Medical Assistant
No of vacancies: 04.
Application Deadline : Oct 17, 2017
Job Source: এখানে Bdjobs (12 October 2017).
Job Context:
- Médecins Sans Frontières is an international independent medical-humanitarian organization, which offers assistance to populations in distress, to victims of natural or man-made disasters and to victims of armed conflict, without discrimination and irrespective of race, sex, religion, creed or political affiliation.
- MSF is currently working in Ukhia, providing health to refugee population in Kutapalong and Balukhali
Job Description / Responsibility:
- Implementing auscultation, diagnosis and prescription processes according to MSF protocols, universal hygiene standards and other medical indications, in order to support medical specialists' follow up and health care activities and to ensure the quality and continuity of medical care to the targeted population
- Ensuring quality triage activities, detecting incoming emergencies, in order to prioritize the provision of medical care to the most severe cases.
- Proceeding to clinical examination, diagnosis of symptoms and conditions presented by patients, undertaking systematic and complementary examination, and obtaining accurate information (vaccination status, malnourishment detection, vital parameters, etc.) in order to propose appropriate treatment and ensure patients data traceability (epidemiological information, consultation forms, test results.).
- Within his competences, establishing medical treatments in Outside Patients Department (OPD) according to diagnosed pathologies, identifying potential counter-indications of certain medicines and adapting the doses to patient's individual needs (age, weight and other particularities) in order ensure therapy success.
- Within his competences applying treatment and follow-up activities, according to MSF medical and prevention protocols such as PEP and SGBV and implementing PTE protocols, keeping contact with all patients, providing information and explanation regarding their health conditions, the treatments and the importance of following them correctly, and basic hygiene and nutrition praxis, in order to enhance a preventive culture among the population
- Ensuring referral of patients whose health condition requires the consultation of a specialist (e.g. to the doctor for all difficult/complicated cases, to the reference, hospital for emergency hospitalization, to the nutritional centre for children presenting signs of malnutrition,, etc.,) in order to ensure the most appropriate health care.
- Filling in consultation forms, registers and any epidemiological information for each patient, noting clearly medical prescriptions and test results and registers main elements and diagnoses. Collecting statistical data and report on any epidemiological risk (abnormal increases in certain pathologies or in the number of consultations), in order to actively implement appropriate measures.
- Monitoring the rational use of medicines and medical equipment, in order to ensure efficient health care treatments under budget constraints and to avoid service disruption.
- Strictly applying all rules of hygiene during all medical activities, according to standards in place
- PEP =Post Exposure Prophylaxis, SGBV = Sexual and Gender Based Violence, PTE = Patient Therapeutic Education
Job Nature: Full-time.
Educational Requirements: Essential, Medical Assistant Diploma.
Experience Requirements: At least 1 year(s).
Job Requirements
- Essential clinically certified work experience of at least 1 year
- Essential Bengali, chittagonian/ Rohingyan is an asset, English desirable
- Desirable computer literacy
Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Ukhia).
Apply Instructions:
Send your CV to msfe-coxsbazaar-recruitment@barcelona.msf.org