icddr, b is a Bangladesh-based international health research institute that strives to solve key public health problems through high-quality scientific research and innovation. As a values-based organization, icddrb encourages women and people with disabilities.

Dhaka Hospital was established by icddr, b in 1962 primarily to meet the urgent need to treat patients, particularly children, with severe diarrhoeal disease. It has since grown into a nationally important centre treating more than 140,000 patients a year. It acts as a beacon illustrating what can be achieved by a hospital facility even within a developing world setting. Dhaka Hospital provides an infrastructure for a wide range of clinical research projects. It also plays a critical role in areas such as disease surveillance, monitoring for antimicrobial resistance and clinical training. Dhaka Hospital offers a full range of services, particularly for diarrhoeal and respiratory disease, with infants and children representing a high proportion of patients. It delivers outstanding care, saving an estimated 40,000 lives that might otherwise be lost every year.

Key responsibilities:

The Health Worker will report to Senior Health Assistant and will be responsible for:

• Counsel patients on feeding, ORS, breast feeding and lactation, hand hygiene, diarrhea prevention etc according to the instruction of physician/nurse;
• Holding regular counseling session for the indoor patients on the subjects given in the previous article;

• Help nursing staff to receive patients coming to the ward;
• Arrange proper bed and accommodation;
• Provide treatment related support to the patients in the ward;
• Serve food to the indoor patients;
• Provide diet education;
• Check the food quality before serving;
• Maintain serving register and note observations if any;
• Note food related complaints and address in consultation with the supervisor.

Required qualification and experience:

• SSC
• 2 years’ experience in related field like care giving services of patients, family planning services and advice to clients, health education for patients.

Location: Dhaka Hospital, Mohakhali

Contract Type and duration:

• CSA basis for 11 months with a possibility of extension subject to availability of fund and satisfactory performance.

Salary & benefits:

• 25, 316 /- (consolidated) per month inclusive of house rent and conveyance allowances.
• Festival bonus, income tax paid by icddr,b and subsidized canteen; Transport and daycare facilities are subject to space availability.

Notes of attention:

• Only short-listed candidates shall be invited for written test/interview;
• The organization reserves the right to make an appointment at a grade lower than that advertised;
• icddr,b does not charge any fee at any stage of the recruitment process.
• icddr,b encourages women and people with disabilities to apply.

Interested candidates who fulfill the requirements should submit online applications using icddr,b website: career.icddrb.org by 16th September 2023.