SOS MEDITERRANEE is a civil European rescue association founded in 2015 to face the humanitarian tragedy and the lack of adequate state rescue capacity in the Mediterranean on the deadliest maritime migratory route in the world since 2014. Created by a group of European citizens, our maritime and humanitarian organisation has three missions:
- To rescue people in distress at sea.
- To protect and assist survivors on board our ship.
- To bear witness and raise awareness about the tragedy unfolding in the central Mediterranean.
Today, SOS MEDITERRANEE is a network composed of four European entities (Germany, France, Italy, Switzerland) sharing the objective to support our rescue operations at sea. Search and Rescue (SAR) operations have been carried out since February 2016 in the Central Mediterranean off the Libyan coasts with the chartered ships Aquarius and Ocean Viking. To date, over 43.000 people have been rescued by SOS MEDITERRANEE.
SOS MEDITERRANEE is now looking to hire a Medical Doctor, in order to build a resilient pool of people who would be available to join our Post Rescue team onboard of the Ocean Viking.
We are looking for someone available end of june.
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Reporting to Post-Rescue Team Leader, the Medical doctor will provide appropriate care to the survivor onboard the Ocean Viking and participate in the protection and care activities.
MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES :
Medical activities
- Apply medical knowledge and skills to respond appropriately to any medical needs
- Oversee any critical medical situations and provide critical medical skills related to emergencies or critical situations
- Provide any relevant medical certificates to survivors when needed
- Ensure universal precautions are followed at all times, reducing bio-hazard risks and participate in infection prevention onboard
- In collaboration with PRTL, responsible for indicating the need for medical evacuation of critically ill patients
- In collaboration with medical team, identify and organize cases for medical referral on land at disembarkation
- Responsible for health of all crew on board with the support of the wider medical team
Protection and care activites
- Participate in the identification of vulnerable individuals onboard and referral of cases to other actors ashore
- Participate in all on board survivors’ care activities
Learning and Medical supply
- Participate in the delivery of medical trainings to the medical team and other crew members
- Ensure rational distribution of medicines and equipment
- Support the PRTL to ensure regular inventories are conducted to determine medical supply needs
- Support in the appropriate removal of expired items
- In collaboration with the wider medical team and logistics, ensure medical waste is properly managed on the ship according to SOPs
- Upon request and on a voluntary basis, participate in medical and non-medical conferences to raise awareness about the project and its medical activities.