Medical Social Worker - Kolkata, India - Tata Medical Center

Tata Medical Center
Tata Medical Center
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Kolkata, India

1 week ago

Deepika Kaur

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**Medical Social Worker
Conceptualized in the year 2004 as a philanthropic initiative for the Eastern and North-Eastern parts of India and
the neighboring countries, the Tata Medical Center (TMC) started operations in Kolkata on May 16, 2011. The
hospital is governed by a charitable trust - Tata Medical Centre Trust. It is an integrated Oncology facility with
well-trained professional staff and equipped with modern facilities and the most contemporary medical
equipment. The hospital was designed by Cannon Design, a renowned architectural firm from North America. It is
located on 13 acres of land at New Town in Kolkata, West Bengal.

The hospital is an integrated Oncology facility with well-trained professional staff and equipped with modern

facilities and contemporary medical equipment. The Hospital, with a capacity of 437 beds, serves all sections of the

society, with 75% of the infrastructure earmarked for subsidized treatment for the underprivileged sections. It

provides a wide spectrum of services from diagnosis and therapy to rehabilitation and palliative support. The

Institution's objective is to excel in service, education and research.


Medical Social Worker for the department of Transfusion Medicine.

**Job Description: •Donor recruitment and retention.


  • Arrange Voluntary donors if replacement is unavailable.
  • Arranging blood donation camps.
  • Pre-donation counselling of donors to reduce the anxiety of donation.
  • During medical screening of donors to identify the high-risk behaviour in a blood donor and counselling of
donor by maintaining confidentiality and privacy.


  • Post-donation counselling about Dos and Don'ts to the donors.
  • Collecting donor feedback for each donation.
  • In case of TTI (HIV/HBV/HCV/Syphilis) Positivity recalling the donor for second sample collection and
preliminary counselling.


  • If second sample came positive
- counselling the particular donor and referring the donor to local ICTC and

STI clinic as per Govt. policy.


  • Sending letters to all sero-positive donors regarding their status of blood serology reports.

Qualification:
MSW/ M.Sc. in sociology or psychology


Experience - Minimum 6 months experience in a licensed blood center.

The remuneration will be commensurate with years of experience.
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