Flight Doctor

Role summary:

The Flight Doctor is responsible for leading clinical resuscitation and stabilisation of patients in flight, whilst working as a multi-disciplined team.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Lead all aspects of clinical care related to critical care transportation and flight medicine
• Liaise with other medical staff to ensure continuity of care
• Ensures that all medical records are properly kept and maintained
• Provision of clinical reporting into Iqarus Chief Medical Officer
• Support clinical mentoring for staff development
• Ensure best practice in line with clinical guidelines and SOPs
• Support the clinical excellence framework under direction from the Chief Medical Officer
• Provide liaison with external agencies where required to promote chain of care continuity and professional referral/patient handover

This list is non-exhaustive, and the role holder may be required to undertake additional duties that are not specifically listed above.

Requirements

Qualifications & Experience:

• A first level degree in Medicine with a minimum of 3 years continuous progressive clinical experience' post qualification.
• Postgraduate training in Anaesthesia or Emergency Medicine or Aero-Medicine with a minimum of three (3) years' post qualification experience.
• Currently registered and licensed to practice medicine and apply specialty without supervision in own country

Key Skills:

• Certification in ATLS/ITLS/PHTLS/ETC (or equivalent) and ACLS/BLS
• Training in Aviation Medicine
• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent IT skills including use of electronic medical records systems
• Fluency in English

Essential Capabilities:

• Ability to work calmly and effectively under high-stress work conditions
• Ability to work within a multi-disciplined team, with clinical and non-clinical personnel