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ARAB WORLD
Midwives, nurses 740
PAID POSITION! A Christian hospital with a new building opening in 2012, urgently needs nurses and midwives. At least two years of recent experience and an appropriate license in the current country of practice is required.
Duration: Long-term
Health Professionals 800
Christian TB hospital set up over 40 years ago to work especially with the Bedouin has had a great ministry and influence over the years. It has now been taken over by a new management team and is seeking to consolidate and develop its work in the future. Doctors, nurses, pharmacists and other hospital professionals with particular experience and interest in TB and/or chest diseases are being sought.
Duration: Long-term
Counsellor/Psychologist 388
Local organisations need professionals in the field of addiction to counsel traumatised people in the refugee community. Additionally, there is a need for counsellors among the expatriate community.
Duration: Long-term
Special Needs Professionals 756
A Christian international development organisation that has been working with people with disabilities for a number of years has a need for physiotherapists, occupational therapists, social workers (who are experienced at working with people with disabilities), special needs teachers, handicraft teachers, psychologist and home care assistants. As well as seeking personnel with relevant qualifications and experience, we look for key abilities in networking, training, group work skills and modelling good practice.
Duration: Long-term
Palliative Care Professionals 755
A Christian international development organisation that works with vulnerable, marginalised and disadvantaged people has pursued a vision for developing palliative care since 2002. Activities have included working with the national cancer hospital to encourage a multi-disciplinary and holistic approach to the patient and family; develop and deliver training courses, participate in national medical forums and teach family members techniques to support a patient at home. As well as supporting the national cancer hospital in the capital, it is currently helping with the development of a community-based palliative care service in another city. Applications from doctors, nurses, social workers, physiotherapists and occupational therapists are welcome.
Duration: Mid-term
CENTRAL ASIA
Director, Nursing & Midwifery 761
PAID POSITION! An international hospital has a vacancy for a Director of Nursing and Midwifery. The hospital is primarily a teaching hospital with services in family medicine, internal medicine, paediatrics, OBGYN, pathology, general surgery, plastic surgery and orthopaedics. The Director of Nursing and Midwifery will direct and evaluate the activities of the nursing and midwifery department, including implementation of the department’s philosophy and goals, standards for nursing/midwifery practice and management and development of nursing personnel. He/she will provide leadership and direction in all nursing/midwifery matters and implement and uphold all hospital values.
Duration: Mid-term
Eye Care Professionals 737
We are seeking any eye-care professionals - ophthalmologist, ophthalmic nurse, etc. - to help train nationals for a nation-wide eye-care programme.
Duration: Long-term
Primary Healthcare Consultant 532
Join a team of other expatriate family doctors who are working with local trainers and healthcare leaders and responsible for delivering continuing medical education (CME) and retraining to medical providers in this country. Responsibilities would include clinical mentoring of residents, development of CME curriculum, development and implementation of web-based/computer-based CME modules, technical review of locally-developed clinical protocols, and more. The qualified doctor will have an interest in academic medicine. Experience teaching residents or medical students is desirable, but not necessary.
Duration: Long-term
Technical Advisor, Mobile Eye Clinic 490
An organisation dedicated to community development, preventative health and work among the disabled is seeking Technical Advisers. Duties include identifying gaps in current knowledge or methodology and developing training to meet those needs, research in the relevant field which will be used to help direct the future of the project, facilitating and assisting in the preparation of evaluations, stimulating networking, and developing tools for measuring the projects progress. The qualified person will be a nurse, trained and experienced in eye care.
Duration: Long-term
Counsellor 377
The job involves working closely with social workers, providing professional counselling to youth and young families, as well as helping to train lay counsellors. Responsibilities also involve assisting with the development of counselling materials for training. The applicant should have relevant qualifications and experience, and an understanding of cultural, ethnic and social issues in the community. Christian counselling training would be preferable.
Duration: Mid-term
Caregiver 312
This non-profit organization runs a medical clinic and works with children with cerebral palsy and their parents. It provides medical consultation, individualized physiotherapy, parental support group and more. We are seeking volunteer caregivers who can work alongside experienced expatriate professionals helping with the day-to-day activities of the centre which has around 100 children currently in the program. Activities include helping with daily therapeutic exercise treatment, mothers' days out, a teenagers' club, as well as, home and orphanage visits. A medical clinic operates at the same location and provides a valuable inexpensive service for the community. For those with nursing experience there is opportunity to serve in the medical clinic alongside expat doctors. Anyone who loves children and has been involved in activities with disabled children is encourage to apply.
Duration: Mid-term
Counsellor Trainer 125
A counsellor is required to teach modules on a certified counselling training course at a non-profit organisation. This would include teaching 4 one-week modular courses, followed by and interspersed with intensive supervision of group work and practicums. The purpose of the course is to train locals to become qualified in counselling and aims to help many organisations to improve the quality of the care they give. The counselling program is practical, focusing on the learning of skills rather than being highly academic. The job duration is short term leading to long term. A minimum Masters level in counselling or social work and several years experience is essential. Qualifications in interpreting Cattells 16pf profile testing would be helpful.
Duration: Mid-term
Physiotherapists/ Occupational Therapists 533
URGENT! There is an urgent need for therapy staff in a range of job opportunities. Openings are available in rural areas for long-term therapists interested in training others in basic community-based rehabilitiation. The positions involve both training of others and hands-on work with children with disabilities. This would be an opportunity for therapists to work closely with a local team. There are also openings for therapy staff doing higher level training for doctors involved in stroke rehabilitation. The openings for training doctors may be possible for short-termers (more than 3 months).
Duration: Short-term
NORTH EAST ASIA
Medical doctor 775
We are looking for a doctor to primarily support expat mission workers in a Christian organisation, but there will also be opportunities for ministry to Mongolians.
Country: Mongolia
Duration: Long-term
SOUTH ASIA
Medical Students 721
A community hospital with training and research departments has vacancies for final-year medical students. Duties would include participation (under staff supervision) in all the daily activities of ward rounds, outpatient clinics, surgery and emergency calls. Participants would develop skills in history-taking (through available translation), physical examination, appropriate lab and x-ray evaluation and differential diagnosis in a rural hospital context, as well as common procedures and assist in surgeries when possible. There would be opportunity to study the diseases and conditions encountered each day, especially those endemic to developing countries, and, most importantly, be a model of Christian compassion in attitudes and actions toward patients and staff. Qualifying participants will be enrolled in the final year of an accredited medical school in his/her country of origin and have a personal commitment to Christ and a desire to be involved in advancing His kingdom.
Country: Bangladesh
Duration: Short-term
Nurse Educator 710
A community health and development organisation (which includes a 150 bed hospital) has plans to set up a nurse-training institute to address the shortage of nurses in Bangladesh. The nurse educator would be involved in the initial setting up of the nursing school, as well as being responsible for faculty development.
Country: Bangladesh
Duration: Mid-term
Doctors 709
A community hospital is in need of obstetricians, paediatricians, general physicians, anaesthetists, as well as epidemiologists and a pathologist. The work is a mix of clinical service provision, research and training. Doctors are needed who are prepared to meet clinical need as it arises, as well as contribute to training in particular. Those with research interests will find opportunity to work on existing projects.
Country: Bangladesh
Duration: Long-term
Doctors 672
PAID POSITIONS! A faith based organisation involved in holistic community development is seeking mission-minded and committed doctors who will serve on a long-term basis at our hospital. We are looking for the following: Paediatrics Specialist (MD), Gynaecologist - Specialist (MD), Anesthesiologist (MD), and Surgeon (MS).
Country: India
Duration: Long-term
Nurse Trainers 296
A secular nursing college in the capital city is using an outcomes-based training model to train nurses to an international standard Bachelors degree in nursing, accredited by a university in Canada. They are looking for nurse trainers in all areas of nursing to work on campus in classroom training, but also to supervise clinical training at a variety of hospitals. This program is to address the issue of nurses who are often poorly trained, poorly paid and disrespected as professionals.
Country: Bangladesh
Duration: Long-term
Pharmacist 285
A qualified and experienced pharmacist is required by a Christian hospital, to supervise and train the existing pharmacy staff, and develop and implement improvements in the operation of the pharmacy. We seek a trained and experienced pharmacist. Length of experience is not as important as commitment to the task and to the people of the region. Candidates should be prepared to commit long term since language study for a period of about twelve months is a requirement.
Country: Pakistan
Duration: Long-term
Nurses/Midwives 284
A Christian hospital is seeking trained and registered nurses and midwives who are interested in working with tribal people in a remote but well-populated region. Nursing procedures differ from western hospitals in that one or more relatives look after each patient’s non-medical needs. The majority of our nurses are competent “practical nurses” that have been trained within the hospital and the nurse/midwife would supervise and further train these nurses. We seek experienced registered nurses, both male and female. Because of cultural sensitivities, midwives should be female. Candidates should be prepared to commit long term, since language study for a period of about twelve to eighteen months is a requirement.
Country: Pakistan
Duration: Long-term
Doctor 280
We seek a General Practitioner who is interested in working with tribal people in this remote but well-populated region. Treatments will often be for illnesses now rarely seen in the West, such as malaria, acute gastroenteritis, TB, tetanus and similar illnesses. A qualified General Practitioner or Physician, either male or female is needed who is willing to work in less than ideal conditions. Commitment to the task and to the people of this region is the main qualification. Twelve to eighteen month of language study would be needed before undertaking the position fully.
Country: Pakistan
Duration: Long-term
Lab Technician 273
A part-time female lab technician is needed for a women's Christian hospital.
Country: Pakistan
Duration: Long-term
Pharmacist 267
A pharmacist is needed for a very busy obstetric and gynaecological centre, that also provides Paediatric care for the children born there. It offers a government-recognised midwifery training program for girls from the community. The Centre is also noted for its postgraduate training of Doctors in Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
Country: Pakistan
Duration: Long-term
Director 266
A very busy obstetric and gynaecological centre is in need of a director for its community development project.
Country: Pakistan
Duration: Long-term
Paediatrician 265
A paediatrician is needed for a women's Christian hospital.
Country: Pakistan
Duration: Long-term
Obstetrician/Gynaecologist 262
A female obstetrician/gynecologist is needed for a women's hospital.
Country: Pakistan
Duration: Long-term
Lab Technologist/Trainer 258
A lab technologist/trainer is required for routine lab procedures in a 60-bed mission hospital in a small town in the foothills of the Himalayas. They will also help upgrade present lab facilities and train lab students. Laboratory technologist certification from an accredited program in country of origin is essential. Local language acquisition would also be a must. Long and short term opportunities are available for both males and females. Long term volunteers would study Urdu for 1-2 years before engaging in full time medical practice. Volunteers should be professionally qualified in his/her profession. In this challenging environment, it is helpful to have a hardy personality and good sense of humour.
Country: Pakistan
Duration: Long-term
School Nurse 241
There is an urgent need for a nurse to begin August 2012 to care for the health of the students and staff at a small boarding school in the Himalayan foothills. The qualified individual would have the ability to work in partnership with other staff, but without a doctor at hand much of the time, the personality and skills to care for the health of our varied community and good organisational skills. This is a position for someone with a personal Christian Commitment with an evangelical outlook.
Country: Pakistan
Duration: Long-term
Guidance Counsellor 233
A small Christian boarding school is in need of a student counsellor/adviser/psychologist to share the responsibility and care of its students. This position could be shared with the Member Care Foundation for someone with the right mix of qualifications. The qualified individual would have an excellent track record in counselling and caring for children, teenagers, individuals and families. Additionally, s/he should have the ability to work in partnership, the personality and skills to motivate and inspire others and good organisational skills. This is a position for someone with a personal Christian Commitment with an evangelical outlook. Guidance counselling experience would be an advantage.
Country: Pakistan
Duration: Long-term
General Surgeon 225
A qualified general surgeon is needed for a 75-bed hospital that serves the tribal people of the region. Common operations are c-sections, cholecystectomies, appendectomies, prostatectomies, tonsillectomies, hysterectomies (vaginal and abdominal) and similar, as well as all kinds of injury repairs. Complex procedures are referred to regional hospitals. The surgeon would also attend outpatients clinics and consult with patients on general medical issues.
Country: Pakistan
Duration: Long-term
Physiotherapist 176
A physiotherapist in needed to work in a northern region of Pakistan.
Duration: Long-term
Ophthalmologist 172
An ophthalmologist is needed for a hospital situated amongst the remote communities of northern Pakistan. The range of medical services to the people of northern areas continues to expand and includes 3 slitlamp microscope clinic rooms and 2 operation theatres. Both ECCE and phaco cataract procedures are performed at the hospital as well as sutureless ECCE procedures. There is also a fully operational optical laboratory making glasses on site and a fully stocked pharmacy.
Country: Pakistan
Duration: Long-term
Ultrasound Technician 152
A 60-bed Christian hospital has a need for an ultrasound technician who would be able to teach ultrasound as well as participating in clinical ultrasonography. There are long and short term opportunities available for both males and females. Long term volunteers would study Urdu for 1-2 years before engaging in full time medical practice. Volunteers should be professionally qualified. In this challenging environment, it is helpful to have a hardy personality and good sense of humour.
Country: Pakistan
Duration: Long-term
Dentist 151
There is a need for a dentist to do basic restorative dental work. There are opportunities for both long and short term volunteers. Long term volunteers would study Urdu for 1-2 years before engaging in full time medical practice. Volunteers should be professionally qualified. In this challenging environment, it is helpful to have a hardy personality and good sense of humour.
Country: Pakistan
Duration: Short- and long-term
Doctors, especially Paediatricians 719
A community health and development project, expanded to include a hospital, needs obstetricians, paediatricians, general physicians, anaesthetists, as well as epidemiologists and a pathologist. The work is a mix of clinical service provision, research and training. Doctors are required who are prepared to meet clinical needs as they arise, as well as contribute to training. Those with research interests will find opportunity to work on existing projects.
Country: Bangladesh
Duration: Short-term
General surgeon 452
Needed for a busy 115 bed (official-150 bed actual) general hospital in Bangladesh with over 9000 admissions yearly with between 3,000 - 3,500 deliveries. Our general surgeon just left and a proposed replacement did not work out. Range of possible cases (previous surgeon's experience) include emergency abdominal (from perforated gastric ulcers to perforated bowel with gangrene resulting from perforated uteri in botched abortion requiring 12" ascending colon resection); routine hernia repairs, skin grafting for burn patients, repair of cleft lip/palate. The general surgeon who just left is willing to return for approx. 3-4 months Sept-Dec 2010, but after that, no replacement is currently available.
Duration: Short-term
Obstetrician 300
URGENT! Obstetrician needed at a rural mission hospital with 150 beds. The existing obstetric team is multinational with a ratio of about 50/50 national to international doctors. There are opportunities to be involved in research as well as clinical obstetrics. The post will have a training component as national junior doctors are part of the team, and come expecting postgraduate training.
Duration: Long-term
Physician 222
Physician interested in TB and AIDS control to work in clinic.
Country: Pakistan
Duration: Long-term
Pediatrician 162
For hospital in the northern areas of Pakistan.
Duration: Long-term
Optometrist / Refractionist 177
An optometrist is required to work in clinics and eye camps in conjunction with a Christian eye hospital in a northern region of Pakistan.
Duration: Long-term
Surgeon 161
For a hospital in the northern area of Pakistan.
Duration: Long-term
SOUTH EAST ASIA
Refugee clinic nurse 441
A refugee centre serving about 1000 refugees and asylum seekers is in need of a nurse. As part of the services offered at this centre there is a busy clinic. Sometimes there is a doctor and sometimes it is entirely nurse-run. This is an amazing opportunity to work alongside a local team and refugee volunteers from all over the world. It is a challenging job and the qualified nurse stepping in can expect to be stretched. A one-year commitment is necessary.
Country: Thailand
Duration: Mid-term
Medical Electives 724
This university has experience taking international students both in clinical and community settings. It has a multicultural environment. Electives can be done in obstetrics and gynaecology, surgery, paediatrics, emergency or tropical medicine. This is a great opportunity for medical students who want a cross cultural experience. The applicant needs to apply at least two months in advance with a CV and a letter of recommendation from the applicant's school or teacher. The elective can be as short as four weeks.
Duration: Short-term
Medical Doctor 116
A Christian Hospital, located in a rural area on the Burmese border, urgently requires a medical doctor for at least six months. Experience in the developing world is essential. Surgical skills would be useful but not necessary. Translation is available. The hospital has approximately 50 beds and serves a large community. It is set in a village with a vibrant Christian community which includes a Christian school, community based rehab project for the disabled, a home based care project for people living with AIDS, two churches, and a large hostel. It is a wonderful place to become immersed in a rural community.
Country: Thailand
Duration: Short- to mid-term
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