ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Includes the following. Other duties may be assigned.
- – Maintain a personal, active relationship with Jesus Christ and be a consistent witness for Jesus Christ.
- – Attend daily morning devotions and participate in prayer support for the ministry and ongoing response.
- – Deploy internationally to disaster settings as part of the DART team, serving with fellow members to further Samaritan’s Purse’s mission.
- – Follow the policies and procedures of Samaritan’s Purse as set forth in the Policy Manual.
- – Provide medical care and monitoring of critically ill and injured patients whose condition is unstable or serious.
- – Oversee decisions involved in a critically ill patient’s care and collaborate with emergency, medical, surgical and specialty teams as needed.
- – Bring competence to a specialised response (e.g., care of Covid-19 patients in a Respiratory Care Unit).
- – Haemodynamic and respiratory monitoring and intervention for patients requiring invasive or non-invasive ventilation.
- – Management of ventilator settings, including weening or escalating settings for progressing or decompensating patients.
- – Evaluate extubation readiness according to extubation criteria.
- – Management of shock and multi-organ failure in resource-limited settings.
- – Prescribe medications in accordance with the Samaritan’s Purse formularies. Knowledge of critical infusions for haemodynamic support, including appropriate selection and titration of medications.
- – Complete clinical assessments and diagnoses with the use of basic laboratory tests and basic imaging.
- – Complete necessary documentation and data collection, ensuring an appropriate written/oral handover.
- – Practice standard precautions and maintain the integrity of sterile supplies and equipment.
- – Consult with local providers and health officials as requested by Clinical Director.
- – Ensure smooth inter-departmental patient transfers and referrals to external facilities for further care.
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE
- – Post-resident with a minimum of two years of experience as a physician in an ICU setting (time spent in ICU residency counts toward the minimum requirement).
- – Clinical ICU experience within the last five years.
- – Completion of accredited training as a physician specialising in Critical Care with a current active licence.
- – Available on short notice for a 3–4-week deployment, once or twice per year.
- – Able to serve within a very fast-paced environment, 7 days a week for extended hours while on deployment.
- – Demonstrated travel, volunteer or work experience in developing countries.
- – Willingness to work in unstable, insecure areas.
- – Able to work as a member of a team, particularly cross-culturally.
- – Highly detail-oriented in all areas of work.
- – Critical Care specialties of Trauma ICU, Surgical ICU, Pulmonary ICU, and Medical ICU (desirable, but not required).
- – Teaching experience (desirable, but not required).
