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MEDISCH ASSISTENT
Lesbos
Medisch
Vrijwillig
Boat Refugee Foundation (BRF) is looking for an assistant who can support the Medical Coordinator in leading the medical programme on Lesvos. Are you a nurse or doctor and want to use your expertise to help people in need? Do you have at least two years of working experience, including experience working abroad? Are you also able to make independent medical decisions and available for 4 to 6 months? Please read on! (Please note: We are only accepting applications starting September 2026)
Where will you work?
Boat Refugee Foundation provides medical and psychosocial (emergency) aid and stands up for the rights of people seeking refuge. We take action where systems become inhumane and compassion is lost. Since 2015, we have been working in various locations at the borders of Europe.
What will you be doing?
The medical team on Lesvos consists of experienced doctors, nurses and other medical professionals. The focus of the medical programme is on providing primary and emergency healthcare. The Medical Assistant provides quality emergency medical care to people on the move in the refugee camp on Lesvos, with a fast-changing medical team. They are a stable factor in the often rapidly changing volunteer team. In addition to working a couple of medical shifts per week, the medical assistant will be working closely with the medical coordinator to manage the pharmacy, organise capacity building activities and coordinate tasks for medical volunteers outside of the medical shifts.
YOU HAVE THE FOLLOWING RESPONSIBILITIES: - Keep the pharmacy neat and orderly so that everyone can find the items needed for medical shifts and ensure the pharmacy in the clinic is always well stocked; - Maintain the list of required medication in consultation with the medical coordinator and medical advisor; - Work as shift coordinator at least 3 shifts pe...