Target e.V. Ruediger Nehberg Gynecologist/Medical Doctor as Medical Coordinator of Obstetrics Clinic in Ethiopia

Target e.V. Ruediger Nehberg Gynecologist/Medical Doctor as Medical Coordinator of Obstetrics Clinic in Ethiopia

Closing date: 31 Mar 2019

TARGET e.V. Ruediger Nehberg is looking for a medical doctor in the field of gynecology and obstetrics for coordination and patient care at our obstetrics clinic in northern Ethiopia.

TARGET is a German development aid organization based in Hamburg. We have been campaigning against female genital mutilation for more than a decade, working closely with Islamic representatives in their countries. TARGET is neither religiously nor politically motivated.

In cooperation with the German Professional Association of Gynecologists (Berufsverband der Frauenärzte e.V. - BVF), TARGET has been running a small obstetrics clinic on the edge of the Afar region in northeastern Ethiopia since mid-2015.

The clinic addresses medical problems of genitally mutilated girls and women in Afar region (FGM II and III) and is the only professional medical facility in the close vicinity, with an operating theater, pharmacy, laboratory and 10 in-patient beds.

With the help of the German BVF, the clinic is equipped and designed according to European standards. In addition to gynecological and obstetrics care, emergency procedures such as caesarean sections and minor obstetric and gynecological surgeries are also possible.

Currently we have about 30 births and an average of 2 cesarean sections a month, with these figures set to increase in future.

The clinic is operated through a national team of anesthesiologists, nurse-midwives, pharmacist, laboratory assistant, as well as a German technician and a German-Ethiopian project coordinator.

The team receives monthly support from dedicated gynecologists, midwives, nurses and anesthesiologists from Germany and other European countries.

For the succession of our international doctor and medical coordinator, we are looking for a surgically experienced gynecologist and obstetrician, preferably with European or Swiss medical licensure, who is interested in being part of the clinic management and in being the senior physician for at least one year on-site.

As our medical coordinator you need: