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General Surgeon for Dili, Timor Leste (East Timor)

FULL TIME POSITION TO COMMENCE ASAP

A general surgeon is required to lead the development and delivery of surgical training in Timor Leste as well as assisting with service delivery in HNGV. This unique and rewarding role is best suited to an experienced surgeon keen to use his/her surgical, teaching and leadership skills to improve the surgical services in this young nation. A major aim of this appointment will be to provide support to the Timorese Head of Department of Surgery

The position is open to qualified general surgeons in Australia or New Zealand. Individuals applying from outside Australia and New Zealand will need to possess equivalent qualifications to be considered.

Short-term locum opportunities for qualified general surgeons are also available.

Managed by the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS), the Australia Timor Leste Program of Assistance for Specialist Services (ATLASS) aims to improve the availability and quality of general and specialist surgical services to the people of Timor Leste through the training of local Timorese doctors and nurses and assisting with the delivery of tertiary health care services.

As the national hospital for Timor Leste, HNGV is responsible for the provision of a wide range of surgical and non-surgical specialist services and it is the only referral hospital for the 5 district hospitals in the country.  The ATLASS program currently employs 3 full-time clinical advisors (general surgeon, anaesthetist, emergency department physician) at HNGV and co-ordinates approximately 12 specialist surgical team visits across Timor Leste per year.

Please direct enquiries on conditons of the appointment to:

Ms Karen Moss
Program Officer               
RACS International Projects                                      
Ph: +61 3 9276 7436  

OR
                                                                       
Dr Eric Vreede
ATLASS Team Leader
teamleader@mail.timortelecom.tp
Ph: +670 725 7125

Please send your application including a covering letter and CV at your earliest convenience to karen.moss@surgeons.org
Only short listed applicants will be contacted.