Company Description

Iqarus has a proud history, extending over 40 years, of delivering fully-integrated healthcare solutions in complex and demanding operating environments. We operate across the medical spectrum from primary care and occupational health, to advanced pre-hospital trauma care, through to full scale laboratory, radiological, diagnostic and surgical capabilities. Our approach projects the highest standards of clinical care into the environments in which we operate, through a combination of local knowledge, multinational medical staff, integrated global clinical governance, training and medical supply. Our highly-skilled operational teams deliver frontline and preventative services to mitigate health risk and help organisations keep their workforces safe, healthy, resilient and productive. By increasing the quality, simplicity and efficiency of health delivery we enhance our clients’ return on investment in health and in many instances, help elevate social and/or humanitarian objectives too. Our clients include multinationals and SMEs, governments, non-governmental organisations, supra-nationals, and non-governmental organisations.

Job Description

The Orthopedic Surgeon will work as part of the trauma team delivering trauma care as part of the multi-disciplinary clinical team. They have the additional responsibility for providing peri-operative, operative, and post-operative orthopedic management of patients presenting to the facility. 

Duties and responsibilities: 

Perform triage of individual and multiple patients as needed. Manage all patients according to Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) or European Trauma Course (ETC)  principles including but not limited to the use of tourniquets , pelvic binders and chest drains . Perform a pre-operative documented surgical assessment including distal neurovascular status of limbs. Perform damage control orthopaedic surgery including but not limited to Wound debridement of soft tissue and bone including amputation if indicated Perform complete fasciotomy of limbs as needed External Fixation of pelvis and long bones Reduction of dislocated joints and stabilisation of fractures with plaster Advise on closed management of spinal injuries Manage post operative orthopaedic care. Maintain a contemporaneous medical record. Stabilise and support a casualty before evacuation by air or land, in support of ER clinical team if required. Ensure best practice in line with clinical guidelines. 

Qualifications

Qualifications & Experience: 

University Degree in Medicine with a minimum of 5 Years post qualification experience 

A specialist qualification and/or formal education program in Surgery