EMERGENCY is an independent and neutral international organisation founded in 1994 to provide free, high-quality medical and surgical care to victims of war, landmines and poverty.

EMERGENCY promotes a culture of peace, solidarity and respect for human rights. We work in a sustainable way: building healthcare facilities, training local personnel, and conducting search and rescue missions in the Mediterranean Sea.

ROSTER POSITION FOR: Afghanistan

TYPE OF CONTRACT: fixed term contract (6 months), which includes a monthly salary, travel expenses, board and lodgings, insurance cover (liability, health and accident insurance), a period of paid leave to be taken at the end of the mission.

BACKGROUND AND ORGANISATION OF WORK

The Gynaecologist coordinates, supervises and works alongside the local personnel (over 30 nurses and midwives) in the treatment of gynaecological and obstetric pathologies, in the operating theatre and the out patients department. She will work in collaboration with the General Surgeon to meet certain clinical requirements. At times a resident physician (Obstetrics and Gynaecology) will be present to support clinical activity or research.

She is responsible to the Medical Coordinator, who is in charge of the management and organisation of the project.

The gynaecologist is present in the hospital 6 days a week, and is always on-call in case of emergency. The staff management plan provides for 2 international Gynaecologists and 2 Midwives, working alongside local nurses and midwives. Following the accreditation of the Centre as part of the national Health authority in 2011, local doctors specialising in Obstetrics and Gynaecology are also present.

DUTIES AND REPONSIBILITIES

All EMERGENCY  international personnel are expected to know and follow the hospital admissions criteria, guidelines, protocols, and the diagnosis and treatment standards in use in the Centre and to ensure the correct compilation of clinical records and statistics in both computer and paper formats.

The main duties and responsibilities of the Specialist in Obstetrics and Gynaecology are:

• management of obstetric and gynaecological pathologies;
• management, supervision and coordination of activity in operating theatre;
• responsibility for the obstetric emergency department, clinic and ward;
• mentoring of resident physicians (where present);
• assisting in clinical research and record keeping as required by the scientific programmes of the specialist sector of the Medical Division of EMERGENCY.

MANAGEMENT AND TRAINING OF LOCAL PERSONNEL

The Gynaecologist works with the Midwife to provide on-the-job training in theory and practice to the national trainee medical colleagues, midwives and nurses. This is achieved through working alongside the national staff on a day-to-day basis, and constantly monitoring the level of clinical independence reached. There is also provision for more specific teaching activities, managed by the international specialists, in accordance with the clinical protocols in use and as agreed with the Medical Coordinator.

Since 2011 she has been responsible for the training of Afghan (female) doctors undertaking specialisation at our Centre, by means of lectures, but above all through on-the-job training.

SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS

• Medical Degree, and current professional registration on the medical register of your Country of residence;
• specialisation in Obstetrics and Gynaecology with at least 5 years’ relevant professional experience;
• relevant experience in hospitals with a birth centre;
• experience in the delivery room and in the main obstetric and gynaecological surgical procedures;
• this role is open to female personnel only.