Medical Assistant - Expedited SVN

International Organization for Migration

Colombo, Sri Lanka

Skill Required: Project and Program Management

Experience: 0 to 3 Years

Apply By: 01-03-2026

The medical assistant provides information relevant to health assessment programs, applicant processing, and other IOM services to the migrants. 

Responsibilities:

  • Provide migrants’ information regarding health assessments by phone.
  • Register the migrants in the IOM database, schedule and confirm medical appointments, and receive and communicate messages for medical staff and beneficiaries.
  • Prepare master lists of migrants scheduled for health assessment processing and submit them to respective service providers/relevant persons as required.
  • Maintain daily statistics related to health assessments and update the records; and, 
  • Contribute to customer satisfaction evaluation management.
  • Perform all the necessary data processing activities of the Migration Health Assessment Centre (MHAC), such as:
  • receiving and explaining the registration process to applicants.
  • checking applicant’s identity.
  • entering biodata of the applicants in the appropriate platform.
  • taking photos using webcam and loading the image to the appropriate platform; and, 
  • printing of medical forms, consent forms, and other necessary documents.
  • Receive all completed medical examination forms, x-rays, and other documents from country offices or panel physicians while updating the reception of the same in the database and forward for quality check before clearance, if applicable.
  • Prepare, sort, and package medical files and other documents during mobile migration health assessment missions where such mobile units are available.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management, Administration or a related discipline from an accredited academic institution with two (02) years of relevant professional experience, or;
  • Minimum four (04) years of related work experience with a high school diploma.
  • Accredited universities are those listed in the UNESCO World Higher Education Database.
  • Experience in computer data entry, elaboration, and analysis or in a call center in a busy institution, preferably a medical one.
  • Knowledge of customer care.
  • Knowledge of medical terminology, as well as previous secretarial and archival experience, an added advantage; and,
  • Previous working experience with NGOs or international organizations is an added advantage.
  • Proven knowledge and/or certification in data analysis tools such as Power BI is an advantage.
  • Proven knowledge and/or certification in the programming language SQL is an advantage.
  • Proven experience and knowledge in healthcare-specific systems such as Electronic Health Record Systems (EHRs) is an advantage.
  • Proven advanced knowledge in the business process and data management of the Interim Federal Health Programme (IFHP) is an advantage.

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