Deputy Physician in Global Health

About the job

Your main duties will be as follows :

• Acting as joint medical director of the Polyclinic for Tropical Medicine, Travel and Vaccination (Tropivac) (in collaboration with the head physician);
• Participating in strategic decision-making for the Global and Environmental Health sector;
• Supporting the Tropivac nurse manager in the organisation and management of the department;
• Supervising and mentoring clinic heads, assistant doctors and nurses, and taking part in the clinical on-call rota;
• Actively train clinic heads and assistant doctors in vaccination, tropical and travel medicine, and global health;
• Teach at postgraduate level (health professionals) and undergraduate level (students from the Faculty of Biology and Medicine, and possibly other faculties);
• Supervise Master’s dissertations and doctoral theses in medicine, as well as PhD theses;
• Participate in ongoing research projects and commissions relating to global health and environment;
• Secure research funding and subsequently lead the corresponding research projects.

Your assets :

• Holder of a federal medical degree or a qualification recognised as equivalent by MEBEKO;
• FMH specialisation in tropical and travel medicine or an equivalent qualification (global health);
• Experience in tropical or subtropical countries, as well as in a vaccination centre;
• Experience in outpatient medicine;
• University accreditation to teach at undergraduate level (PD-MER or equivalent);
• Experience in clinical or epidemiological research in vaccinology and/or tropical medicine and/or global health;
• Experience in managing a clinical team and a research team;
• An interest in supervising trainee doctors and nurses;
• Experience or sound knowledge of the impact of environmental risks (climate, biodiversity, etc.) on health;
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work as part of a team;
• Proficiency in French and English at B2 level.

We offer :

• A dynamic, modern and deeply people-centred working environment; 
• A varied, stimulating and truly rewarding role;
• Support for continuing professional development and career progression;
• An exceptional working environment, offering excellent terms of employment, including priority access to the ‘Ma Crèche Sous Les Etoiles’ nursery, ideally situated at the Biopôle, just a stone’s throw from the Unisanté offices.