Pediatrician Job Toronto area,Ontario Canada,Doctor/Physician

Responsibilities

Being a pediatrician with MSF is both challenging and incredibly rewarding. As a pediatric doctor, you’ll have the opportunity to make a profound impact by responding to critical situations such as measles epidemics, managing care for severely ill neonates, addressing the needs of malnourished children or working closely with families who are displaced.

Your clinical skills and resourcefulness will be welcomed as you work in places where healthcare infrastructure may face significant challenges. You’ll be called upon to diagnose and treat medical conditions that might not be commonly encountered in your home country, adding a unique dimension to your professional and personal journey.

Your role extends beyond the medical, requiring managerial and administrative skills as you lead and train large teams of healthcare staff. The sense of teamwork and collaboration within MSF means you are not alone in facing these challenges. MSF provides expert technical support, offering extensive guidelines and protocols to guide you.

Requirements

Medical doctor degree, with full and current registration (NB: International medical graduates not registered in Canada must go through a validation process.)

Pediatrics specialization or ongoing specialization, with a minimum of three years’ professional experience in pediatrics

At least six months of clinical experience within the last two years

Advanced-level fluency in English. French fluency is highly valued. Other languages such as Spanish, Arabic, and Portuguese are also valued. Refer to this

Assets

Additional clinical experience in areas such as obstetrics-gynecology, nutrition, emergency, infectious diseases, public health, general medicine, anesthetics, ICU or minor surgery Postgraduate study in international public health, refugee health, infectious diseases or tropical medicine Training in neonatology or intensive care or both, management of children requiring emergency care or cardio-respiratory intensive care, including one or more of: acute pediatric life support (APLS), helping babies breathe (HBB), emergency triage, assessment and treatment (ETAT)

MSF Core Competencies

Behaviour flexibility: Level 2 Adapts behaviour to the needs of the situation

Teamwork and cooperation: Level 2 Shares information and coordinates with team and others

Result and quality orientation: Level 2 Works towards objectives, preserving established standards

Commitment to MSF principles: Level 1 Demonstrates knowledge of and accepts MSF’s principles

People management: Level 2 Gives feedback and sets limits

Cross-cultural awareness: Level 3 Demonstrates an integrating attitude

Stress management: Level 2 Manages own stress

Understanding of equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI): Level 1 Familiarity with EDI concepts and their application in a humanitarian context

Familiarity with EDI concepts and their application in a humanitarian context


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