Medical Officer, Hard to Reach, BRAC Health Programme (BHP)

Job Description

Title: Medical Officer, Hard to Reach, BRAC Health Programme (BHP)

Company Name: BRAC

Vacancy: --

Age: Na

Job Location: Anywhere in Bangladesh

Salary: Negotiable

Experience: --

Published: 2026-08-28

Application Deadline: 2026-09-03

Education:

Requirements: --

Skills Required:

Additional Requirements:

Responsibilities & Context:

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide comprehensive clinical services at BRAC PHCs in hard-to-reach Char and Haor areas, including patient consultation, examination, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up.

• Travel to remote Char or Haor locations and stay overnight at designated PHCs when required to ensure continuity of services.

• Provide comprehensive ANC services, including risk assessment, counselling, identification and management of complications, timely referral, and follow-up.

• Perform obstetric ultrasonography (USG) as an integral component of comprehensive ANC services.

• Assess and manage newborns, children, adolescents, and patients with common acute and chronic illnesses at the primary healthcare level.

• Screen, assess, manage, counsel, and follow up patients with NCDs, particularly hypertension and diabetes.

• Identify high-risk pregnancies and maternal/newborn danger signs, initiate appropriate management, and ensure timely referral and follow-up.

• Review diagnostic and point-of-care test results and provide appropriate clinical decisions and management.

• Work collaboratively with midwives, paramedics, CHWs, and other PHC staff, providing clinical guidance and mentorship on patient management and referral.

• Ensure adherence to BRAC protocols, national guidelines, infection prevention and control standards, and quality-of-care requirements.

• Deliver patient-centred, quality clinical care effectively in challenging and resource-constrained settings.

• Perform other clinical or programme-related responsibilities assigned by the supervisor.

SAFEGUARDING RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Ensure the safety of team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation to achieve the programme’s goals on 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, encourage others to do so.

Festival Bonus, Health and Life Insurance, Maternity/ Paternity Leave and others as per policy.