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Médecins Sans Frontières Vacancies

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) recruits medical and non-medical aid workers to provide assistance in nearly 60 countries to people whose survival is threatened by violence, neglect, or catastrophe, primarily due to armed conflict, epidemics, malnutrition, exclusion from health care, or natural disasters.

Medical Aid Workers
: The medical staff composition of each program can vary greatly and is determined by the coordination teams at MSF headquarters together with coordinators in the field.

* urgently needed

Anesthesiologists / Nurse Anesthetists *
  • Valid degree and current license
  • Completed residency in anesthesiology
  • Ability to work with limited technical resources
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HIV/AIDS and TB Specialists *
  • M.D. or D.O. and current license
  • Completion of a residency program
  • Current or recent practical experience
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Nurse-Midwives / Certified Midwives *
  • Appropriate degree and/or certificate in midwifery
  • Managerial and supervisory experience
  • Ability to train and coach other health workers
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Obstetricians / Gynecologists *
  • M.D. or D.O. and current license
  • Completion of a residency program
  • Current or recent practical experience
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Operating Room Nurses *
  • Licensed, registered nurse (RN) with OR experience
  • No more than a 2 year gap in clinical experience
  • Experience in general surgery, trauma, orthopedics and/or obstetrics
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Surgeons *
  • Valid degree and current license
  • Completed residency in surgery
  • Current or recent practical experience
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Epidemiologists
  • Master's degree in epidemiology or in public health with epidemiological focus
  • Proven practical skills in design, implementation, and evaluation of surveys, and in quantitative/qualitative research methods
  • Ability to launch surveillance systems, conduct training, and plan campaigns (eg. epidemics or malnutrition)
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Laboratory Scientists/Technicians
  • Degree or diploma in laboratory technology or degree in microbiology with applied medical parasitology and bacteriology
  • Experience with sample-taking (blood, stool, sputum)
  • Knowledge of laboratory testing quality-control methods
  • Managerial, training, and supervisory experience
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Licensed Mental Health Specialists
  • Licensed Clinical Social Workers, licensed Clinical Psychologists (Phd level), psychiatric nurses and psychiatrists
  • Independent licensed clinical practice
  • Experience in one of the following: trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder, sexual violence, HIV/AIDS and/or TB
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Pharmacists
  • Professional experience in a hospital setting
  • Relevant degree in pharmacology
  • Ability to ensure quality of locally purchased drugs
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Physicians
  • M.D. or D.O. and current license
  • Completion of a residency program
  • Current or recent practical experience
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Registered Nurses / Nurse Practitioners
  • Appropriate diploma, degree, and current license
  • Current or recent experience with direct patient care
  • Teaching/training/supervisory experience
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Non-medical Aid Workers: Although MSF is an emergency medical organization, it could never survive without its logistical, technical, and financial personnel. They are the backbone of every MSF aid program.
Administrators / Financial Controllers
  • Experience with accounting, budgeting and financial planning, financial control, financial reporting
  • Experience with human resources management
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Logisticians Skills in:
  • Pump & generator maintenance
  • Basic water & sanitation systems
  • Supply management, construction, or radio equipment
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Water & Sanitation Logisticians
  • Formal training or extensive work experience in WatSan
  • Experience as a manager, foreperson, or team leader
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Coordination
Experienced Field Coordinators
  • Minimum one-year commitment with flexible start date and no preference for project location
  • Minimum of three years recent field experience as an expatriate with an international humanitarian and/or emergency organization, with at least one year spent in a field management position
  • Minimum of two assignments in at least two different contexts in developing countries, e.g. having worked in (1) an insecure context and (2) an emergency response situation
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MSF does not currently recruit:
  • Acupuncturists
  • Aromatherapists
  • Body Workers
  • Chiropractors
  • Dentists
  • Dieticians
  • Electrologists
  • EMTs
  • Licensed Practical Nurses
  • Massage Therapists
  • Naturopaths (ND)
  • Neurosurgeons
  • Occupational Therapists
  • Ophthalmologists
  • Paramedics
  • Physician Assistants
  • Podiatrists
  • Radiology Technologists
  • Reike Specialists
  • Veterinarians
  • Wilderness Medics
  • This is not an exhaustive li