Plastic Surgeon - ERT

International Medical Corps is a global humanitarian nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through healthcare training and relief and development programs. Established in 1984 by volunteer doctors and nurses, International Medical Corps is a private, voluntary, nonpolitical, nonsectarian organization. Its mission is to improve the quality of life through health interventions and related activities that build local capacity in areas worldwide.

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

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.

Main Tasks and Responsibilities

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

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.

Code of Conduct

As applicable to this position, an individual must promote and encourage a culture of compliance and ethics throughout the organization and maintain a clear understanding of International Medical Corps' and donor compliance and ethics standards and adheres to those standards.

Safeguarding

It is all staff shared responsibility and obligation to safeguard and protect populations with whom we work, including adults who may be particularly vulnerable and children.

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.

All offers of employment at International Medical Corps are subject to satisfactory references and background checks.