OT Assistant (Floating Hospital)

Job Description

Title: OT Assistant (Floating Hospital)

Company Name: Friendship

Vacancy: 1

Age: At least 22 years

Job Location: Anywhere in Bangladesh

Salary: Negotiable

Experience:

• At least 3 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO, Hospital

• At least 3 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO, Hospital

• Age At least 22 years

• Experience in managing a surgical camp

• Excellent communication skills and desire to learn.

• Flexible, highly committed & motivated to work in remote locations, especially in riverine areas.

• Strong interpersonal skills. - Good teamwork exposure.

Responsibilities:

• Prepare the operation theatre before scheduled Surgery.

• Prepare patient for procedure/surgery.

• Ensure the OT is clean, disinfected, organized, and ready for surgery

• Assist surgeon during surgery.

• Prepare surgical sets according to the type of procedure

• Check availability and functionality of surgical instruments, equipment, consumables, PPE, and emergency supplies. Ensure availability of sterile instruments, gowns, gloves, drapes, and other required materials.

• 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 the operation theatre before scheduled Surgery.

• Prepare patient for procedure/surgery.

• Ensure the OT is clean, disinfected, organized, and ready for surgery

• Assist surgeon during surgery.

• Prepare surgical sets according to the type of procedure

• Check availability and functionality of surgical instruments, equipment, consumables, PPE, and emergency supplies. Ensure availability of sterile instruments, gowns, gloves, drapes, and other required materials.

• Carry out Behavioral Change Communication (BCC) for patients during health sessions.

• Prepare surgical patient list for secondary health camp.

• Assist the surgeon, medical officer, nurse, and other OT team members during surgical procedures.

• Maintain aseptic technique and support infection prevention practices throughout the procedure.

• Assist with positioning and preparation of patients as instructed.

• Assist with specimen handling, labeling, and safe transfer where applicable.

• Maintain awareness of the surgical count of instruments, needles, gauze, and other materials in coordination with the OT team.

• Support emergency procedures and resuscitation activities as instructed

• Counsel patient and patient attendant regarding surgical procedure.

• Take consent in consent form from the patient.

• Maintain patient privacy, dignity, and confidentiality.

• Perform regular dressing of post-operative patients and other patients who undergone any procedure/surgery.

• Operate and maintain the autoclave/sterilization equipment as trained as daily basis and maintain logbook of sterilization.

• Maintain sterilization records, including cycle details and indicator.

• Ensure proper segregation and disposal of medical and surgical waste.

• Assist with safe transfer of patients from the OT after surgery.

• Clean and disinfect the OT, operating table, instruments, and other surfaces after each procedure.

• Replenish surgical supplies and prepare the OT for the next procedure.

• Ensure used instruments are properly transferred for cleaning and sterilization.

• Maintain proper disposal of sharps and other medical waste.

• Maintain OT registers, surgical procedure records, sterilization logs, instrument registers, and other assigned documentation.

• Record daily OT activities and consumption of surgical supplies.

• Support preparation of periodic OT activity reports.

• Help to prepare OT requisition for secondary medical camps, regular surgery and procedure.

• 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.

• Adhere to the safeguarding and organizational policy and code of conduct.

• Any work assigned by the supervisor.
  

Educational Qualification:

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