Job Description
The Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH) is a globally renowned institute in the field of global health with a special focus on low and middle-income countries. Associated with the University of Basel, Swiss TPH combines research, teaching, and services locally, nationally, and internationally. Around 950 people from 95 countries work at Swiss TPH in areas such as infectious diseases and non-communicable diseases, environment, society and health, as well as health systems and programs.
At the Center for Travel and Tropical Medicine, travelers from Basel and the surrounding area are advised before travel and treated afterward. As a national reference center for imported parasitic diseases in humans, it offers a variety of services to doctors and hospitals throughout Switzerland. We are currently seeking a Medical Practice Assistant (temporary, 50-60%) for the organization of the tropical and travel medicine clinic and the completion of general administrative tasks of the outpatient clinic. We run a varied tropical and travel medicine clinic for both external patients and employees of the institute.
Your various tasks include:
- Patient care at reception and on the phone
- Checking and ordering medications and consumables
- Conducting blood tests with Sysmex or Fuji and Afinion as well as quality assurance of the devices
- Administering vaccinations
- Administrative tasks such as coordinating entrance examinations and emergencies
- Managing the emergency service list
Experience and skills you bring:
- Completed MPA training with good commercial skills
- Very good knowledge of German and English is mandatory; French or other languages are an advantage
- Very good knowledge of MS Office programs
- High organizational skills within the team and with doctors
- Independent work style and interconnected thinking, even in hectic times
- Flexibility in workload during vacation cover
We offer you:
- Exciting encounters with people from diverse backgrounds
- A close, trusting collaboration in a small, family-like team with flat hierarchies
- State-of-the-art workplace in Basel at the new, centrally located site in the "Turmhaus" at Aeschenplatz 2 with optimal public transport connections
- Insights into the exciting field of tropical and travel medicine
- Regular working hours, no weekend duties
Conditions:
- Start date: as soon as possible
- Contract duration: temporary for 2-3 months
- Workload: 50-60%
- Workplace: Center for Travel and Tropical Medicine, Aeschenplatz 2, 4052 Basel
- Travel activity: none
- Internal job title: Medical Laboratory Technician