Wanted: Medical Director for Lalmba Ethiopia

"Calling all Global Health Professionals" 

Ready for the personal and professional adventure of a lifetime?

We are currently looking for a physician, physician assistant or nurse practitioner to serve as medical director for our rural health clinic in Chiri, Ethiopia.   

Chiri is such a beautiful place.  After a challenging day seeing patients with illnesses you have never seen before, you will be rewarded with a magnificent sunset on your house on the hill overlooking the Ethiopian highland rainforest.  

 

This could be you!

Read our job announcement below:

Health Center Medical Director

Chiri, Ethiopia

Lalmba Association is a small, Colorado-based NGO that operates a Health Center, Public Health, community development and orphan care programs in a remote area of the Ethiopian highlands.  We are looking for a volunteer Medical Director who will oversee the Health Center operations for a period of 1-2 years beginning in summer 2014.

Lalmba pays no salary but covers all expenses related to travel to/from Ethiopia, and working and living in Ethiopia (visas, immunizations, airfare, room and board, medical & life insurance).  We will only consider candidates currently located and licensed in the U.S., South America, Canada or Europe.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:  The Medical Director will provide the leadership over Lalmba’s Ethiopian medical programs, including the health center and 15-bed inpatient ward, provide medical oversight to the Public Health programs and staff, and will supervise and provide medical training to local medical professionals.

QUALIFICATIONS:  Qualified candidates are Physicians, Nurse Practitioners or Physician Assistants who have a desire to serve the poor.  A current medical license to practice in the U.S., South America, Canada or Europe is absolutely required.  Must be willing to make a 1 to 2 year commitment and work in a very rural location.  No special training on tropical disease is necessary.   

TO APPLY:   For more information, go to www.lalmba.org or call 303-485-1810.  If you are a Physician, NP or PA currently located and licensed in the U.S., Canada, South America or Europe and would like to apply, please fill out the application form on our Volunteer page: http://www.lalmba.org/volunteer_form.html

MISSION STATEMENT Lalmba provides medical, educational and relief services to the people of Africa through self-help programs which teach and train the people we serve to care for their own needs as much as possible, and provide them resources not usually available in Africa. We have a special love for orphan children whom we see, not as a burden, but as part of a brilliant future for Africa.