JOB SUMMARY
The Anesthesiologist – Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is responsible for providing advanced clinical care to critically ill patients with suspected or confirmed highly infectious or high-consequence infectious diseases. The role supports safe, high-quality ICU services, including clinical decision-making, critical care protocols, infection prevention and control practices, and capacity building for multidisciplinary clinical teams. The Anesthesiologist works closely with clinical, IPC, laboratory, WASH, pharmacy, nutrition, data, and operations teams to support coordinated outbreak response and patient care in accordance with applicable national and international standards.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function with or without reasonable accommodation.
MAIN TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• Provide direct clinical care and advanced management for critically ill patients with suspected or confirmed highly infectious or high-consequence infectious diseases in ICU and designated high-risk care areas.
• Lead and participate in clinical rounds, case reviews, and multidisciplinary decision-making for ICU patients.
• Develop, adapt, and implement ICU clinical protocols and standard operating procedures for highly infectious and high-consequence infectious diseases, aligned with national and international guidance.
• Provide training, bedside mentoring, and technical support to doctors, nurses, and clinical staff on critical care, ventilator management, monitoring, and safe clinical practices.
• Coordinate with IPC, laboratory, WASH, nutrition, pharmacy, and data management teams to support safe, integrated patient care.
• Monitor clinical outcomes, complications, and quality indicators; contribute to data collection, reporting, and quality improvement activities.
• Support outbreak response planning, surge capacity, and contingency planning for critical care services.
• Ensure adherence to biosafety, PPE, IPC, and safe clinical practice requirements in high-risk infectious disease care areas.
• Contribute to clinical audits, after-action reviews, and continuous improvement of ICU and outbreak response processes.
• Maintain accurate medical documentation and contribute to internal, health authority, and donor reporting as required.
• Promote staff safety, welfare, and team performance in high-stress infectious disease response environments.
• Collaborate with the Clinical Care Manager, response leadership, and Medical Director on clinical priorities, resource needs, and service improvements.
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 comprehensive.
Job Requirements
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
• Medical degree with specialization in anesthesiology, critical care, intensive care medicine, emergency medicine, or related field required.
• Current medical license or registration in home country or country of practice required.
• Minimum of 5 years of post-specialization clinical experience, including experience managing critically ill patients in ICU, emergency, or high-acuity inpatient settings.
• Experience providing advanced critical care interventions, including mechanical ventilation, hemodynamic monitoring, resuscitation, and management of shock and severe infectious disease complications.
• Experience supporting outbreak response, emergency response, isolation care, biocontainment, or management of highly infectious or high-consequence infectious diseases preferred.
• Strong knowledge of infection prevention and control, biosafety, PPE, and safe clinical workflows in high-risk infectious disease care environments.
• Experience developing or adapting clinical protocols, SOPs, training materials, or quality improvement processes.
• Demonstrated ability to train, mentor, and support multidisciplinary clinical teams in complex and high-pressure environments.
• Excellent clinical judgment, communication, documentation, and coordination skills.
• Professional proficiency in written and spoken English required; proficiency in French, Arabic, Spanish, or another relevant language preferred.
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 staffare 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.
How to apply
To apply please visit our website at:
https://internationalmedicalcorps.hua.hrsmart.com/hr/ats/Posting/view/5251
More Information
- Job City Democratic Republic of the Congo
