OT Assistant - Floating Hospital

Job Description

Title: OT Assistant - Floating Hospital

Company Name: Friendship

Vacancy: 1

Age: Na

Job Location: Anywhere in Bangladesh

Salary: Negotiable

Experience:

• At least 3 years

• Diploma in Medical

• Diploma in Medical Faculty (DMF) from MATS with valid BMDC registration/ Diploma in Medical Technology (major in OT Assistant) from Institute of Health Technology.

• At least 3 years

• 3 years Experiences in General OT.
• Excellent communication skills and desire to learn.
• Flexible, highly committed & motivated to work in remote locations, specially in riverine areas.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Good teamwork exposure.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook) are other pre-requisites.

Responsibilities:

• Assist surgeon during surgery.
• Prepare patient for procedure/surgery.
• Monitor and ensure functionality of Operation Theater equipment/instrument and ensure proper sterilization.
• Support Eye unit, Dental unit and other unit whenever required.
• Carry out Behavioral Change Communication (BCC) for patients during health sessions.
• Managing the OT stock and logistics and timely reporting.
• Maintain daily departmental quality checklist.
• Prepare surgical patient list for secondary health camp.

Activities:

• Prepare Operation Theatre for the surgery.
• To assist any surgery with surgeon.
• To counsel patient and patient attendance regarding surgical procedure.
• Take consent in consent form from the patient.
• Perform regular dressing of post-operative patients and other patients who undergone any procedure/surgery.
• To perform sterilization procedures (autoclave, ETO) for surgical instruments as daily basis and maintain logbook of sterilization.
• Ensure support to eye department, and dental unit as need based.
• Prepare monthly/quarterly requisition for OT surgical items and consumables.
• Help to prepare OT requisition for secondary medical camps, regular surgery and procedure.
• Manage the recovery ward patient and actively help in post operative management.
• Help to maintain the cleanliness of the tent both inside and outside during secondary health camps.
• Support in providing health camp medicines requisition during secondary camps.
• Ensure daily quality checklist with assets status (functional or not) – Daily.
• Prepare monthly report of OT activities and stock balance of OT medicine, expiry date of medicine and near expiry medicine list.
• Inform and disseminate program activities to the community leaders, allied people and FCMs through outreach and BCC team as a part of BCC team.
• Attend Training on Infection Prevention Practice (IPC) under supervision of Programme Manager.
• Adhere to the safeguarding and organizational policy and code of conduct.
• Any work assigned by supervisor.