Anesthesiologist - Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Democratic Republic of Congo

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Anesthesiologist - Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Democratic Republic of Congo Organization: International Medical Corps Country: Democratic Republic of Congo City: Kinshasa Office: International Medical Corps Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo JOB SUMMARY The Anesthesiologist - Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is responsible for providing advanced clinical care to critically ill patients with suspected or confirmed highly infectious or high-consequence infectious diseases. The role supports safe, high-quality ICU services, including clinical decision-making, critical care protocols, infection prevention and control practices, and capacity building for multidisciplinary clinical teams. The Anesthesiologist works closely with clinical, IPC, laboratory, WASH, pharmacy, nutrition, data, and operations teams to support coordinated outbreak response and patient care in accordance with applicable national and international standards. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function with or without reasonable accommodation. MAIN TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES Provide direct clinical care and advanced management for critically ill patients with suspected or confirmed highly infectious or high-consequence infectious diseases in ICU and designated high-risk care areas. Lead and participate in clinical rounds, case reviews, and multidisciplinary decision-making for ICU patients. Develop, adapt, and implement ICU clinical protocols and standard operating procedures for highly infectious and high-consequence infectious diseases, aligned with national and international guidance. Provide training, bedside mentoring, and technical support to doctors, nurses, and clinical staff on critical care, ventilator management, monitoring, and safe clinical practices. Coordinate with IPC, laboratory, WASH, nutrition, pharmacy, and data management teams to support safe, integrated patient care. Monitor clinical outcomes, complications, and quality indicators; contribute to data collection, reporting, and quality improvement activities. Support outbreak response planning, surge capacity, and contingency planning for critical care services. Ensure adherence to biosafety, PPE, IPC, and safe clinical practice requirements in high-risk infectious disease care areas. Contribute to clinical audits, after-action reviews, and continuous improvement of ICU and outbreak response processes. Maintain accurate medical documentation and contribute to internal, health authority, and donor reporting as required. Promote staff safety, welfare, and team performance in high-stress infectious disease response environments. Collaborate with the Clinical Care Manager, response leadership, and Medical Director on clinical priorities, resource needs, and service improvements. Perform other duties as assigned. The duties and responsibilities listed in this document are representative of the nature and level of work assigned and not necessarily comprehensive. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS Medical degree with specialization in anesthesiology, critical care, intensive care medicine, emergency medicine, or related field required. Current medical license or registration in home country or country of practice required. Minimum of 5 years of post-specialization clinical experience, including experience managing critically ill patients in ICU, emergency, or high-acuity inpatient settings. Experience providing advanced critical care interventions, including mechanical ventilation, hemodynamic monitoring, resuscitation, and management of shock and severe infectious disease complications. Experience supporting outbreak response, emergency response, isolation care, biocontainment, or management of highly infectious or high-consequence infectious diseases preferred. Strong knowledge of infection prevention and control, biosafety, PPE, and safe clinical workflows in high-risk infectious disease care environments. Experience developing or adapting clinical protocols, SOPs, training materials, or quality improvement processes. Demonstrated ability to train, mentor, and support multidisciplinary clinical teams in complex and high-pressure environments. Excellent clinical judgment, communication, documentation, and coordination skills. Professional proficiency in written and spoken English required; proficiency in French, Arabic, Spanish, or another relevant language preferred. Tags biosafety critical care emergency medicine health emergencies infectious diseases Skills Critical Care Infection Prevention Control Clinical Protocol Development Communication skills English Language The recruiting organization, International Medical Corps, has not specified a closing date for this vacancy or continues to list jobs after their stated closing date. Because such positions may remain open, they are listed here until removed from the recruiting organization's website.

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