Anesthetist at Action Against Hunger | ACF-International

Action Against Hunger is the world’s hunger specialist and leader in a global movement that aims to end life-threatening hunger for good within our lifetimes. For 40 years, the humanitarian and development organization has been on the front lines, treating and preventing hunger across nearly 50 countries. It served more than 21 million people in 2018 alone.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Anesthetist

Location: Damasak, Mobbar, Borno
Employment Type: Full Time
Level: Mid Level
Programmes: Nutrition and Health
Reporting to: Obstetrics and Gynecology Doctor
Proposed start date: December 2023

Key Responsibilities

• Evaluate the activity of anesthesia and resuscitation, training and coaching;
• Organization in the operating room (block pharmacy, inventory and order);
• Practice of anesthesia and monitoring of patients;
• Implementation of anesthetic and resuscitation protocols;
• Ensure pre-anesthetic visits and fill out the cards for any patient passing through the block;
• Categorize patients according to the risky anesthetics (ASA1-6);
• Ensure the resuscitation training of the newborn and the adult in the other units (IPD, SC, SRH);
• Ensure the sterilization is proceeding in the international and standards norms;
• Ensure the utilization of antibiotic and analgesic are following standards norms;
• Use of standard WHO protocols;
• Operating department register (that can be followed up by the operation theater nurse or anesthetist);
• The anesthetist is partly responsible for the traceability of operating room activities and sterile medical devices as well as the control of disinfection and sterilization procedures;
• Analyze the situation, anticipate the associated risks according to the type of anesthesia, the patient's characteristics and the intervention and adjust the anesthetic management;
• Implement and adapt the anesthesia procedure according to the patient and the course of the procedure;
• Assure and analyze the quality and safety in anesthesia resuscitation;
• Analyze the behavior of the patient and ensure support and information adapted to the situation of anesthesia;
• Internal investigation for each surgical death.

Position Requirements

• Doctor with a Degree in Anesthesiology;
• Nurse specialized in Anesthesia resuscitation with a minimum of 3 years of experience;
• Anticipate and set up an organization of the anesthesia site according to the patient, the type of intervention and the type of anesthesia;
• Respect for the strict rules of health and safety of the patient;
• Supervision and control of surgical instruments, drugs and material;
• Supervision of the sterilization procedures;
• Coordinate some actions with stakeholders and train professionals in the context of anesthesia-resuscitation, intra and extra-hospital emergency and pain management;
• Flexibility of adaptation to work with some limited resources;
• Adhere to the values of the ACF charter.

Application Closing Date
Monday, 20th November 2023.