Orthopedic Surgeon - Trauma & Surgical Unit ER-038

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***NOTE*** - THIS POSITION IS TO APPLY TO A STAND BY ROSTER FOR INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM (ERT).

Candidates selected for this position will be placed on the ERT standby roster and may be called when the International Medical Corps ERT responds to an emergency. This position is not compensated unless candidates are responding to an emergency response.

When catastrophe hits, International Medical Corps is often one of the first humanitarian aid organizations on the scene—providing rapid and effective aid that saves lives, reduces suffering, and promotes self reliance.

International Medical Corps has established an International Emergency Roster to ensure that emergency positions are filled in a timely manner with professionally qualified, gender balanced, geographically diverse, linguistically able and a highly motivated corps of professionals. The team includes coordinators, logisticians, doctors and water and sanitation experts. It also includes specialists who focus on protection, prevention of sexual violence and aid for rape survivors and mental health.

Emergency Response Team (ERT) members are always on standby to deploy to a crisis within 72 hours, whether they are launching into new areas or lending support to International Medical Corps teams already on the ground.

International Medical Corps maintains a roster of staff which is updated on regular basis in order to include new staff into the system. This also provides an opportunity for the existing staff to update their areas of expertise and other relevant information.

Through this expression of Interest, applicants are encouraged to submit their profiles so that their information is readily available in the International Medical Corps applicant tracking system.



JOB SUMMARY
The primary responsibility of the TSDU Orthopedic Surgeon is to implement orthopedic surgical services in an emergency field hospital setting. These include inpatient and out-patient services.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSABILITIES:
• Implement orthopedic services for emergency affected population according to internationally accepted standards
• Oversee medical management of orthopedic patient’s course through TSDU
• Conduct daily rounds of orthopedic patients and plan discharges
• Utilize and improve on standardized data collection tools and train staff on accurate data collection
• Collect and analyze orthopedic service data to adjust project objectives and implementation process
• Collaborate with the Medical Director and other relevant staff to improve TSDU systems such: infection prevention/control, rational drug use, patient flow, staffing and scheduling, etc.
• Assist in hiring of necessary staff members
• Analyze training needs and institute training for staff members as required, with an emphasis on hands on training
• Work with Medical Director and Team Leader to implement standardized internal reporting
• Work with logistics and pharmacy to ensure regular and adequate drug and surgical supplies in order to avoid stock-outs
• Collaborate with recognized health authorities, health agencies, donors and other stakeholders to utilize standardized reporting practices and information sharing
• Actively participate in coordination meetings and other relevant meetings
• Perform any other relevant duties as requested by the Team Leader
• At deployment end, provide in-depth, concrete, and constructive feedback for the further development of the TSDU program