Paramedic at Ministry of Health

514

Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for the following positions tenable in the Ministry of Health.

POSITION                :           PARAMEDIC

        NO OF POSITIONS :           ONE (1)

      GRADE                       :          G

RESPONSIBLE TO :           PRINCIPAL HEALTH INSPECTOR

JOB SUMMARY

Under the general supervision of the Principal Health Inspector, Paramedic Officer will work in rapid response ambulance units to deal with medical emergencies.  Such emergencies may include minor injuries, sudden illness, and casualties arising from road and rail accidents, criminal violence, fires, and other incidents.  Paramedics are usually the first senior health care professionals on the scene and they assess the patient’s condition and initiate specialist medical treatment and care before admission to hospital.

The primary goal of paramedics is to meet people’s immediate treatment needs.  They resuscitate and stabilize patients by using advanced life support techniques, administer drips, drugs and oxygen, and apply splints, and also assist with Complex hospital transfers.

MAIN DUTIES

  1. Responding to 24 hour calls for medical assistance at accidents, emergencies and other related incidents, usually in an ambulance with an ambulance technician to assist.
  2. Assessing the condition of patients who are injured or taken ill suddenly; deciding what action is needed and initiating treatment.
  3. Applying splints to limbs, dressing wounds, administering pain relief, oxygen, drips and fluids.
  4. Using various kinds of equipment, including ventilators to assist breathing and defibrillators to treat heart failure, in order to resuscitate and stabilize patients.
  5. Carrying out certain surgical procedures when necessary such as incubation (insertion of a breathing tube).
  6. Monitoring the patient’s condition using high-tech equipment.
  7. Assessing whether and how to move patients
  8. Liaising with members of other emergency services such as the police or fire brigade.
  9. Dealing with members of the public and family members present at the scene.
  10. Treating patients in the ambulance while they are being transferred to hospital from the scene, or between hospitals in the case of patients being moved to receive specialist care.
  11. Driving and crewing an ambulance or other rapid response vehicle.
  12. Cleaning, decontaminating and checking vehicles and equipment to maintain a state of operational readiness.
  13. Assisting patients with care in hospitals or health care centres.
  14. Writing up case notes and reporting the patient’s history, condition and treatment to relevant hospital staff.
  15. Assisting in the management of delivery.

JOB SPECIFICATION

BSc Emergency Medical Care and Rescue

                                    OR

Diploma in Emergency Medical Care and Rescue PLUS 3 years’ relevant experience

All candidates who apply for position at Grade H level and above will be subjected to assessment process as per Public Service Regulations of 2008- Division III section 24 (1).

All applications should be on relevant forms, GP 104 for serving officers, and GP 103 for job seekers, accompanied by certified copies of Educational Certificates, Marriage Certificates for married women, Transcripts, Performance Appraisals (for serving officers), Landlines or mobile phones for contacts.

Application forms are available at Ministry of Health and its departments throughout the country, and should be hand delivered to our offices or

Addressed to;

The Principal Secretary

Ministry of Health

Corner Constitution Road

Human Resources Office, 2nd Floor

P O Box 514

Not later than 22nd  MAY, 2019

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