The role requires complete and autonomous capacity in the diagnosis and clinical management of the physiological and pathological neonatal patients.
The international Paediatrician Neonatologist supervises, coordinates and works alongside the national medical personnel in the Neonatology department - in delivery room, in clinic and in ward - in collaboration with an international paediatric nurse.
He/She will join the team of international specialists at the Maternity Centre - gynaecologists, midwives and nurse - organising and carrying out the training of the local medical and health care staff and be responsible for clinical activity in Neonatology area and Nursery.
The international Paediatrician Neonatologist is responsible to the Medical Coordinator, who is in charge of the management and organisation of the project.
The departments in which you may be required to work are:
All EMERGENCY international personnel are expected to know and follow the hospital admissions criteria, guidelines, protocols, and the diagnosis and treatment standards in use in the Centre, and to ensure the correct compilation of clinical records and statistics in both computer and paper ats.
The main duties and responsibilities of the international Paediatrician Neonatologist are:
Clinical activity and decisions regarding patient treatment must always be discussed and shared with the national doctors and nurses, the international paediatric nurse and the Medical Coordinator of the project.
Clinical activities and patient care are always carried out alongside and in laboration with local personnel, who thus benefit from training in the field. There is also provision for more specific teaching activities, managed by the international specialists, in accordance with the clinical protocols in use and as agreed with the Medical Coordinator.
In 2003 the EMERGENCY Surgical and Medical Centre in Anabah broadened its admissions criteria to include Paediatrics and Maternity (Gynaecology, Obstetrics and Neonatology).
PAEDIATRICS - The Centre includes an Emergency Department and a clinic for medical examinations. Each month an average of 400-500 paediatric medical examinations are carried out in laboration with the national medical staff; around 10% require admission to the ward. The paediatric ward has 25 beds.
NEONATOLOGY - The Maternity Centre is the only facility in the area specialising in Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Neonatology. In view of the increased activities of the Centre and in order to respond to the increased needs of the local population, In 2016 EMERGENCY decided to expand the Centre to handle up to 6-7,000 deliveries per year and boost obstetric and neonatal activities.
The protocols in use provide for the positioning of umbilical vein catheters and neonatal transfusions; endotracheal intubation is reserved for severe cases of meconium aspiration. The most common conditions which the specialist has to manage are: Low Birth Weight, meconium aspiration syndrome, an Apgar score of less than 7 at 5 minutes, respiratory distress and neonatal infections.
Good neonatal resuscitation skills are therefore required. The ward is equipped with oxygen supplies (oxygen concentrators, tanks and C-PAP), pulse oximeter, monitor, neonatal isolettes, incubators and phototherapy lamps.
6 months' overseas stay including a period of leave to be taken at the end of the mission in agreement with the coordinator. Shorter missions may only be considered for specific needs as defined by the organisation.