Emergency Doctors

MSF‘s ever-expanding emergency activities range from primary care in refugee camps to tertiary care in trauma hospitals located in conflict areas. Because activities differ with each project, a wide range of experience and flexibility is required in order to meet the needs on the ground. 

ACTIVITIES

  • Set-up, supervise and lead the ER ward and make improvements to triage and hospital flow
  • Provide evidence-based education in areas such as proper use of antibacterial drugs, informed consent, and palliative care
  • Coordinate between multiple occupations and departments, including transportation coordination
  • Create manuals for mass casualty response and conduct training for implementation
  • Oversee long-term projects involving chronic disease management
  • Respond to infection in epidemic areas
  • Deal with trauma in conflict areas and large numbers of injured and sick patients
  • Submit activity reports and manage data (patient files, forms, statistics, databases, etc.)
  • Plan training for staff and conduct evaluations, supervision, etc.                                

PROFILE REQUIREMENTS

  • Compliance with essential requirements for all potential candidates
  • Fellow of the Australasian College of Emergency Medicine or equivalent
  • Experience managing an emergency department (patient flow, triage, teamwork approach to patient resuscitation), paediatric emergencies, trauma patients (resuscitation, multiple injuries, multiple patients concurrently, fracture reduction/splinting, etc.), mass casualty incidents, patients in shock and applicable use of point-of-care ultrasound
  • Ability to supervise and lead the emergency department
  • Available for assignment for three to six months
  • Current practising certificate and must display no recent gap in clinical experience greater than two years
  • Willingness to abide by Médecins Sans Frontières medical protocols

DESIRABLE

  • Clinical experience in the following areas; paediatrics, anaesthetics, critical care, obstetrics/gynaecology, minor surgery
  • Clinical experience or training in mass casualty management

SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION

Please apply if your skills and experience match the requirements for this role and the essential criteria for all international staff, listed above. Allow approximately one hour to complete to application.

Before starting the application, please prepare the following: 

  1. CV (see template below)
  2. Motivation letter
  3. Skills assessment for an Emergency Doctor
  4. Skills assessment for an ICU Doctor (if applicable)

Please note if you are a doctor with ER skills and experience but not a specialist you need to apply as a medical doctor

If you’re not yet ready to apply, register for updates from our International Human Resources team including information on upcoming recruitment webinars and the latest recruitment needs.

 

Watch a webinar with MSF Emergency Doctor, Adelene Hilbig