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PRINCIPAL FUNCTION GENERAL ROLE DESCRIPTION - - MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES & DUTIES - - - MEDICAL OFFICER BAREFOOT CONSERVATION, 63 Portland Ave, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 5HJ, United Kingdom UK Tel: +44 (0) 7532 169 920 - Indo Tel: +62 (0) 8180 532 3175 or +62 (0)8124 880 6508 Make a difference. See a difference. Be the difference. Medical Officer Job Title: Reporting to: Responsible to: Location: Expedition Leader & Head of Operations Managing Director/CEO Raja Ampat & Bali, West Papua/Indonesia Email: [email protected] Web: www.barefootconservation.org - and local scholarship candidates. - - - - - In Field Operations: Oversee the general health and safety of the expedition and provide medical treatment to the staff and volunteers. Organise and manage a general health clinic for the local communities. Design and run a health education programme for local communities and surrounding villages. Maintenance of medical supplies, introductory health & hygiene briefing for all expedition staff and volunteers. Enforcement of on-site health and safety measures. Provide health care and emergency medical treatments to all company personel, expedition volunteers Run a general health clinic for the local village communities. Maintenance of all medical supplies and equipment on site, keeping control of all stock levels. Submitting regular reports to the Head of Operations at the Barefoot Conservation Head Office Maintenance of all expedition staff, volunteers and scholarships candidates medical records. Hold introductory briefings with new expedition personel on health and hygiene while on site. Enforce all Barefoot Conservations policies and procedures on expedition health and safety while on site. Provide general health care for the expedition team, including local staff if needed. Deal with any emergency medical situations that may arise, include organising emergency evacuations in the unlikely event this is needed. Design, organise and manage a general health clinic for the local communities, to be run every two weeks, or more regular should the need arise. This health clinic will involve education on general health care, hygiene and prevention methods. The clinic is not designed to replace the local hospital but work in partnership with it. If possible a representative from the local hospital will be present during these health clinics. Provide new staff, volunteers and scholars with an expedition health & hygiene briefing on their arrival. This happen within 24 hours of their arrival. At this briefing you must make the new arrivals fully aware of all MUST Barefoot Conservations policies & procedures on health and safety for the site. It is also your responsibility to then enforce these policies and procedures, when necessary involving the PSM/EL if constant breaches by other staff, volunteers or scholars happens. Undertake the two week Science Training Programme (STP) and once qualified take part in science survey dives when necessary. Help the science team with new recruits to the STP by taking them on spot dives. Bi-weekly reports must be submitted to the Head of Operation, detailing all medical incidents that have - happened during that 2 weeks, without revealing confidential information. In this report must be accurate details of stock levels for medical supplies and equipment.
