Burn Surgical Specialist, Ukraine

7 months ago


London, United Kingdom British Red Cross Full time

**About The Role**

**Burn Surgical Specialist, Ukraine**
**Location**:Kyiv, Ukraine
**Contract**:6-week deployment (x2 iterations)

**Salary**: £9,183.16 - £9,913.31 gross earnings per 6-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 x4 medical professionals with specialised experience in burns (1x Burn Surgical Specialist, 1x Burn Anaesthesiologist Specialist, 1x Burn Physiotherapist and 1x Burn Specialist Nurse) and who are enthusiastic about extending their knowledge and skills within a humanitarian environment to deploy for a 6-week period.

The specialist support these professionals 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**

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. With specialised surgical expertise in burns, responsibilities of the role include aiming to:

- Enhance 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, etc.)
- Ensure a comprehensive integrated approach to burn management from initial treatment through to reconstruction and rehabilitation
- Promote knowledge transfer and exchange
- Support 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

Please download the job description (on the right-hand side of this page ->) 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, e.g. citizenship/residence of a Schengen Zone country, or an** **ETIAS** eligible country but this is not essential.**

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.

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