We recruit:
MSF is on the lookout for volunteers who are willing to provide some of their time and skills to be available for those in need. The basic principle is voluntary commitment: MSF volunteers (Expats) donate their time and qualifications for people in distress. The on-location work of our Expats is often very exhausting, but is also fascinating, demanding appropriate professional knowledge, and a large amount of motivation and commitment.
Most needed medical and paramedical professions:
Medical Doctors (General Practitioners, Surgeons, Anesthesists, Gynecologists/Obstetricians, Pediatricians, Specialists in Internal Medicine, Specialists in HIV/AIDS & TB, Public Health Specialists and Epidemiologists), Nurses, Midwives, Pharmacists, Laboratory staff, Psychologists/Psychiatrists.
We recruit for:
MSF is constantly searching for international professionals for medical aid operations throughout the entire world. When large-scale epidemics occur, when areas in crisis are too dangerous for many others, then the medical teams from MSF are there to ensure that the affected population can count on continual care being provided for their most basic health-care needs. They organize basic medical care, treat the injured, carry out vaccination campaigns, train local medical staff and build up the medical infrastructure. In long-term aid projects they dedicate themselves to the fight against „forgotten“ diseases like tuberculosis, malaria, sleeping sickness, and HIV/AIDS.
Basic requirements for cooperation
- Accomplished education
- minimum 2 years working experience,
- good English
- knowledge of other languages – in particular French – is an asset
- availability from 6-12 months (except for surgeons, anaesthetists, OT nurses from 4-6 weeks, gynecologists/obstetricians from 3 months),
- flexibility, as well as organizational and improvisational talent,
- ability to supervise and train others,
- ability to work as part of a team and the ability to handle high levels of physical and emotional stress,
- identification with humanitarian principles.
What MSF offers:
- payment of vaccination and visa costs during preparation for the mission,
- payment of costs for travel, living expenses, accommodation and meals during employment,
- aproximately 1‘000 Euro gross salary/month
- insurance package (health, disability, travel, luggage, accident, and return to home country insurance),
- preparation course, such as further training courses for volunteers after the first mission,
- a once in a lifetime experience, a professional challenge and inter-cultural contact!
Company description:
Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) is a private international medical Non Governmental Organization, working in more than 60 countries with around 3,000 international volunteers and more than 20,000 national employees.
MSF assists victims of natural disaster, armed conflict and epidemics, irrespective of ethnic, political and religious affiliation. Besides its emergency missions, Médecins sans Frontières also works in various longer term programmes for the reconstruction of health care systems after crises or conflicts. In addition, our work targets „forgotten populations“, minorities such as indigenous societies, people living in urban slums or street children.
Contact:
Austria (for candidates living in Austria, Romania, Slovenia, Hungary, Croatia and Rep of Moldova):
www.msf.at/work-with-us (present in Budapest, Bucharest, Cluj, Tirgu Mures and Sibiu)
hrm.vienna@vienna.msf.org
Tel: 0043 1 4097276
Czech Republic (for candidates living in Czech Republic and Slovakia):
www.lekari-bez-hranic.cz (present in Prague, Bratislava)
hrm.vienna@vienna.msf.org
office@lekari-bez-hranic.cz
Tel: 00420 257 090 150
Greece (for candidates living in Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia, Albania and Former Rep of Macedonia):
hrm.vienna@vienna.msf.org
maria.skoula@athens.msf.org
Tel: 0030 210 5200500
