Call for Interest
Doctor – specialized in advanced life support (Medevac Doctor)
1 Position
Contract Performance Contract
Médecins Sans Frontieres provides medical assistance to
populations in need without discrimination and regardless of race, religion or
political criteria.
Currently MSF is working in 8 different regions in South-Central
Somalia and is interested to contract an experienced advanced life support
doctor to do medical evacuations for our international staff in case of medical
emergencies.
Duties:
The doctor will be responsible for performing the following
tasks:
- Advice
on the type of drugs, material and equipment required for medical
evacuation depending on the case involved.
- Help
in the organization and preparation of evacuating the patient(s) to either
Nairobi Hospital or the Aga-Khan University Hospital in Nairobi
- Assess
patient(s) on the ground and decide on aptitude of patient(s) to fly
- Stabilization
of patient(s) before flight.
- Offer
in flight care to patient(s) as condition of patient demands.
- Hand
over of patient(s) to the referral hospital with all the patients notes
- Write
a summary of the procedures done on patient before arrival to hospital.
- Regular
feedback to the medical coordinator involved during the evacuation.
Skills required
- Medical
Doctor specialized in anesthesia and/or advanced life support.
- Registered
with the medical and dentists practitioners’ board.
Other requirements:
- Based
in Nairobi
- Valid
travel documents to Somalia.
- Ready
to leave at any time when security has been cleared by MSF.
- Practice
rights in Aga-Khan University and Nairobi hospitals will be an added
advantage.
Type of Contract
This is not a full time job.
The selected candidate will be required to fly to Somalia on
demand as this is only for emergencies and will be paid only in case of
evacuation with a lump sum.
Location
Agreement to be signed in Nairobi, doctor to be based in
Nairobi.
Evacuations will be conducted from Somalia to Nairobi.
All applicants should send an application letter, detailed CV
(with references) and copies of certificates and testimonials to the
Finance and Human Resource Coordinator,
MSF France Somalia,
PO Box 13578-00800,
Nairobi
or per email at msff-somalie-nairobi@paris.msf.org
please state “Medevac Doctor” in the subject line of the email.
Only short-listed applicants will be contacted for an interview.
Closing date: 6 June 2012, 17:00hrs.