Location: Rwinkwavu, Rwanda
Organizational Profile:
Partners In Health (PIH) is a nonprofit organization headquartered in Boston, MA, whose
mission is to provide quality health care for the poor and marginalized in Haiti, Rwanda, Lesotho, Malawi, Peru, Mexico, Russia, Dominican Republic, and Navajo Nation. In addition, PIH has a growing network of affiliated organizations and initiatives in several other countries, including Nepal, Burundi, Mali, Liberia, and Togo. Through service delivery, training, advocacy and research, PIH works around the globe to bring the benefits of modern medical science to those most in need of it, to serve as an antidote to despair, and inspire others to do the same.
This is an exciting time for PIH. We are taking on immense challenges, and a newfound visibility has brought the opportunity to influence great change on the global stage. PIH seeks individuals committed to the mission and values (see PIH Values) of the organization to join the team.
General Responsibilities:
We are currently seeking excellent physicians in Internal Medicine (or Internal Medicine/Pediatrics) with strong interest in global health and medical education to join our teams in Rwanda, Haiti, and Malawi. This full-time position provides an opportunity to serve as both a clinician educator at a PIH field site and as an academic hospitalist at Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston.
Specific Responsibilities:
Internists at PIH field sites serve as clinician educators, working with local medical staff and trainees on inpatient medical wards and outpatient clinics in rural districts hospitals and health centers as well as academic teaching centers. These clinician educators are faced with a vast diversity of diseases, including but not limited to, HIV, tuberculosis, malaria, non-communicable diseases, oncology, and other tropical infectious diseases. They also supervise international trainees and students rotating from Brigham & Women’s Hospital and other international institutions, engage in quality improvement and research activities, and help to develop and implement innovative programs to strengthen health delivery.
Financial Support:
The
Brigham and Women’s/Faulkner hospitalist program provides hospitalist
salary support and full benefits package, including malpractice
insurance and health insurance. PIH provides international airfare as
well as full accommodations while at PIH sites. Successful candidates
will also have the opportunity for academic appointment at Brigham and
Women’s Hospital and a diversity of professional development
opportunities.
Qualifications: - ABIM board-certification or board-eligibility in internal medicine or internal medicine / pediatrics; candidates with sub-specialty interests are welcome to apply
- Board-eligible graduating senior medical residents are eligible to apply
- A desire to gain experience with health care delivery in sub-Saharan Africa
- A talent for teaching and an interest in medical education and quality improvement
- Flexibility, humility, creativity and enthusiasm
- A two-year commitment is encouraged but not required.
