Humanitarian Mine Action Assistant (Paramedic)

The role provides on-site medical support for humanitarian demining operations, including first aid, stabilization, and medical evacuation support. The paramedic supports teams in Ukraine ensuring immediate care and casualty evacuation planning.

Responsibilities

• Supporting humanitarian demining teams wherever they operate in Ukraine.
• Ensuring immediate stabilization of the victim on site in the event of an accident/incident and accompanying the victim to the designated medical facility.
• Assessing local medical facilities prior to the commencement of demining activities in order to develop casualty evacuation plans.
• Maintaining up-to-date contact and location information for all relevant healthcare facilities in the DRC’s area of operation.
• Ensuring the integrity and completeness of serious injury kits in accordance with DRC standard operating procedures.
• Conducting regular basic life support training for colleagues based on a standardized program developed by DRC.
• Supporting formal third-party training in cooperation with DRC Global Medic.
• Supporting colleagues in performing routine tasks related to deployment in the mobile team.

Requirements

• University degree: diploma from a state medical institution with a qualification as a paramedic or doctor.
• Minimum of 3 years of practical experience in medicine.
• Experience in an ambulance crew or as a military combat medic.
• Good level of computer literacy with proficiency in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and other related applications.
• Fluency in Ukrainian.
• Experience in dealing with traumas, including those sustained in accidents (desirable).
• 3 years working appearance with NGOs as a paramedic (desirable).
• Previous experience in delivering paramedic training (desirable).
• Preferably a good understanding of written and spoken English (desirable).

Skills

• Paramedic Care
• Emergency Medical Services
• First Aid
• Medical Evacuation Coordination
• Trauma Care
• Ambulance Crew Experience
• Military Combat Medic Experience
• Medical Training Delivery
• Computer Literacy
• MS Word
• Excel
• Power Point

Languages

Ukrainian, English