Anesthetist at Action Against Hunger | ACF-International

Key responsibilities:

• Evaluate the activity of anesthesia and resuscitation, training and coaching;
• Organization in the operating room (block pharmacy, inventory and order);
• Practice of anesthesia and monitoring of patients;
• Implementation of anesthetic and resuscitation protocols;
• Ensure pre-anesthetic visits and fill out the cards for any patient passing through the block;
• Categorize patients according to the risky anesthetics (ASA1-6);
• Ensure the resuscitation training of the newborn and the adult in the other units (IPD, SC, SRH);
• Ensure the sterilization is proceeding in the international and standards norms;
• Ensure the utilization of antibiotic and analgesic are following standards norms;
• Use of standard WHO protocols;
• Operating department register (that can be followed up by the operation theater nurse or anesthetist);
• The anesthetist is partly responsible for the traceability of operating room activities and sterile medical devices as well as the control of disinfection and sterilization procedures;
• Analyze the situation, anticipate the associated risks according to the type of anesthesia, the patient's characteristics and the intervention and adjust the anesthetic management;
• Implement and adapt the anesthesia procedure according to the patient and the course of the procedure;
• Assure and analyze the quality and safety in anesthesia resuscitation;
• Analyze the behavior of the patient and ensure support and information adapted to the situation of anesthesia;
• Internal investigation for each surgical death.

Position Requirements:

• Doctor with a Degree in Anesthesiology;
• Nurse specialized in Anesthesia resuscitation with a minimum of 3 years of experience;
• Anticipate and set up an organization of the anesthesia site according to the patient, the type of intervention and the type of anesthesia;
• Respect for the strict rules of health and safety of the patient;
• Supervision and control of surgical instruments, drugs and material;
• Supervision of the sterilization procedures;
• Coordinate some actions with stakeholders and train professionals in the context of anesthesia-resuscitation, intra and extra-hospital emergency and pain management;
• Flexibility of adaptation to work with some limited resources;
• Adhere to the values of the ACF charter.