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Physician General Practice Mission Trip in Ethiopia
Medical Director, Ethiopia Health Center
Mission Statement:
Realizing that God has blessed us abundantly, we feel the obligation to help His other children who are in dire need. We have been led to remote places in Africa where we have found a niche caring for orphan and at-risk children and where we are able to provide medical services to the poor. We promote various other charitable works and provide resources not normally available to the people we serve. It is our goal to teach and train these good people to care for their own needs to the extent they are able. We have a special commitment to the people of Eritrea where we were founded. Our name “Lalmba” has come to mean “a place of hope”, and that is what we aspire to be.
Expenses-paid volunteer opportunity
Busy rural health center serves extreme poor
Need licensed MD or PA
Description:
HEALTH CENTER MEDICAL DIRECTOR
CHIRI, ETHIOPIA
Lalmba Association is a small, Colorado-based NGO that operates a Health Center, Public Health and orphan-care programs in a remote area of the Ethiopian highlands. The Health Center treats 100-180 patients daily and has a 15-bed inpatient unit. We are looking for a volunteer Medical Director who will oversee the Health Center operations for a period of 1-2 years.
Lalmba pays no salary but covers all expenses related to travel to/from Ethiopia, and working and living in Ethiopia (Visa’s, immunizations, airfare, room and board, medical & life insurance). We will only consider candidates currently located and licensed in the U.S. or Canada.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: The Medical Director will provide the leadership over Lalmba’s Ethiopian medical programs, including the health center and 15-bed inpatient ward, provide medical oversight to the Public Health programs and staff, and will supervise and provide medical training to local medical professionals.
QUALIFICATIONS: Qualified candidates are Physicians or PAs who have a desire to serve the poor. A current medical license to practice in the U.S., Europe, UK or Canada is absolutely required. Must be willing to make a 1 to 2 year commitment and work in a very rural location. No special training on tropical disease is necessary. Must be currently located in the U.S., Europe, UK or Canada.
TO APPLY: For more information, go to www.lalmba.org or call 303-420-1810. If you are a Physician or PA currently located and licensed in the U.S., Europe, UK or Canada and would like to apply, please fill out the application form on our Volunteer page: http://www.lalmba.org/volunteer_form.html
Profession:
Physician
Specialty:
General Practice
Region:
Africa
Country:
Ethiopia
Starting date:
2013-Sep-01
Ending date:
2014-Sep-01
Posted:
2012-Jun-29
Paid Opportunity:
Volunteer