Nixon
Memorial Hospital, Segbwema, Sierra Leone
Medical
Opportunity Advertisement : Medical Doctor
Applications
are sought for the post of a Medical Doctor at Nixon Memorial Hospital, Segbwema,
Sierra Leone.
A minimum of
2 years post-graduate medical experience is required (Completion of UK Foundation
Programme or equivalent) together with full registration with the GMC.
Experience in obstetrics, paediatrics and emergency medicine is desirable as is
some experience of working in a low resource setting or an insight into tropical
medicine.
About the hospital: Nixon Memorial Hospital is a mission hospital in rural eastern Sierra
Leone, approximately 330km from Freetown. It serves an estimated population of
30,000 providing daily outpatient and 24 hour inpatient care across 5 wards
including paediatrics and maternity. It has a functioning operating theatre and
laboratory offering basic investigations. It continues on a programme of
rehabilitation and progress after its destruction during the Sierra Leone civil
conflict which ended in 2002. It is currently staffed by one permanent Sierra
Leonean doctor and 2 visiting British doctors (until July 2014). Nixon Memorial
Nursing School is attached to the hospital and students undertake their
clinical experience at the hospital.
The role: will include provision of inpatient
and outpatient clinical care across medical surgical specialities, although
there is scope for the successful applicant to additionally focus and
potentially lead care on an area of particular interest.
The
opportunity will enable the successful candidate to:
·
Gain
exposure to and develop skills in managing common tropical diseases.
·
Improve
clinical skills and decision making in a low resource setting with minimal
laboratory investigations or imaging support.
·
Gain
leadership skills and management skills through working with a
multi-disciplinary team of nurses, midwives and students and being part of the
hospital’s management team, overseeing the day to day running of the hospital
and its strategic development.
·
Develop
teaching skills and experience through working alongside the attached Nixon
Memorial Nursing School.
·
Develop
clinical improvement processes, protocols and guidelines in their area of
interest.
·
Play
a role in guiding and assisting the re-development of the hospital to meet the
needs of its community.
Remuneration: The post is voluntary. A bursary of
up to £2500 will be awarded to the successful candidate to contribute towards
flights and living costs. Accommodation is provided free of charge, as is
transport from Freetown to the hospital on arrival.
Registration
with the Medical and Dental Council of Sierra Leone is required and can be
organised on arrival in the country on production of original medical
qualifications.
Duration: Applicants should be able to commit
for a minimum of 6 months, preferably 12 months.
Start date: Flexible, anticipated to be August
2014.
To apply or for further information please
contact Dr Robert Burnie
Email: Robert.burnie@doctors.org.uk
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