Doctor Job Description

Rank: 3 Stripes Officer Department: Medical/Deck Size of Department: 2-5 Handover: >72hours Work/Duty: 7 days/week, 8-12h/day - split shifts AM/PM clinics hours Leave notice: 2 weeks Contract length: 4+/-1 months on 2+/-1 months off Reports to: Master/Staff Captain Cabin: Single

Main function: Provide excellent healthcare and health promotion to all crew and support the provision of healthcare to passengers.

Participate 24/7 in all emergencies together with the medical team

Support the Staff Captain and delegate tasks to the shipboard medical personnel in all health- related matters at sea, including illness reporting and outbreak prevention.

To be familiar with the ships standard on board procedures (SOP) and not limited to: Outbreak control plan for Covid19, Influenza and GII.

Responsible to organize periodical training for all crew with regards to First aid.

Profile:

Good command of written and spoken English
Medical Degree from a recognized College or University is required
Good command of written and spoken English
Active, current medical license of good standing in Country or State/Province of origin is required.
To own a Medical Specialty diploma is mandatory in at least one of the Following: Emergency Medicine, Anesthesiology, General Practice, Internal Medicine, General Surgery,
To be certified in Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Pediatric Advance Life Support (PALS) and Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) within one year of application,
At least four years experience in the medical field in both practical and management positions (ie) GP or A&E
Computer literate: Windows System Operation, Word, Excel, MS Outlook, company/on-board apps
Should have the ability to communicate with all levels of personnel and passengers
A self-starter, reliable, able to work unsupervised, work in a stressful environment and show flexibility to work in each department.