Medical Assistant, Emergency Reception Center St-Lambrechts-Woluwe (replacement)

Intro

Millions of people are fleeing war, hunger, persecution or natural disasters. Most of them are in Third World countries. But also in Belgium people arrive in search of a new home and a safe haven. At the request of the government, Red Cross-Flanders receives applicants for international protection while they wait for the outcome of their procedure.

Are you motivated to help with this mission? Come join our team and have an imediate impact.

Job description

• You ensure adequate compliance with housekeeping regulations.
• You are jointly responsible for the practical organization of the reception center.
• You are responsible for the psychosocial counseling of the residents (both individual and family counseling).
• You organize activities for the residents (such as language lessons, sports, etc.).
• Each supervisor is involved in a specific sub-task. You are responsible for the follow-up of the medical part of the operation:
  • You select/recognize complaints from residents and refer if necessary.
  • You attend consultations (in collaboration with the center physician) and follow up.
  • Manning the medical secretariat: scheduling appointments, inventorying pharmacy and medical supplies, setting up registration systems, checking medical invoices, following up files, following up on admissions, etc.
  • You carry out minor care and medical treatments (first aid).
  • You follow up cooperation with: CLBs of the schools, K&G, V.R.G.T., general practitioners, Tropical Institute, ... and develops these.
  • You follow up and develop the prevention component.
  • You develop a training component around specific medical cases. 

Your profile

• You have a bachelor's degree; preferably in nursing or a paramedical field; 
• You speak and understand English fluently (= the working language in the center). Any other languages are an asset.
• You have experience working with people from different cultural backgrounds
• Ideally, you already have several years of experience in psychosocial counseling of people in vulnerable situations (e.g. as an educator, social worker, counselor, etc.)
• You have a hands-on-mentality.
• You are willing to work in a shift system with weekend shifts and are flexible.
• You work fluently and efficiently with different applications within MS Office (including Word, Outlook, Excel, Powerpoint). At the same time you have experience with electronic follow-up of resident files. Knowledge and/or experience with SharePoint is a plus.
• You are an organizational talent and administratively accurate.
• You are empathetic and diplomatic, but can also set clear boundaries. 

Our offer

• Full-time position (38h/week);
• Shift performance (early, day and late shifts + weekend shift (1 weekend out of 3));
• Replacement contract;
• Salary according to bar scale 232 in PC 319.00. Here we include the total number of years of relevant nursing work experience, the remaining years of non-nursing work experience we take half. You can find the scales at https://werkenbij.rodekruis.be/barema . For this position we refer to 'Barema's reception centers'.
• Meal vouchers of 8 Euro per day;
• Group insurance and possibility of joining hospitalisation insurance with personal contribution 
  Commuting by train is fully reimbursed; 75% contribution for use of other public transport (bus, tram, metro, etc.); bicycle allowance of 0.25€/km; other means of transport (car, motorcycle, etc.) is in line with sectoral and legal regulations 

Place of work

• Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe