Plastic Surgeon – ERT

Overview

When catastrophe hits, International Medical Corps is often one of the first humanitarian aid organizations on the scene providing rapid and effective aid that saves lives, reduces suffering, and promotes self-reliance.

International Medical Corps provides safe, timely, effective, efficient, equitable and patient centered care; offers needs-based response according to the context and type of sudden onset disaster (SOD) and/or outbreak in the affected nation; adopts a human rights-based approach to its response; ensures it is accessible to all sections of the population affected by the SOD and/or outbreak, particularly the vulnerable; and treats patients in a medically ethical manner.

International Medical Corps is accountable to patients and communities, host governments and ministries of health, and its organization and donors. International Medical Corps commits to a coordinated response under the national health emergency management authorities. International Medical Corps collaborates with the national health system, the clusters and the humanitarian community.

Selected personnel are on standby to deploy to a crisis within 48 hours. Personnel may deploy to new areas of operation or lend support to International Medical Corps teams already on the ground. International Medical Corps maintains a roster of volunteers and staff who have completed pre-deployment paperwork, orientation and training. The roster is updated on a regular basis. Through this expression of interest, applicants maintain professional profiles with International Medical Corps, so that information is complete and readily available for an emergency response deployment.

This position will support International Medical Corps’ emergency response delivering outpatient clinical care to disaster-affected populations.

**NOTE** Candidates applying to this position are indicating that they are interested in being considered for International Medical Corps’ standby roster for emergency response. Roster members will be contacted only when there is an emergency-response need for which the responder is qualified. This position will not be compensated unless responders are deployed to an emergency response.

Job Description
JOB SUMMARY

Provide life-saving, limb-saving, and function-restoring surgical care in conflict-affected, disaster, or low-resource settings. The role emphasizes trauma, burns, infection, and complex soft-tissue reconstruction under significant resource constraints, while contributing to local capacity-building and sustainable surgical systems.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function with or without reasonable accommodation.

MAIN TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Clinical Care
•    Perform emergency and elective reconstructive procedures, including trauma reconstruction, burn excision and coverage, infection control, and complex wound management
•    Apply damage-control and staged reconstructive principles appropriate to unstable patients and limited resources
•    Manage perioperative and postoperative care with strong emphasis on infection prevention and complication mitigation
•    Participate in triage and prioritization during mass-casualty or surge events

Teaching & Capacity Building
•    Train, mentor, and supervise local surgeons, residents, nurses, and allied staff
•    Contribute to development of locally appropriate surgical protocols and clinical guidelines
•    Support task-sharing and skills transfer within multidisciplinary teams

Systems & Collaboration
•    Work closely with anesthesia, nursing, rehabilitation, logistics, and leadership teams
•    Adapt surgical plans to available infrastructure, supplies, and staffing
•    Maintain accurate, ethical, and program-relevant clinical documentation
•    Uphold humanitarian principles, patient dignity, and culturally responsive care

Perform other duties as assigned. The duties and responsibilities listed in this document are representative of the nature and level of work assigned and not necessarily all inclusive.

Job Requirements
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
•    Board-certified Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon
•    Demonstrated experience in trauma, burns, infection, and soft-tissue reconstruction
•    Strong surgical judgment in resource-limited environments
•    Proven ability to teach and mentor across cultures and training levels
•    High adaptability, resilience, and collaborative mindset

Preferred Qualifications
•    Prior humanitarian, global surgery, or low-resource clinical experience
•    Experience in burn centers, safety-net hospitals, or high-volume trauma systems
•    Familiarity with staged reconstruction, external fixation interfaces, and wound-care improvisation
•    Experience working within multidisciplinary humanitarian teams

Additional Technical or Language Requirements

Ethical Conduct at International Medical Corps

As part of a global, humanitarian team dedicated to saving lives, easing suffering, and building self-reliance, International Medical Corps staff are responsible for adhering to our Code of Conduct and Ethics and for knowing and abiding by International Medical Corps policies and standards. All staff play a vital role in preventing violations of our Code of Conduct and Ethics, including conflicts of interest, fraud, corruption, and any kind of exploitation or abuse. International Medical Corps is also committed to providing a safe and healthy work environment free of harassment, bullying, and other misconduct, enabling staff to build and maintain professional, respectful working relationships.

International Medical Corps prioritizes safeguarding the populations with whom we work from exploitation, neglect, or abuse of children and adults at risk, and/or any form of trafficking in persons. International Medical Corps is committed to engaging members of crisis-affected communities to participate in meaningful ways in a crisis response, including making informed decisions about the assistance they receive, mitigating potential risks, and holding us accountable for the commitments we make. All staff are expected to support International Medical Corps’ culture of accountability toward our stakeholders, particularly the crisis-affected communities and individuals we serve.

As part of International Medical Corps’ commitment to a speak-up culture and as one of the primary ways we collectively hold ourselves accountable for complying with the ethical principles and standards of conduct outlined in the Code of Conduct and Ethics, all staff are required to report suspected or actual misconduct or violations of organizational policies. Our Code of Conduct and Ethics and Whistleblower Policy prohibit any form of retaliation against whistleblowers or individuals who report a concern in good faith. Staff who violate these protections may be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment or contractual relationship with International Medical Corps.

Equal Opportunities

International Medical Corps is proud to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin, age, disability or status as a veteran.

Misconduct Disclosure Scheme

All offers of employment at International Medical Corps are subject to satisfactory references and background checks. International Medical Corps participates in the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme from the Steering Committee for Humanitarian Response (SCHR). In accordance with this, we will request information from an applicant’s previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.