STEP ONE: Search for opportunities > Doctor (Paediatrician)
If you’re a qualified and experienced paediatrician, we need your skills urgently. You could be sharing your vital knowledge and experience in countries such as Malawi, The Gambia, Tanzania and Uganda for one to two years.
If you’re MBBS or MBChB qualified with at least 3 years’ post-registration experience in paediatrics, you can help change lives in the world’s poorest countries.
RCPCH and VSO Fellowships
If you're a paediatrician in ST2 or up, you can spend a year or more with VSO as out of programme experience endorsed by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. As a RCPCH/VSO fellow, you'll have the mentorship of a UK and in-country senior paediatrician, and structured support to show the clinical, teaching and managerial skills and competences you gain.
Paediatrician – Malawi Working at the national referral hospital in Blantyre, you’ll inspire the next generation of Malawian doctors. You’ll combine teaching and clinical supervision to build their paediatrics expertise.
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Working at this leading teaching hospital in Banjul, you’ll develop standard hospital procedures and train Gambian counterpart doctors. Reach the attached job description and call us on +44 (0)20 8780 7500 for an application pack.
VSO urgently needs a paediatric specialist registrar or consultant paediatrician to change the lives of countless children in Uganda by training the next generation of paediatricians. Read the attached job description and call us on +44 (0)20 8780 7500 for an application pack.
Whether you are ready to apply now, would like an information pack or would like to be kept informed about our work, please register your interest now.
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Other ways to get involved
Visit our awareness and action pages to see some of the other ways you can get involved with VSO.
