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Burn Surgical Specialist, Ukraine

British Red CrossUkraine

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About The Role

Burn Surgical Specialist, Ukraine

Location : Kyiv, Ukraine

Contract : -week deployment (x iterations)

Salary : £, - £, gross earnings per -week deployment (dependent on experience)

Could you use your specialist expertise and knowledge as a Burns Surgeon to help support the vital enhancement and development of burn care in Ukraine?

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the British Red Cross (BRC) are working in partnership to support the enhancement of a burn centre, in a city hospital in Kyiv, Ukraine.

We are seeking x medical professionals with specialised experience in burns (x Burn Surgical Specialist, x Burn Anaesthesiologist Specialist, x Burn Physiotherapist and x Burn Specialist Nurse) and who are enthusiastic about extending their knowledge and skills within a humanitarian environment to deploy for a -week period.

A second “follow-up” -week deployment will be required within -months of the initial deployment. Candidates who are able to commit to both missions are strongly encouraged to apply and would be preferential. However, we will also consider different candidates for each of the two deployments, if necessary.

The Burn Surgical Specialist will play a crucial role in advancing the quality of care provided to weapon-wounded individuals and civilians with burns in Ukraine. The specialist support you will offer will be in the development of skills within the burn centre’s existing local staff (a mix of assisting in the development of formal training and mentoring) and a continuous needs assessment, contributing to learning needs and materials (including consumables, equipment, and information management needs).

Key Responsibilities

Enhancing the proficiency of the burn care team in Kyiv (mentoring and capacity building the local burn care specialists, thereby strengthening their clinical capabilities, specifically in improving of scar management, antibiotic usage and pain management together with anaesthetist and infection prevention practices, etc.)
Ensuring a comprehensive integrated approach to burn management from initial treatment through to reconstruction and rehabilitation
Promoting and ensuring knowledge transfer and exchange
Supporting the implementation of activities to ensure that the highest quality modern clinical care [available] is offered to patients and the optimal outcomes are achieved

What We Are Looking For

Full British medical licensure as a Surgeon is essential, with a specialisation in Burns

Up-to-date, expert knowledge and skills in burn surgery (with awareness and tolerance of the material limitations of the host environment)

The integral ability to analyse and assess specific educational training needs and transfer expert knowledge and skills through training programmes, workshops and seminars (with an emphasis on practical activity and hands-on training, working alongside the local staff), as well as encouraging knowledge exchange and collaborative learning among burn care professionals to improve, where necessary, and reflect the current best practices in surgical burn care

A systemic approach to gathering data and identifying and prioritising needs based on cost-effectiveness and realistic expectations

Self-awareness and sensitivities to other cultures and opinions is essential, as well as the ability to foster good and trusted relationships and be able to adapt quickly in challenging and new dynamic environments

Fluency in written and spoken English is a requirement (you will be working through local interpreters) but, of course, knowledge of Ukrainian would be highly advantageous

Previous international humanitarian and / or development experience in low-income countries would be an asset, as well as previous experience within the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement

Please download the job description (at the top right-hand side of this page, above the map ->

for more information on the role responsibilities and requirements.

Preferably applicants would have an existing right to enter Schengen Zone countries in order to transit to Ukraine, citizenship / residence of a Schengen Zone country, or an ETIAS eligible country but this is not essential.

Closing date for applications is : (UK time) on Sunday, rd June .

Should you have any questions regarding this role please email Stevie Bennett, International HR Adviser at [email protected] directly, quoting the job title.

We offer a wide range of staff benefits, these include :

Accommodation in Kyiv while on deployment

Travel to and from Ukraine

Comprehensive insurance, including medical, personal effects and life insurance

Pre and post assignment medicals and access to excellent health and wellbeing benefits, etc.