Medical Doctor – Paediatric Infectious Disease/Outbreak (VHF experience) – Register

• Provide specialist clinical care for paediatric infectious diseases in outbreak and humanitarian settings.
• Support outbreak preparedness and response activities, including infection prevention and control.
• Contribute to clinical protocols and guidelines, and strengthen local healthcare teams' capacity.

This role directly saves lives and reduces suffering by providing expert paediatric infectious disease care during outbreaks, strengthening local health systems, and improving preparedness for future health emergencies.

• Licensed medical doctor specializing in Paediatrics and Infectious Diseases.
• Experience in outbreak settings, ideally within humanitarian, low-resource, or emergency response environments.
• Experience with Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers (VHF) is required.
• French language skills are highly desirable.

GBP £4750 – £5250 gross per month (dependant on experience and deployment context, with up to 20% additional allowance for adverse conditions). Register role with no guaranteed work; deployments are full-time with fixed-term contracts, typically around 6 weeks plus quarantine.

UK-Med is a frontline medical aid charity, born of the British National Health Service, working for over 30 years to ensure everyone has healthcare when crises or disasters hit.