First Aider

JOB DESCRIPTION FIRST AIDER

Position: First Aider
Department: HSE / Health & Safety
Location: Hyderabad

1. Educational Qualification

• Minimum qualification: Nursing / Industrial Nursing.
• Valid certificate from a recognized board.
• Basic computer knowledge for maintaining first aid records and reports.

2. Required Experience

• 2–3 years of experience in providing first aid and basic emergency medical assistance.
• Experience in maintaining first aid room records, medicine registers, and medical equipment checklists.
• Knowledge of emergency response procedures and incident reporting.
• Experience coordinating with hospitals, ambulance services, and emergency response teams will be an added advantage.

3. Mandatory Technical & Functional Skills

The candidate should have working knowledge of:

1. First Aid & CPR: Providing immediate first aid and CPR within the limits of training and competence.
2. Emergency Response: Responding to workplace injuries, medical emergencies, and incidents.
3. First Aid Equipment: Inspecting, maintaining, and monitoring first aid kits, medical equipment, and emergency supplies.
4. Medicine Management: Monitoring medicine expiry dates, stock levels, storage conditions, and FIFO practices, where applicable.
5. Documentation & Reporting: Maintaining treatment registers, medicine consumption records, first aid checklists, and incident reports.
6. Biomedical Waste Management: Segregating, storing, and disposing of biomedical waste as per applicable requirements.
7. MS Excel & Word: Maintaining records, preparing reports, and tracking first aid activities.
8. Communication & Coordination: Coordinating with HSE, HR, operational departments, hospitals, and ambulance services.

4. Key Roles & Responsibilities

1. Provide immediate first aid to employees, guests, and other individuals during injuries, illness, or medical emergencies.
2. Assess patients within the limits of training and arrange medical assistance or ambulance support when required.
3. Perform CPR and use an AED, where trained and authorized, in accordance with established emergency procedures.
4. Maintain the first aid room in a clean, hygienic, organized, and ready-to-use condition.
5. Periodically inspect first aid kits, medical equipment, and emergency supplies and maintain inspection checklists.
6. Monitor medicine stocks, expiry dates, and storage conditions, following the approved FIFO system wherever applicable.
7. Maintain first aid treatment, medicine consumption, and stock registers, along with other required records.
8. Ensure medical equipment is functional, properly stored, and maintained as per the manufacturer's recommendations.
9. Ensure appropriate segregation, handling, and disposal of biomedical waste in accordance with applicable procedures and regulations.
10. Maintain patient confidentiality and privacy during examination and treatment.
11. Coordinate with hospitals, ambulance services, and emergency response teams for patient referral and transportation.
12. Report workplace injuries, medical emergencies, and other relevant incidents to the concerned HSE representative and management.
13. Support incident investigations by providing factual information and maintaining relevant first aid records.
14. Participate in emergency mock drills and support the implementation of emergency response procedures.
15. Conduct or support basic first aid awareness sessions for employees within the scope of competence and authorization.
16. Monitor first aid room compliance and report gaps, unsafe conditions, or shortages to the concerned department.
17. Ensure the availability of essential first aid materials and initiate timely replenishment requests.
18. Follow applicable HSE, IMS, hygiene, and emergency response procedures.
19. Coordinate with the HSE team to implement corrective actions related to first aid facilities, equipment, and documentation.
20. Submit periodic reports on first aid cases, medicine consumption, equipment inspections, and other assigned activities.