Description: Work with United Mission to Nepal (UMN) at the Okhaldunga Community Hospital (UMN OCH). This busy rural hospital to the east of Kathmandu provides primary hospital services to Okhaldhunga District and the surrounding five districts. All medical officers work across the medical disciplines – particularly in paediatrics, obstetrics, orthopaedics, general surgery and adult internal medicine. The hospital has a TB DOTS programme, a family planning and immunisation clinic and a mothers’ waiting home (for women approaching the end of their pregnancies). To learn more about the hospital see the Okhaldhunga Community Hospital page.
Qualifications: Medical degree and at least five years relevant experience in public health. Flexibility and adaptability.