Position: Medical Doctor
Title of the project: The Health of Mother and Child in South Sudan
The overall objective of the programme is to contribute to the improvement of maternal and child health, goals 4 and 5 of the Millennium Development Goals.
The specific objective is the enlargement and improvement of Maternal and Child Services of the Comboni Hospital in Wau belonging to the Dioceses of Wau - State of Western Bahr el-Ghazal - South Sudan.
The project will reach women and newborn babies accounting approx. to 65.000 people either from the city of Wau/rural area and neighbouring States.
The project includes the following actions:
• Technical assistance, training for local staff and technological equipment for locally sustainable support services essential to the clinical activity (diagnostic radiology and laboratory, basically)
• Civil works, specialized medical assistance, training of local staff and technological equipment for locally sustainable maternity services.
• Specialized technical assistance, training of local staff and technological equipment for locally sustainable general support services (maintenance systems and biomedical equipments, hygiene services), whose best feature increases the impact of the interventions described above.
Medicus Mundi Attrezzature Onlus and San Raffaele Hospital in Milan are partners of the initiative and will add added value thanks to their specializations.
Job description
Place of Work: Wau-SOUTH SUDAN at S. Daniel Comboni Hospital
Position: Medical Doctor
Functions:
• Clinical daily activity for inpatient and outpatient, with responsibility of training for local staff
• Planning and organization of work within the structure in which he/she will operate
Requirements
- Degree in Medicine
- Experience in the field of work of at least ten years after specialization
- Knowledge of Italian and English
- Submit CV in English
Preferred
- specialization in one of these areas:
- Gynaecology,
- Paediatrics,
- Tropical Medicine,
- General Medicine,
- General Surgery,
- Public Health
- Past experience in Sub-Saharan Countries
- Volunteer experiences in African Countries
- Communication skills
Period of placement requested: 6 MONTHS approx. (2012)
Contract: Ministry of Foreign Affairs registration, insurance coverage and salary according to Ministry of Foreign Affairs guidelines (according to CV evaluation, Level C, Level B or Level A will be attributed).
Formal procedure of Selection
CVs received will be selected on the basis of consistency with the required profile. Selected applicants will be invited to a selection interview at the AISPO headquarters (Milan). The costs (transportation and others) in support of candidate’s participation in the selection tests are to be paid by the candidate.
Contact
AISPO, Via Olgettina, 58 - 20132 Milano
Tel. 02.2643.4486/4481
Fax. 02.2643.4484
E.mail: aispo@hsr.it / balducci.elena@hsr.it
Please show in the Object: “Application for Medical Doctor - Project n. 161 South Sudan”
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