Volunteer: HOPE Medical Director- Cameroon

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Volunteer: HOPE Medical Director- Cameroon
Volunteer: HOPE Medical Director- Cameroon

Location: Yaounde, Cameroon

Job Description:

Volunteer Position: HOPE Medical Director
Mission Country: Yaound?, Cameroon
Duration: Long-term (min 6-mo; 12-months desired)
Fulltime Operating Base (FOB): (Maria Rosa Nsisim Medical and Surgical Foundation - MRNMSF).

Who: Looking for a motivated hospital administrator, nurse or physician to serve as HOPE Medical Director (HMD) for Cameroon to oversee our health care volunteers (VOLS) supporting a long-term, ongoing training and education program with MRNMSF -- a partnership between Project HOPE, MRNMSF, Good Works International, the Africa Investment Corporation, Blaz Design Management and Investment S.A, and the government of Cameroon -- in Yaound?, Cameroon. This pilot volunteer program will focus on health education through didactic and clinical counterpart training to build capacity and improve the overall functionality of the hospital, with eventual scale-up plans for the city and then country of Cameroon.

Mission Scope: Project HOPE will send teams of physician and nurse volunteer providers for 3-6 week rotations on a continued and sustained basis, in accordance with the yearlong schedule set forth by MRNMSF. Volunteers will deploy from home, live near the hospital in approved housing, and will work in the hospital for the duration of their mission.

HOPE HMD selected should have following background/experience and bona fides:
.BSN, MD/DO or higher educational diploma leading to nursing/physician degree or degree in hospital administration. An MPH would be helpful
.Current physician or nursing credentials (state licensure, BLS, ACLS); no record of outstanding unresolved malpractice
.Demonstrate previous successful experience in international health positions to include clinical, leadership/management and education/instruction skills
.Demonstrated ability to live/thrive/work in simple, austere, primitive, nonsectarian environment
.Current immunizations pertinent to travel in and about mission country
.Aged 65 or younger (waiver possible)
.Good health, physically and mentally fit, highly ambulatory, no communicable diseases, no chronic/acute diseases impacting job performance
.Mature, flexible, adaptable, resilient, agile, patient, culturally sensitive, hardworking, sense of humor, likes people, communicative
.Living/working experience or cultural knowledge of Cameroon or West Africa helpful
.Married couples will be considered. No children

What:
HOPE HMD duties and responsibilities:
.Serve as the Project HOPE senior organizational representative, expressing its mission, values, goals, objectives, culture and practices and ensuring mission objectives achieved
.HOPE Volunteer leader/manager; meet and greet all arriving/departing HOPE VOLs; brief all HOPE VOLs on duties, responsibilities; assist the hospital with supporting the mission, life support, lodging, meals, safety, security orientation
.Ensure all HOPE VOLs comply with Standard Operating Procedures. Provide daily oversight, command and control of all HOPE deployed persons at the mission site. Conduct VOL information meetings as required
.Address and report any disciplinary actions and clinical malpractice events; make recommendations on actions taken/disposition of VOLs
.Work closely with the Director, administration, host nation Chief Medical Officer, Chief Nurse and other medical staff authorities. Coordinate clinical placement and daily/weekly work schedule of HOPE VOLs within the facility
.Complete reports: weekly situation report; duty performance evaluation on all HOPE VOLs; serious incident reporting; other reports as required/outlined in the HOPE procedure guide
.If a medical provider, also can work alongside VOL team in the delivery of health education and training
.1-2 digital pictures and 1-2 paragraph stories per week, telling the HOPE story, highlighting HOPE VOLs, mission, etc. Highly desirable if HMD possesses skills, knowledge and desire to blog
.Work 5 days/week or as required to complete the mission. If tour extends beyond 9-months, HOPE provides round-trip transportation (or anywhere equivalent in price) for 1-week return home vacation

HOPE provides following:
.This is a volunteer, non-paid position
.Round-trip air transportation, with visa, in exchange for 180-days of work; if HMD redeploys in less than 30-days, the VOL is required to pay for return ticket, change fees and penalties, unless the redeployment is for HOPE verified/approved family or personal emergency, medical or HOPE directed reasons
.Room and board: 3 - culturally appropriate meals per day
.Medical emergency ground/air evacuation insurance outlined in Project HOPE handbook
.Internet access where available; laptop for sending official reports, communications, etc.

When: The HOPE HMD will deploy/redeploy on agreed upon date after being selected for a minimum period of 6-months door-to-door.

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