Medical Doctor – Surgical (National)

ORGANIZATION AND ROLE BACKGROUND

International Medical Corps delivers emergency and recovery health services in crisis-affected settings. This national medical position combines general inpatient and outpatient clinical care with lifesaving general, obstetric and gynaecological surgical services.

ROLE PURPOSE

The Surgical Medical Doctor will provide high-quality clinical care and perform surgical interventions within the doctor’s training, certification and approved scope of work.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide inpatient and outpatient assessment, diagnosis, treatment, referral and follow-up according to accepted standards.
• Conduct routine and emergency procedures within the doctor’s training and certification.
• Implement primary and secondary healthcare packages in supported facilities or mobile clinics.
• Ensure infection prevention, sterilization and appropriate drug-use protocols are followed.
• Monitor morbidity, mortality and disease trends and support reportable-disease and outbreak response.
• Collect and analyse service data to improve programme plans and quality of care.
• Provide health education and train health-facility personnel and community health workers.
• Maintain clinical records, privacy, confidentiality and appropriate medical supplies.
• Supervise medical personnel and advise health-facility administration on staffing, training and supply needs.
• Assess outpatient cases requiring general, obstetric or gynaecological surgery and determine safe treatment or referral.
• Conduct ward rounds for pre-operative, post-operative and other admitted patients.
• Perform urgent and emergency general surgery, including appropriate trauma and war-wound interventions, in line with approved protocols.
• Stabilize complex emergency cases and arrange timely referral.
• Conduct common lifesaving obstetric and gynaecological procedures within the project scope.
• Ensure the operating theatre, equipment, aseptic practice and sterilization processes meet required standards.
• Assess training needs and strengthen operating-theatre, IPC and inpatient clinical teams.
• Ensure appropriate post-operative orders, pain management and qualified anaesthesia support.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Medical degree with additional qualification in general surgery and/or obstetrics and gynaecology as required for practice in Nigeria.
• At least three years of proven experience performing common lifesaving emergency general, obstetric and gynaecological surgeries.
• Experience supervising clinical staff in a primary or secondary healthcare facility.
• Experience training clinical personnel.
• Managerial and leadership ability.
• Willingness and ability to work in hardship areas with limited resources and under stress.

SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

• General and emergency surgical care.
• Obstetric and gynaecological surgery.
• Clinical assessment, stabilization and referral.
• Operating-theatre organization, aseptic technique and infection prevention.
• Post-operative care and pain management.
• Clinical leadership, supervision and training.
• Disease monitoring, documentation and quality improvement.

CONTRACT OR ASSIGNMENT DETAILS

• Employment type: Full-time.
• Position type: National.
• Seniority level displayed by the employer portal: Mid-Senior level.
• Duty station: Abuja, Nigeria.
• Application deadline: Not specified; the employer-controlled application page was active on 10 August 2026.
• Salary, benefits, contract duration and number of positions: Not specified.

SAFEGUARDING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

The post holder must maintain patient privacy, confidentiality, ethical surgical decision-making and compliance with International Medical Corps clinical standards and code of conduct. Role-specific equal-opportunity and background-check provisions were not specified.

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS

Apply through the employer-controlled International Medical Corps vacancy on LinkedIn while it remains active. Applicants should clearly document their medical licence, surgical qualification and evidence of emergency general, obstetric and gynaecological operative experience.