Doctor Anaesthetist

Introduction

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) translates to Doctors without Borders. We provide medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from healthcare. Our teams are made up of tens of thousands of health professionals, logistic and administrative staff - bound together by our charter.  Our actions are guided by medical ethics and the principles of impartiality, independence and neutrality. We are a non-profit, self-governed, member-based organization.

MSF was founded in 1971 in Paris by a group of journalists and doctors. Today, we are a worldwide movement of nearly 63,000 people.

Rationale/Objective for position

Organize and carry out anesthetic medical activities, according to MSF policies, protocols and universal hygiene standards and in close collaboration with the surgeon and other medical staff, and increase the knowledge and practical skills of the anesthetic staff through on-the-job training and knowledge transfer to ensure the quality of care provided to patients.

Tasks & Responsibilities

• Carry out pre-operative consultations evaluating the risks of operating in collaboration with the surgeon, providing the patient with appropriate information and deciding the type of anesthetics to be used, to ensure the best conditions prior to the surgery. Carry out all anesthesia-related activities during surgery to ensure safe, adequate anesthesia.
  • Preparing beforehand the drugs, materials, and equipment required.
  • Administering and maintaining anesthetics following the rules of hygiene and asepsis in force.
  • Monitoring patients throughout the intervention.
• Ensure transfer of patients to the recovery room, and full recovery of the patient’s consciousness and setting analgesic protocol.
• Advise on Postoperative care in both the Intensive Care Unit and wards with the surgeon, including fluid management, oxygenation monitoring, airway care and chest physiotherapy, and mobilization, with special focus on the patient’s pain relief during the recovery process.
• Implement and supervise hygiene rules, procedures and MSF protocols in OT/recovery, anesthesia material (decontamination, sterilization, storage conditions, etc.) to ensure the safety and protection of patients and staff.
• Supervise the OT pharmacy (drugs orders, inventories, expired drugs) and ensure OT register, consumptions, and empty phials of narcotics, ensuring adequate stock is maintained.
• Ensure good functioning and maintenance of OT equipment (oxygen extractor, ventilation, equipment, etc).
• Organize the tasks of personnel under his/her responsibility and participate and carry out other team management activities (recruitment, training, performance evaluation, motivation, internal/external communication, etc.), to ensure having the appropriate team in terms of size, capabilities and skills.
• Collaborate with other departments in the project (responding to accident & emergency department requests, intervening in support of other services when needed, etc.), and participate in any emergency activity or exploratory mission, to support the overall MSF project with his/her expertise and capabilities.
• Ensure proper fulfilment of administrative procedures and documents (fill in of patients' files, forms, statistics, database, etc.), and elaborate regular reporting about results, proceedings and problematic situations and cases, to have updated and correct information about the day-to-day activity in the project and support decision-taking.

Qualifications

• Education
• • ​Essential, Medical Doctor with Anesthesiology specialization.
    
• Experience
• • Desirable, two years experience as an anesthetist. Having worked in MSF or other NGOs and in developing countries.
  • Desirable, working experience with MSF or other NGOs.
  • Desirable, working experience in developing countries.
    
• Competencies 
• • Essential, mission language/Bilingual (English & French). 
  • Essential, computer literacy (word, excel, internet).
  • People Management.
  • Commitment to MSF Principles.
  • Flexibility.
  • Results-oriented.
  • Teamwork.