Anesthetist Medical Doctor at Mdecins Sans Frontires (MSF)

Key responsibilities:

• Provide emergency resuscitation and required urgent medical stabilisation of critical patients.
• Assess patients fitness to undertake an operation before the surgery takes place.
• initiate anaesthesia, providing safe pre-operative, during and post-operative care using anaesthetics and pain management.
• work in a team of other health professionals to ensure patient wellbeing.
• perform administrative tasks in areas which relate to the care of patients, including summaries of patient treatment and the writing of discharge letters
• attend multidisciplinary team meetings both on and off-site
• participate in an agreed on-call rota and take on an equal share in providing emergency cover

Requirements:

• Medical Doctor with Diploma in Anaesthesia or Anaesthetisiology specialisation.
• Valid Registration with HPCSA
• Over 6 months of Anastehtsia experience in a busy hospital.
• Good communication skills.
• Team-player
• Flexible to work in insecure context.

Benefits :

• Volunteer stipend.
• All expenses covered.
• Professional liability coverage, medical insurance and repatriation cover.
• Humanitarian and international experience.