Medical Officer

Job Description

Title: Medical Officer

Company Name: Muslim Aid UK Bangladesh Field Office

Vacancy: 01

Age: At most 45 years

Job Location: Pabna (Pabna Sadar)

Salary: Tk. 40000 (Monthly)

Experience:

• 3 to 6 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO, Development Agency, Hospital

• Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery(MBBS)
• Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery(MBBS) in Medicine

• MPH degree will be counted as an added competence

• Bangladesh Medical & Dental Council (BM & DC)

• 3 to 6 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO, Development Agency, Hospital

• Age At most 45 years

• Must be Certified from The Bangladesh Medical & Dental Council (BM & DC)

Job Purpose: Medical officers are physicians who manage all aspects related to patient care within their departments. S/he is an appropriately qualified and registered medical professional with the knowledge and skills to provide personal, familial and community-orientated comprehensive primary care medical services to individuals. As part of the general practice team, he/she is responsible for providing patient-centered, culturally appropriate, and individual holistic care to a defined population. They are also required to oversee daily operations, serve as clinical advisors, and investigate any problems that may arise. In this role, his/her duties will include serving as a clinical advisor, overseeing clinical trials, and maintaining high standards of inpatient and outpatient care. S/he would also work closely with the nursing team to provide clinical guidance, education, and support. Patients should feel that they have been dealt with in a professional, friendly, and courteous manner.

Key Accountabilities:

Primary Care service      

• Urgent medical and nursing services (including resuscitation, stabilization assessment and diagnosis, treatment and referral as necessary).

• Assess the urgency and severity of presenting problems through history taking, examination and investigation.     

• Recommending and, where appropriate, undertaking treatment options and carrying out/referring for appropriate interventions and procedures, including but not limited to prescribing, minor surgery and other general practice procedures, counseling, psychological interventions, advising, and education.      

• Referral for diagnostic, therapeutic, and support services as required.

Maintaining Health Service    

• Ongoing health and development assessment and advice.      

• Appropriate evidence-based screening, risk assessment, and early detection of illness, disease, and disability. 

• Use of recall and reminder systems and referral, as appropriate, to national screening programmes.     

• Interventions to assist people to reduce or change risky and harmful lifestyle behavior.  

• Family planning services, provision of contraceptive advice, and sexual health services.  

• Ensure Immunisation programmes are available to the practice population.

• Working with public health providers in the prevention and control of communicable diseases for individuals and families and reporting to relevant public health providers. 

• Ongoing care and support for people with chronic and terminal conditions to reduce deterioration, increase independence and reduce suffering linking, where relevant, with appropriate service providers.

Co-ordinating Care

In particular,   

• Coordinating an individual’s rehabilitation process and participating where appropriate in providing recovery-orientated services to restore normal functioning.

• Developing collaborative working relationships with community health services non-government public health providers and relevant non-health agencies to help address intersectoral issues affecting the health of their enrolled populations.

• Establishing links with a range of primary and secondary health care providers and developing initiatives to enable patient-centric, coordinated care that meets the needs of individuals and their families. 

Improving Health

Improve patient health through,

• Health promotion to the practices’ enrolled population, linking to public health programmes at a national, regional, and local level and utilizing such programmes to target specific populations.

• Health education, counseling, and information provision about how to improve health and prevent disease and interventions or treatments that treat risk factors. 

Financial      

• Ensure all patient services undertaken are charged out in accordance with appropriate protocols.      

• Assist with the provision of information for practice reporting requirements, as requested. 

Communication      

• Professional liaison with other health professionals is maintained.

• All staff are informed, as appropriate, about anything that they should be aware of regarding a patient, or the internal workings of the practice.

• Staff and team meetings are attended as requested.

• All staff problems or issues are referred to the hospital manager in the first instance. 

Quality and Compliance

• All patient consultations must be accurately recorded in the clinical patient notes within 24 hours of seeing the patient.      

• Participation in clinical audit as required or other clinical or administrative indication.

• Participate in the significant event management process in place in the practice. 

• Participate in practice accreditation or other quality improvement systems.

• All complaints are to be referred to the Hospital Manager in the first instance. If unresolved then you are expected to co-operate with other resolution methods including with the Muslim Aid policy and procedures. 

• Total confidentiality and privacy of patients must be maintained. 

Health & Safety

• Comply with established health and safety policies with regard to handling of instruments, storage of drugs, and disposal of sharp and other potentially dangerous equipment and substances. Comply with the current Medical Waste Regulation law of Bangladesh. 

Other duties

• Hours of work are set out in the Employment Agreement, however, there may be times when you are required to undertake other duties outside of these hours as requested. This may involve attendance at meetings, staff meetings, or training sessions or to attend emergency patients.

• Festival Bonus: 2

As per organization`s policy.