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About Us | Medical Officer |
Minimum 4 month post overseeing the general health and safety of the expedition and provides medical treatment to the staff and volunteers. Minimum requirementsQualified doctor or senior nurse with 6 months A&E experienceScuba diving certification to Advanced Open Water Please note all expedition staff must be Criminal Records Bureau (Enhanced) checked and passed for working with young people before expedition departure. Duties and responsibilities * To provide health care and emergency medical treatments to all company personnel, expedition volunteers and their counterparts * Maintenance and stock control of all medical supplies and equipment on site * Requesting re-ordering equipment and supplies * Enforcing policies of expedition health and safety on site * Briefing on preventative hygiene on site * Maintenance of medical records * Submitting regular reports to HO and counterparts * Personal Benefits * Opportunity to attend expedition medical training prior to the expedition * Tropical medicine experience * Opportunity to gain in-depth scientific knowledge of marine or terrestrial sites * Opportunities to carry out surveys * Experience teaching in first aid * Team building skills with both other staff members and volunteers * Working with project partners * Being a representative for CCC * Continuing the collection of scientific data * Promoting conservational awareness * Gaining an insight into CCC's longstanding objectives * Experience working overseas * Expedition Medical Training For all medics planning on overseas work and would like to further their skills base we can recommend the Expemed Course run by Prometheus Medical. ExpeMed is the UK's longest established Expedition Medicine training course with lectures and teaching from highly skilled doctors who have vast experience of the expedition field. ExpeMed is the course of choice for many doctors who wish to become Expedition Medics. For more information contact Prometheus Medical on Tel: 01568 613942 or apply online at www.prometheusmed.com DDRC are now offering courses at a discount for those who are going away with CCC and are interested in training in diving and hyperbaric medicine. Further discounts are also available: * 2 five day courses booked at once: £100 off but must be booked at same time ( now £1395, was £1495) * 3 five day courses booked at once: 10% discount (now £2018.25, instead of £2242.50) These prices are inclusive of VAT at 15%. The courses are not necessarily exclusive to doctors -nurses and paramedics may find them useful too. The level 1 course is recognised by the Health and Safety Executive towards becoming an HSE Approved Medical Examiner of Divers which may be an added incentive to some of the medics when they are out on expedition but also on return if they want to maintain an interest in diving medicine and earn some extra pennies from it! For more information, please contact the DDRC by visiting http://www.ddrc.org/ Current Expedition siteApplication Process
To apply, please download a staff application form. Please send this completed form and your CV to: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Or post to: Field Operations, Coral Cay Conservation, 1st Floor Block 1, Elizabeth House, 39 York Road, London, SE1 7NQ, United Kingdom. If you find working with us as part of the Expedition Staff Team interesting but want to know more please feel free to have a look at our staff testimonials in the Staff Diaries section of our site. |
