The Opportunity
Save the Children International is looking for experienced Anesthetists to join our Emergency Health Unit (EHU) external Roster to take on short-term consultancy contracts and deploy to support our humanitarian responses as well as take a leading role in our new EMT Field Hospital.
The EHU Roster is intended to support and top up the capacity of the EHU and is made up of clinical and non-clinical external consultants from across a wide range of different sectors and geographical backgrounds, who deploy into humanitarian emergencies to contribute to our work to provide life-saving help to children and their families affected by natural disasters and conflict.
ROLE PURPOSE:
As part of our humanitarian ambition and 2030 global strategy, Save the Children has implemented the Global Expertise Humanitarian Surge Platform (GEHSP) to further improve the efficient deployment of high-quality surge staff to support the delivery of our Humanitarian Responses directly and in collaboration with SCI partners. This role will be rapidly deployed by the GEHSP to support the implementation of the response team activities in quickly developing humanitarian-responses.
The Emergency Health Unit (EHU) was established in 2015 as a dedicated humanitarian operational capability within Save the Children (SC). It consists of experienced multidisciplinary and operational technical teams that are internationally mobile and who can provide timely, high quality health interventions in some of the hardest places to work, where the needs for children are the greatest.
In 2018, the EHU developed a dedicated field hospital capability in recognition of the unmet needs by actors delivering secondary and primary level care during humanitarian responses. The focus of the field hospital is on the provision of specialist Maternal, New-born and Child Health care, which complements their already pre-existing primary health care capability. The field hospital can provide inpatient care for mothers, newborns, and children, with a specialist emergency obstetric surgical capability, alongside emergency and outpatient care (more information the EHU Field Hospital see here).
The post holder must be willing to deploy at short notice (< 72 hrs) for up to 12 weeks at a time
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
Essential
- Up to date evidence of current licence and registration to practice.
- Minimum of 2 years’ experience practising independently as an anaesthetist (i.e., does not require supervision)
- Minimum of three months’ work/volunteering in Field hospital or Low middle Income Countries (LMIC)
- Ability and willingness to travel to remote and insecure locations for periods of time and on short notice
- Willingness to work in unstable areas
- Evidenced of in date training in advanced life support (adult, paediatric and neonatal) or equivalent.
- Strong communication skills, with an excellent level of spoken and written English.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook).
- Flexible and able to manage stress.
- Ability to work and maintain a positive team dynamic in an insecure environment.
- Proven capacity to supervise, train and coach staff
- Demonstrated ability to work in a multicultural environment and establish harmonious and effective working relationships both inside and outside the organization.
- Ability to exercise sound judgment and make decisions independently under difficult conditions.
- Creativity and the ability to work with limited resources
- Ability to reflect and learn from personal and program performance and act on lessons learned.
Desireable
- Familiar with anaesthesia in austere environments.
- Previous experience of NGO work in humanitarian settings.
- Experience supervising medical teams.
- Working knowledge of French, Arabic or Spanish
- Experience in other relevant area: general practice, general medicine, or nutrition
- Strong knowledge of Save the Children systems and ways of working
This role can be based in any existing Save the Children International Regional or Country office location on approval, provided the successful candidate has proof of eligibility to work from the preferred location.
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The Organisation
We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.
We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:
- No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
- All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
- Violence against children is no longer tolerated
We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive environment where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.
Application Information:
Please attach a copy of your CV and cover letter with your application, and include details of your salary expectations.
We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.
All employees are expected to carry out their duties in accordance with our global anti-harassment policy.
Save the Children does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process.