Location: Field
Your task
The doctor works as
part of the ICRC hospital teams. The ICRC hospital teams work either in
hospitals built, equipped, supplied and managed by the ICRC, or in existing
hospitals to which the ICRC provides supplies and equipment, reinforces local
personnel and, in some cases, assists with training. The doctor ensures a
quality care as well as organization and management of services (paediatrics,
internal medicine, outpatient, emergency room and intensive care unit) in close
collaboration with her/his local counterparts.
Functions and responsibilities
- Do initial and follow up assessment
of the services
- Manage and treat patients and
ensure adequate follow-up
- Ensure rational prescription
practices in accordance with valid national and international
protocols/standards
- Ensure a good supervision and
regular follow-up of the activities
- Support and train local doctors and
medical staff
- Apply and promote hygiene standards
and universal precautions in all health activities
- Prepare orders for medical supplies
and identify new needs, in terms of drugs and medical equipment, in line
with encountered pathologies and guidelines
- Propose protocols and guideline for
medical activities if they do not exist to the technical referent in
Geneva
Contribute to the activity reporting system - Ensure a regular overview of the
context, disease patterns and make proposals for further development of
the services, if necessary.
Selection requirements
- ideal age: 30 to 60
- prepare to accept non family
postings for the duration of the assignment
- minimum 6 months assignment
- medical doctor : university degree
in Medicine
- valid registration in the home
country
- excellent command of English and/or
French
- minimum 3 years post graduate
clinical experience
- good experience in resource limited
settings with other medical organizations
- post graduate tropical medicine a
strong asset
- valid manual driving licence
(automatic not accepted)
Your profile
- ability to work within a
multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural team
- strongly motivated by humanitarian
work
- able to work under pressure in a
dangerous environment
- organization skills,
self-disciplined and flexibility
What we offer
- an opportunity to practice your
profession in a setting of humanitarian endeavour
- the chance to use your knowledge to
help the victims of conflicts and other situations of violence
- multicultural working environment
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