Job Details:
Organisation: VSO
Deadline Mon, 31 Aug 2015
Job type: Volunteer
Location:
About VSO
VSO is the world's leading independent international development organisation that works through volunteers to fight poverty in developing countries. Our high-impact approach brings people together to share skills, build capabilities, promote international understanding and action to change lives and make the world a fairer place.
Role overview
⢠Taking patient history and conducting a preliminary physical exam before surgery.
⢠Prepare patients for surgery by explaining any risks or side effects
⢠Administering general or local anesthesia
⢠Observe and monitor patients during surgery, responding quickly to any changes
⢠Resuscitate and stabilize patients in the emergency department
⢠Relieve pain during childbirth
⢠Ease pain after an operation
⢠Manage acute and chronic pain
⢠Monitoring patients under anesthesia
⢠Inserting invasive monitoring devices
⢠Operating advanced life support systems
⢠Taking diagnostic samples such as venous blood for testing.
⢠Assisting as appropriate in ICUs, pain clinics, labor and delivery units, etc.
⢠Capacity development of other hospital doctors and nurses
Skills, qualifications and experience required
Essential
⢠MD in Anesthesia
⢠Experience of providing anaesthetic agents during C- section
⢠Coaching and mentoring hospital staff for capacity development
⢠Experience of conducting in service training
⢠Fully accredited anaesthetic with special interest in maternity unit.
⢠Competent in teaching operative and clinical skills
⢠At least 3 years post graduate experience
⢠All applicants must possess strong written and spoken English language skills. Applicants may be required to take a VSO language test as part of the selection process.
Desirable
⢠Medical education experience or accreditation
⢠Management training/experience
⢠Advanced adult/ paediatric / neonatal life support skills/accreditation
⢠Experience of management of service provision/ expansion
⢠General Practice experience
⢠Experience working in resource limited, rural environments
How to apply
If you're interested in applying for this role, please download the job description to read more details about the position and the skills and experience we're looking for. To submit your application, click on 'Apply now' and complete all relevant fields on the online application form.
We'll ask you to commit to a number of months to make a sustainable impact through your work. In return, we'll give you comprehensive financial, personal and professional support. We'll provide you with extensive training before your placement, and our financial package includes a local living allowance, return flights, accommodation, insurance and more. VSO in-country team and the network of other VSO volunteers will also support you throughout your placement. When you return to your home country, we'll help you to resettle and many of our returned volunteers stay involved with us long after their placement ends.
Volunteering with VSO is life changing. You can find out more about volunteering with VSO at: http://bit.ly/1H0wQD9.
Please follow this link to apply: http://www.aplitrak.com/?adid=bWthcmltLjc2ODQzLjQ4MTBAdnNvLmFwbGl0cmFrLmNvbQ
Anaesthesia Doctor/Assistant Nepal Emergency Response
Job posted by: VSO - Fri, 31 Jul 2015Job Details:
Organisation: VSO
Deadline Mon, 31 Aug 2015
Job type: Volunteer
Location:
About VSO
VSO is the world's leading independent international development organisation that works through volunteers to fight poverty in developing countries. Our high-impact approach brings people together to share skills, build capabilities, promote international understanding and action to change lives and make the world a fairer place.
Role overview
⢠Taking patient history and conducting a preliminary physical exam before surgery.
⢠Prepare patients for surgery by explaining any risks or side effects
⢠Administering general or local anesthesia
⢠Observe and monitor patients during surgery, responding quickly to any changes
⢠Resuscitate and stabilize patients in the emergency department
⢠Relieve pain during childbirth
⢠Ease pain after an operation
⢠Manage acute and chronic pain
⢠Monitoring patients under anesthesia
⢠Inserting invasive monitoring devices
⢠Operating advanced life support systems
⢠Taking diagnostic samples such as venous blood for testing.
⢠Assisting as appropriate in ICUs, pain clinics, labor and delivery units, etc.
⢠Capacity development of other hospital doctors and nurses
Skills, qualifications and experience required
Essential
⢠MD in Anesthesia
⢠Experience of providing anaesthetic agents during C- section
⢠Coaching and mentoring hospital staff for capacity development
⢠Experience of conducting in service training
⢠Fully accredited anaesthetic with special interest in maternity unit.
⢠Competent in teaching operative and clinical skills
⢠At least 3 years post graduate experience
⢠All applicants must possess strong written and spoken English language skills. Applicants may be required to take a VSO language test as part of the selection process.
Desirable
⢠Medical education experience or accreditation
⢠Management training/experience
⢠Advanced adult/ paediatric / neonatal life support skills/accreditation
⢠Experience of management of service provision/ expansion
⢠General Practice experience
⢠Experience working in resource limited, rural environments
How to apply
If you're interested in applying for this role, please download the job description to read more details about the position and the skills and experience we're looking for. To submit your application, click on 'Apply now' and complete all relevant fields on the online application form.
We'll ask you to commit to a number of months to make a sustainable impact through your work. In return, we'll give you comprehensive financial, personal and professional support. We'll provide you with extensive training before your placement, and our financial package includes a local living allowance, return flights, accommodation, insurance and more. VSO in-country team and the network of other VSO volunteers will also support you throughout your placement. When you return to your home country, we'll help you to resettle and many of our returned volunteers stay involved with us long after their placement ends.
Volunteering with VSO is life changing. You can find out more about volunteering with VSO at: http://bit.ly/1H0wQD9.
Please follow this link to apply: http://www.aplitrak.com/?adid=bWthcmltLjc2ODQzLjQ4MTBAdnNvLmFwbGl0cmFrLmNvbQ