Employer: RALEIGH INTERNATIONAL
Location: India.
Raleigh International is a youth and sustainable development charity that brings together people of all ages, backgrounds and nationalities to contribute to sustainable development projects overseas. Raleigh is recruiting a Doctor to provide medical support to their International Citizen Service (ICS) programme this summer.
Raleigh’s International Citizen Service programme is a unique opportunity for you to work with communities in developing countries, making a real difference to the lives of people overseas, and more locally in the UK. Funded by the Department for International Development (DfID), Indian and UK volunteers work together to develop an understanding of international development, to have a positive development impact on rural communities and to engage as active global citizens post-programme.
The role :
The Fieldbase Medic role in India is responsible for providing support to the ICS programme. The role consists of working independently to look after the general health of all volunteers and supporting the operational decisions relating to managing emergencies that may occur alongside a team of non-medical fieldbase staff. Medical support for this role will be provided by Raleigh’s Medical Coordinator who is based at our head office in London.
At the start of the programme you will stock and prepare medical kits for all project sites and vehicles, complete medical interviews with each volunteer in order to understand the health needs of the programme, and give comprehensive first aid instructions to all volunteers. You will work closely with Raleigh’s staff and volunteers in preparing health related training and educational materials for use in the rural communities on project. You are also responsible for preparing regular medical reports to inform the Raleigh Medical Coordinator in London about the on-going medical health status of volunteers.
The FB Medic will predominantly work from fieldbase. At regular intervals during the programme the FB Medic will deploy on a mobile clinic to visit all ICS project teams in rural communities.
Essential skills
Doctor with minimum of 3 years experience post-qualification
Medical skills that are transferable to remote static environments
Ability to teach first aid and promote health and safety on programme
Able to prioritise/triage
Good communication skills
Ability to work as part of a multi disciplinary team
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