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Anesthesiologist - International Field Work

Médecins Sans Frontières / أطباء بلا حدود - International field work
Cairo, Egypt
Posted 6 years ago
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Main purpose:

  • Médecins Sans Frontières / أطباء بلا حدود anesthesia providers often work in conflict settings to provide care to communities without access to functioning health care systems. Surgical cases include: general, trauma, obstetrics, orthopedic, burn and reconstruction, working with all ages.
  • Basic diagnostic equipment and facilities needed to run an operating room will be limited: there may not even be an X-ray machine. Responsibilities include providing anesthesia, pain management, teaching and supervising of local staff, reporting, and at times assisting the ICU.

Accountabilities:

  • Reanimation activities in different hospital department: emergency, in-patient department including maternity, intensive care unit. In some contexts you might be responsible of Emergency Medicine and/or Intensive Care.
  • Supervising and coordinating the anesthesia activities in emergency room, dressing room, operating theater, in-patient department, intensive care unit, maternity, and out-patient clinic.
  • Providing pre-, per (intra) and post-operative anesthetic care that allows patients to receive prime support in their surgical treatment.
  • Supervising and coordinating anesthetic activity in its entirety and provide training relating to anesthesia.
  • Implementing and maintaining quality tools in anesthesia care: use of standard MSF guidelines and protocols, use of standards files and registers, and use of MSF data collection system.
  • Reporting: collection and analysis of medical data.

Job Requirements

Education:

  • Completed residency in anesthesia with valid degree and current license.
  • Experience in pediatric, obstetric and trauma anesthesia
  • Extensive experience in dissociative and spinal anesthesia
  • Experience in regional blocks is welcome.

Other requirements:

  • Medical ethics,
  • Cultural sensitivity,
  • Altruism,
  • Openness and flexibility,
  • Ability to live and work as a team,
  • Ability to manage stress,
  • Availability: MSF requires a minimum of a 2 years commitment.

Experience:

  • Essential at least 2 year certified work experience in Anesthesia

Languages:

  • Arabic, English and/or French.

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