Medical Assistant (Teknaf Base)
Job Description
Title: Medical Assistant (Teknaf Base)
Company Name: Terre des hommes - Cox's Bazar
Vacancy: 01
Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Teknaf)
Employment Status: Contractual
Educational Requirements:
∎ Medical qualification of minimum 4 years: medical practitioner, general medical technician, higher qualified than a Nurse, but not Medical Doctor, with the authority to prescribe medication
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 2 year(s)
Job Context:
∎ Perform triage and admittance of patients
∎ Diagnosis 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
∎ 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:
∎ Gender Equality: Tdh is committed to achieving gender parity in staffing at all levels. In light of this, women candidates are particularly encouraged to apply to bridge the gender gap.
∎ 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
∎ This job description may be amended in line with the activities or evaluation of the Mission.
Salary: Tk. 65550 (Monthly)
Application Deadline: June 9, 2020
Company Information:
∎ Terre des hommes - Cox's Bazar
∎ 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 and Water/Sanitation.
Category: NGO/Development
Source: bdjobs.com
Deadline Expired on 9th Jun 2020
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