Health Assistant
Job Description
Title: Health Assistant
Company Name: Medecins Sans Frontieres/ Doctors Without Borders (MSF)
Vacancy: 08
Age: 18 to 59 years
Location: Cox's Bazar (Ukhia)
Minimum Salary: Tk. 39000 (Monthly)
Published: 27 Apr 2025
Education:
∎ Essential: Nurse-aide/Health Assistant diploma (2 years)
∎ Essential: Nurse-aide/Health Assistant diploma (2 years)
Requirements:
Additional Requirements:
∎ Age 18 to 59 years
∎ Essential: 6 months’ work experience as a health assistant or nurse aid
∎ Desirable: Working experience in ICU/pediatric
∎ Desirable: Working experience with MSF or other INGO/NGO
∎ Essential: Bengali language
∎ Desirable: Chittagonian Dialect and basic understanding of English
∎ Results and Quality Orientation L1·
∎ Teamwork and Cooperation L1·
∎ Behavioural Flexibility L1·
∎ Commitment to MSF Principles L1.
∎ Stress Management L2.
∎ Experience:
∎ Essential: 6 months’ work experience as a health assistant or nurse aid
∎ Desirable: Working experience in ICU/pediatric
∎ Desirable: Working experience with MSF or other INGO/NGO
∎ Language:
∎ Essential: Bengali language
∎ Desirable: Chittagonian Dialect and basic understanding of English
∎ Competencies: ·
∎ Results and Quality Orientation L1·
∎ Teamwork and Cooperation L1·
∎ Behavioural Flexibility L1·
∎ Commitment to MSF Principles L1.
∎ Stress Management L2.
Responsibilities & Context:
∎ Assisting the nurse in organizing and providing care and treatments to patients as directed, respecting at all times, the rules of hygiene, safety, comfort, dignity, medical secret and patient confidentiality.
∎ Responding promptly to nurse’s requirements in case of an emergency.
∎ Participating in the surveillance and monitoring of the patient and reporting to the nurse any relevant information. Compensating patients’ possible lack of autonomy by assisting and helping them in feeding, personal hygiene, movements and general comfort·
∎ Reporting any problem arising in the care unit, especially the loss, robbery or damage of equipment or medicines.
∎ Ensuring cleanliness of his/her working environment (including facilities, material, linen, equipment, and carrying out the sorting and disposal of waste)·
∎ Participating actively in the hospital platform (meetings, committee,.), trainings and in the basic health education sessions.
∎ Performing minor maintenance and cleaning of the biomedical equipment following user manual and protocols. Alerting the supervisor in case of malfunctioning of any device.
∎ As directed by the nurse in the health facility Outpatient Department (OPD) and In-Patient Department (IPD) settings, always respecting the rules of hygiene, safety, comfort, dignity, medical ethics and patient confidentiality.
∎ Reporting to the nurse any health relevant information in the OPD area and IPD (wards), compensating patients’ basic needs by assisting and helping them in feeding, personal hygiene, movements and general comfort.
∎ Being responsible for proper usage, maintenance and cleaning of biomedical equipment and pharmacy equipment in their respective wards and reporting any problem to the line manager (nurse/supervisor/Nurse Activity Manager (NAM)).
∎ Immediately inform the responsible nurse or doctor if the patient’s condition seems to be altered or if the caregivers have questions or suggestions about the treatment.
∎ Receiving and installing the patients on their arrival in the service.
∎ Informing patients of how the service functions and the modalities to be followed·
∎ Helping the nurse to take and interpret parameters (temperature, heart and respiratory rates, blood pressure, state of consciousness, weight, Mid-Upper Arm Circumference, etc)·
∎ Carrying out all care delegated by the nurse: damping down, changing urine collectors, parachecks, etc.
∎ Taking daily measures to ensure the hygiene and comfort of bed-ridden patients: washing, installation for eating meals, changing position, etc·
∎ In collaboration with the responsible nurse - setting up health education sessions according to needs·
∎ Prepare formula according to MSF guidelines and ensure cleaning of material, storing and distribution of formula, according to Infection Prevention and Control (IPC)- and other relevant guidelines.
∎ Ensuring that used instruments are sent to the sterilization service/recuperating and storing instruments already sterilized.
∎ Accountabilities:
∎ Assisting the nurse in organizing and providing care and treatments to patients as directed, respecting at all times, the rules of hygiene, safety, comfort, dignity, medical secret and patient confidentiality.
∎ Responding promptly to nurse’s requirements in case of an emergency.
∎ Participating in the surveillance and monitoring of the patient and reporting to the nurse any relevant information. Compensating patients’ possible lack of autonomy by assisting and helping them in feeding, personal hygiene, movements and general comfort·
∎ Reporting any problem arising in the care unit, especially the loss, robbery or damage of equipment or medicines.
∎ Ensuring cleanliness of his/her working environment (including facilities, material, linen, equipment, and carrying out the sorting and disposal of waste)·
∎ Participating actively in the hospital platform (meetings, committee,.), trainings and in the basic health education sessions.
∎ Performing minor maintenance and cleaning of the biomedical equipment following user manual and protocols. Alerting the supervisor in case of malfunctioning of any device.
∎ MSF Section/Context Specific Accountabilities:
∎ General Responsibilities:
∎ As directed by the nurse in the health facility Outpatient Department (OPD) and In-Patient Department (IPD) settings, always respecting the rules of hygiene, safety, comfort, dignity, medical ethics and patient confidentiality.
∎ Reporting to the nurse any health relevant information in the OPD area and IPD (wards), compensating patients’ basic needs by assisting and helping them in feeding, personal hygiene, movements and general comfort.
∎ Being responsible for proper usage, maintenance and cleaning of biomedical equipment and pharmacy equipment in their respective wards and reporting any problem to the line manager (nurse/supervisor/Nurse Activity Manager (NAM)).
∎ Immediately inform the responsible nurse or doctor if the patient’s condition seems to be altered or if the caregivers have questions or suggestions about the treatment.
∎ Reception and follow up of patients:
∎ Receiving and installing the patients on their arrival in the service.
∎ Informing patients of how the service functions and the modalities to be followed·
∎ Helping the nurse to take and interpret parameters (temperature, heart and respiratory rates, blood pressure, state of consciousness, weight, Mid-Upper Arm Circumference, etc)·
∎ Carrying out all care delegated by the nurse: damping down, changing urine collectors, parachecks, etc.
∎ Taking daily measures to ensure the hygiene and comfort of bed-ridden patients: washing, installation for eating meals, changing position, etc·
∎ In collaboration with the responsible nurse - setting up health education sessions according to needs·
∎ Prepare formula according to MSF guidelines and ensure cleaning of material, storing and distribution of formula, according to Infection Prevention and Control (IPC)- and other relevant guidelines.
∎ Hygiene in the service:
∎ Ensuring that used instruments are sent to the sterilization service/recuperating and storing instruments already sterilized.
Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Salary per month according to level Three (3) of the internal MSF salary grid (BDT 39,000/- gross). Salary is not negotiable. Income tax deduction from salary will be applicable based on the current income tax rule.
∎ Two (2) annual leave days per month worked.
∎ Medical insurance for employee and direct dependents based on MSF Health Care Policy.
∎ Two (2) Festival Bonuses after completion of one year of uninterrupted service.
∎ There are no provisions for relocation.
∎ Contract and Benefits:
∎ Salary per month according to level Three (3) of the internal MSF salary grid (BDT 39,000/- gross). Salary is not negotiable. Income tax deduction from salary will be applicable based on the current income tax rule.
∎ Two (2) annual leave days per month worked.
∎ Medical insurance for employee and direct dependents based on MSF Health Care Policy.
∎ Two (2) Festival Bonuses after completion of one year of uninterrupted service.
∎ Others:
∎ There are no provisions for relocation.
Workplace:
∎ Work at office
Employment Status: Full Time
Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Ukhia)
Job Highlights:
∎ Assisting in the nursing activities with hospitalized patients, according to nurses and doctors prescription, universal hygiene standards and MSF protocols, standards and procedures to ensure the delivery of quality medical care for patients.
Read Before Apply:
This is a Temporary position for five (5) months
Only online applications via the link below will be accepted. Please apply through the following link by 05/05/2025 with updated CV, cover letter, and other relevant documents i.e. NID, Experience Certificate, degree and training certificate. Application Link: https://ee.msf.org/x/8OREkHk5
No hard copies are accepted.
For operational reasons, a minimum of 4 female candidates is required for this position.
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Company Information:
∎ Medecins Sans Frontieres/ Doctors Without Borders (MSF)
∎ 5th Floor, Khawaja Palace, Plot N. 76, Ro-11, Banani, Dhaka-1213, Bangladesh.
∎ Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) is an international medical humanitarian organization working in over 80 countries worldwide. MSF has been working in Bangladesh since 1992. MSF was awarded the prestigious `Nobel Peace Prize` in 1999 for its pioneering humanitarian activities since 1971 in several continents.
Address::
∎ 5th Floor, Khawaja Palace, Plot N. 76, Ro-11, Banani, Dhaka-1213, Bangladesh.
∎ Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) is an international medical humanitarian organization working in over 80 countries worldwide. MSF has been working in Bangladesh since 1992. MSF was awarded the prestigious `Nobel Peace Prize` in 1999 for its pioneering humanitarian activities since 1971 in several continents.
Application Deadline: 5 May 2025
Category: NGO/Development
