesh since 1992. MSF was awarded the prestigious `Nobel Peace Prize` in 1999 for its pioneering humanitarian activities since 1971 in several continents.

Category: NGO/Development

Read Before Apply: • All incomplete applications or those not clearly labelled will be rejected.• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews/testing.• Application documents are non-returnable; please do not submit original documents.• No applications will be accepted after the deadline.• Only Bangladesh citizens will be considered for this position.• No monetary, goods or service offers, nor favoritism, will be tolerated in a recruitment process. MSF reserves the right to refuse any candidate having benefited from such acts. Any illicit solicitations can be reported to the justice system. MSF reserves the right to refuse any candidate having benefited from such acts and will stop collaboration with any workers involved in such acts.