Burns, Plastic and Hand Surgeon

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)'s surgical projects provide quality reconstructive treatment and functional recovery care to help patients who have suffered physical trauma such as gunshot wounds, explosion injuries, and burns to return to their daily lives. MSF is looking for surgeons who have experience in and can treat patients in the fields of burn, plastic, and hand surgery.        

Activities

The day-to-day responsibilities and activities of this role include:

  • Collecting clinical data and make use of management tools to share information with medical staff
  • Guide and training locally hired staff such as doctors and nurses
  • Assessing surgical risks through preoperative examinations; manage postoperative care and make postoperative rounds
  • Submitting activity reports and manage data including patient files, forms, statistics, databases
  • Manage and ordering pharmaceutical supplies and surgical equipment required for medical treatment

 

Requirements

  • Compliance with the essential criteria for all potential candidates 
  • A Fellow of Royal Australasian College of Surgeons or equivalent
  • At least two years clinical experience as a consultant
  • Reconstructive plastic surgery, microsurgery or orthopedic surgery with at least one year in burn and/or hand surgery
  • Available for assignment for minimum of four weeks
  • Have a 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

  • For some of our interventions, proven experience in pediatric surgery is desirable

 

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 
  2. Motivation letter
  3. Skills assessment form

Use our guide on how to write a CV (below) to help you prepare your application.

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