We are seeking a skilled and compassionate Medical Doctor to join our Search and Rescue (SAR) mission team. As a Medical Doctor for SAR, you will play a crucial role in providing medical assistance and support to survivors in distress during search and rescue operations. This position requires a strong commitment to humanitarian aid, as well as strong medical skills and the ability to work effectively in challenging and dynamic situations.
DUTIES AND TASKS
- Emergency Medical Response: provide immediate medical assistance to individuals in distress, including assessment, treatment, and stabilization of injuries and illnesses after rescue operations.
- Medical Triage: conduct rapid medical triage to prioritize care and allocate resources effectively.
- Medical Evacuation: identify survivors in need of MedEvac and, in close collaboration with the Head of Mission / SAR Team Leader, coordinate and facilitate the evacuation, by boat or helicopters.
- Medical Consultation: provide medical care, monitor the condition and administer adequate treatment to survivors on the vessel.
- Documentation and Reporting: maintain accurate medical records, including patient assessments, treatments provided, and medications administered.
- Pharmacy and medical stock: the medical team is responsible for the management of pharmacy, including inventory update, consumption recording and monitoring, device checking, access to narcotics and controlled drugs (locked storage); at the end of the mission the medical team hands over an updated inventory to log & supply to replenish the medical stock.
- Liaising: the MD is responsible for the communication with health authorities on shore, in coordination with the Head of Mission.
Upon disembarkation the MD writes a medical report for health authorities and internal record.