Job Description

Roles & Responsibilities

Direct or indirect contact with patients and their families in the process of taking and recording vital signs, sharing information and answering questions.

• Occasional contact with Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) to request patient notes and laboratory results,
• Regular contact with clinical waste contractors for disposal of clinical waste.
• Able to solve problems within own scope of practice, by recognizing and sharing information, but also able to ask for assistance to avoid any harm to self or others.
• Correctly identifies and interprets job hazards and risks and ensures appropriate action is taken.
• Focal point to daily check clinical areas, changing linen and ensuring there are adequate medical and stationary supplies.
• Escort and chaperone patients during clinical consultations and around Company Healthcare Services centre's as requested.
• Assists with the lifting of immobile patients, i.e., from bed to chair and in and out of the ambulance.
• Assist within Primary Health Care clinics and with Chronic Disease Management, i.e. record height, weight, blood pressure, blood sugar peak/flow and urinalysis.
• Responsible for ordering laundry supplies and consumables, filing receipts and preparing monthly laundry statistics.
• Maintain medical supplies by ensuring that adequate stocks are available and maintain adequate functioning of medical equipment in nursing sections.
• Responsible for unpacking medical supplies, equipment and gas cylinders and checking for any signs of damage.
• Perform administrative tasks such as photocopying reports, documents and medical records as required.
• Transport patient files around the clinic maintaining patient confidentiality.
• Transport pathological samples around the clinic and between medical facilities as required.
• Maintain accurate manual and computerized patient records.
• Prepares clinical waste for safe storage and transportation in adhering to Company infection control policies in disposing of clinical waste, sharps, and body fluids safely and appropriately.
• Uses own judgments in First Aid and emergency situations and understand when to call for help!

Desired Candidate Profile

Educated to intermediate level or completed 12 years of education (essential).

• Successful completion of Health Care Assistant Portfolio/Training (essential).
• Holds a Qatar MOPH Assistant Nurse license (essential)
• BLS (Basic Life Support) (essential).
• Working knowledge of IT systems such e-mail (preferred).
• Minimum of 2 years of acute care and/or Primary Health Care experience (essential).
• All certifications to remain current and active while under Company employment.
• Proficient in English, written and verbal
• Sound communication and interpersonal skills (essential).
• Maybe required to work in all Healthcare Services locations and to work shifts
• Maybe required to drive staff, deliver documents and equipment
• H2S essential if working in Industrial Cities or Offshore (essential).
• Works within own scope of competence and professional codes of conduct, including always maintaining patient confidentiality (essential).
• Demonstrates sensitivity in working in a multi-cultural environment.
• Valid Qatari Drivers' License (preferred).