Anesthetist Medical Doctor

Medecins Sans Frontieres South Africa; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 400 000 - 500 000; Full time

Job summary

A humanitarian medical organization seeks a Medical Doctor specializing in Anaesthesia to provide emergency medical care and operate in a team setting. Responsibilities include patient stabilization, anesthesia management, and participating in multidisciplinary meetings. Ideal candidates should have over 6 months of experience and be registered with HPCSA. The position offers a volunteer stipend and covers all expenses.

Benefits

Volunteer stipend

All expenses covered

Professional liability coverage

Medical insurance and repatriation cover

Humanitarian and international experience

Qualifications

• Over 6 months of Anaesthesia experience in a busy hospital.

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.
• Work in a team of other health professionals to ensure patient wellbeing.
• Perform administrative tasks in patient care.
• Attend multidisciplinary team meetings both on and off-site.
• Participate in an agreed on-call rota.

Skills

Good communication skills

Team-player

Flexible to work in insecure context

Education

Medical Doctor with Diploma in Anaesthesia or Anaesthetisiology specialisation

Valid Registration with HPCSA

Job description

About MSF

Doctors without Borders (MSF) is an international, independent, humanitarian medical organisation committed to two objectives: providing medical assistance to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, healthcare exclusion, natural and man-made disasters; and speaking out about the plight of the populations assisted. MSF offers assistance to people based only on need and irrespective of race, religion, gender or political affiliation. Today, MSF is present in more than 70 countries, where thousands of MSF doctors, nurses, logisticians, water-and-sanitation experts, and other medical and non-medical professionals work together to bring essential health services to people caught in humanitarian crises.

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.

Note: Please ensure that both your CV and Cover letter are in PDF format

Closing Date: 15 August 2021