General Practitioner

MediCorp Gulf Medical Clinic

Brief role description

• Knowledge and skill to provide acute medical care for a wide variety of common injuries and illnesses as well as to stabilize and refer individuals for specialized care.
• Provide emergency medical response, advance life support and stabilization for cases involving trauma, cardiac events, acute illnesses and allergic reactions.
• Competently perform cardio-pulmonary resuscitation including intubation.
• Proficient in the use of bag and mask for resuscitation.
• Proficient in the use of defibrillator and emergency cardiac drugs.
• Proficient in starting both peripheral and central lines.
• Insert a chest drain and crico-thyroidotomy cannula.
• Control a haemorrhage.
• Give intravenous, intramuscular, subcutaneous or intra-dermal injections.
• Pass a urinary catheter.
• Splint and stabilize fractures.
• Stabilization and treatment of significant thermal burns.
• Proficient at fasciotomy/eschar release in burns or trauma cases.
• Proficient with a slit lamp for treatment of foreign body removal and evaluation of iritis/glaucoma.
• Proficient in techniques for eye foreign body and rust removal.
• Evaluate and treat toxic overdoses and /or exposures.
• Refer cases to specialist centres and assist with the transfer.
• Provide functional leadership for emergency medical delivery systems.

Qualifications

• Local national
• Diploma or Bachelor Degree
• Home country medical registration/license
• ACLS, ATLS, PHTLS training certificates

Experience

• At least 5 years post graduate experience in emergency medicine in a clinical or occupational setting.

Language

• Fluent in English

Country of project

• Basra, Iraq and any other region if needed