Apply: Village Health Works Staff Surgeon

Deadline: 01 May, 2023

Location: Kigutu, Burundi

Village Health Works (VHW) is seeking to fill the role of Staff Surgeon.

VHW is a joint American-Burundian non-governmental organisation (NGO) whose mission is to provide quality, compassionate health care in a dignified environment.

Responsibilities

  • Apply medical knowledge and skills to the diagnosis and treatment of patients in the outpatient and inpatient environments
  • Ensure that clinical plans are effectively and clearly communicated to the care team and patient
  • Ensure daily clinical documentation of care for all patients under department care and review for quality
  • Ensure the documentation of patient consent when needed
  • Support the integration of clinical evidence-based practices and ‘best practices’
  • Attend and participate in regular morbidity and mortality review for medical and surgical services
  • Ensure quality of care by giving ongoing training to the multidisciplinary medical/paramedical team and providing technical advice
  • Propose modifications to current surgical care management, implementing them once approved by the head of the department
  • Keep patients and families informed of the treatment to be followed, checking that they have understood
  • Ensure that professional autonomy and confidentiality are respected, and demonstrate a good attitude and bedside manner towards patients and their caregivers
  • In close collaboration with the head of the department, supervise the day-to-day clinical/ward activities and workflow
  • Manage and supervise generalist physicians
  • Together with the head of the department, periodically review the clinical standard operating procedures, manuals, protocols, and processes
  • Supervise the safe and efficient delivery of care in all patient areas
  • Participate in recruitment and interviewing of medical staff, as necessary
  • Provide ongoing bedside educational experiences for the core clinical team
  • Provide appropriate skills training to staff for surgical and non-surgical procedures
  • Engage with medical education for rotating students and trainees

Requirements

  • Licence to practice medicine as a physician in the country of origin/study
  • Specialisation training in General Surgery with two years, minimum, of professional experience or five years, minimum, of experience as general practitioner with a focus on general surgery
  • Recent clinical experience
  • Demonstrated experience in the clinical training of staff
  • Experience in resource-poor settings
  • Critical care experience (preferred)
  • Fluency in Kirundi, French
  • Professional proficiency in English
  • I.T. skills (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
  • Strong team player
  • Adaptable and able to work in a multicultural team
  • Self-driven with a solution-orientated approach

To apply and for more information, click here.

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