Medical Assistant (Teknaf Base)
Job Description
Title: Medical Assistant (Teknaf Base)
Company Name: Terre des hommes
Vacancy: 4
Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Teknaf)
Employment Status: Full-time, Contractual
Educational Requirements:
∎ Diploma in MAT's (DMF) from a recognized medical institution of BMDC with internship completion.
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 2 year(s)
∎ The applicants should have experience in the following area(s):
Clinical Experience
Job Context:
∎ About Terre des hommes:
∎ Since 1960, Tdh has helped build a better future for deprived children and their communities, making an impact with innovative and sustainable solutions. Active in more than 45 countries, Tdh works with local and international partners to develop and implement field projects which improve the daily lives of over 3 million children and their relatives, in the domains of health, protection and emergency relief.
∎ Tdh is working in Bangladesh since 1974, with operations in the north of the country (Kurigram district), in the Dhaka district and in Cox Bazaar district. Tdh is implementing programs on Health, WASH, Access to Justice (social cohesion and conflict resolution), Migration and Child protection, both in development and emergency context.
∎ Following the massive displacement of around 900,000 Rohingya people into Bangladesh, since the end of August 2017, Tdh is implementing an emergency response program to provide relief to the Rohingya refugees and host communities, notably on Child protection, WASH and Health. Tdh`s Child Protection (CP) program consists of three main components: Psychosocial Support (PSS) to children, adolescents and caregivers; Case Management, including Alternative Care and Caring for Child Survivors, and Support to Community-based CP mechanisms.
∎ Purpose of the Post:
∎ Perform triage and admittance of patients
∎ Diagnosing patients
∎ Treating patients and if necessary refer them
∎ Administration and statistics
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Ensuring the quality of triage:
∎ Making sure the most severe cases are seen as a priority
∎ Regularly going through the waiting line in order to detect emergencies
∎ Examining newly admitted patients:
∎ Systematically checking measles vaccination status in children aged from 9 months to 5 years old (or 15 years old depending on the context) and from 6 months old during epidemic periods
∎ Asking all questions relating to complaints (start of the problems, symptoms, intensity of the pain, etc.) and undertaking a systematic examination of all patients
∎ Measuring the vital parameters of all patients: temperature, heart and respiratory rates, blood pressure etc.
∎ Registering the main elements of osculation on surveillance forms, along with the dates and times of patient arrivals
∎ Undertaking complementary examinations if necessary
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∎ Diagnosing the syndromes of the following pathologies or conditions:
∎ Uncomplicated malaria and isolated fever presumed malarial Pneumonia without signs of severity Gastritis
∎ Uncomplicated diarrhoea Stomatitis/oral candidiasis Sexually transmittable disease (STD)
∎ Bloody diarrhoea Conjunctivitis Scabies, tinea, lice
∎ Moderate dehydration High and low urinary infection (not very serious form) Worms
∎ Ear infection, throat infection, rhinitis Moderate anaemia Chickenpox
∎ Bronchitis Avitaminosis A Gynaecological problems
∎ Skin problems ENT problems Digestive problems
∎ Neurological problems Respiratory problems Urinary problems
∎ Asking appropriate questions according to the complaint verbalised by the patients
∎ Systematically checking measles vaccination status for children between 9 months and 5 years old (or 15 years old depending on the context) and from 6 months old during epidemic periods
∎ Measuring the brachial perimeter for children at risk of malnutrition
∎ Posing a diagnosis according to the symptoms presented by patients
∎ Treating pathological conditions from the list above, following the Tdh protocols:
∎ Prescribing whole treatments according to the pathologies diagnosed
∎ Explaining (in collaboration with the pharmacy manager) the treatment to patients and the importance of following them correctly
∎ Advising patients on basic hygiene measures and on what to do if the symptoms become worse
∎ Treating non-complicated wounds, treating first degree burns, being capable of treating an abscess
∎ Recognising and referring patients with conditions falling beyond his competencies:
∎ To the referral doctor for all cases requiring a medical/surgical opinion
∎ To the reference hospital for cases requiring emergency hospitalisation
∎ To the nutrition centre (if one exists) for children presenting signs of severe malnutrition
∎ Filling out consultation forms, the register and epidemiological information correctly:
∎ Registering the main elements and the diagnoses
∎ Making clear notes on medical prescriptions
∎ Ticking off the epidemiological form, distinguishing new cases from the old and choosing the most important diagnostic
∎ Informing the referral doctor of all abnormal increases of anyone pathology
∎ Other tasks:
∎ Watching over the rational use of medicines
∎ Participating in the management of the health care team
∎ Participating in team meetings
∎ Collecting statistical data on a weekly/monthly basis
∎ Pointing out all dysfunctions in the organisation of care to the supervisor or referral doctor
Additional Requirements:
∎ Both males and females are allowed to apply
∎ A minimum of 2 years post-registration (clinical) work experience
∎ Ability to cope with stress
∎ Ability to work well as part of a multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary team
∎ Ability to organize and prioritize workload, using initiative when appropriate
∎ Able to work independently
∎ Person with disability are encouraged to apply
Salary: Tk. 65550 (Monthly)
Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Health Cost Reimbursement
Application Deadline: 6 Feb 2021
Company Information:
∎ 21 Jan 2021
∎ Terre des hommes
∎ Address : Impulse Ocean View, Plot#68, Block#A, PWD Residential Area,Kolatoli, Coxs Bazar’.
∎ Web : www.tdh.ch/en
∎ Business : Terre des hommes Foundation (Tdh) is an International Non-Profit Private Organization operating in Bangladesh since 1974 in the fields of Child Protection, Healthcare, Nutrition, Emergency Relief, Water/Sanitation and Hygiene.
Category: NGO/Development
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Source: bdjobs.com
Deadline Expired on 6th Feb 2021
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