Job Opportunities

Job Title:	Family Medicine Instructor
Organization:	Lesotho-Boston Health Alliance
Contact:	Phil Elkin (+266) 6267 8667, E-mail pelkin@bu.edu
Location:	Lesotho: Motebang Hospital in the Leribe district and Maluti Adventist Hospital in the Berea district
Type of Employment:	Full-time

Start of Employment: October 2009

The Lesotho-Boston Health Alliance (LeBoHA), in association with the Boston University Department of Family Medicine and Lesotho Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOHSW) is seeking an experienced, highly motivated family medicine physician to serve as faculty in the LeBoHA-MOHSW Family Medicine Specialty Training Program in Lesotho. 

About the Program:

The Family Medicine Specialty Training Program, launched in January 2008, is Lesotho’s first post-graduate training program for physicians.  The program, which is four years in length, is designed to ensure that each registrar completing the training program has the skills, knowledge, and attitude necessary to be an effective district physician and to meet the health care needs of the Basotho people. 

Training will include preventative care, community care, and working as a team member or team leader with other health care professionals.  Registrars work directly with practicing faculty on a daily basis and develop the full spectrum of clinical skills and knowledge to manage very ill in-patients of all ages.  The skills identified for a district physician to work effectively include:  maternity, obstetrics, and gynecology; pediatrics; adult and geriatric medicine: HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis; surgery; mental health; and selected public health and management skills.  The combination of high quality clinical, management, and public health training will provide the necessary skills and knowledge needed for graduates of this program to serve as leaders in Lesotho’s district hospitals as well as to equip registrars to successfully manage community-oriented private practices. 

Family Medicine Instructor Responsibilities:

The successful candidate will work with other faculty to:

• Provide site-based teaching to registrars
• Present on relevant topics at hospital Grand Rounds
• Lead clinical, public health, and/or management classes for registrars
• Assist with curriculum development
• Mentor future instructors 
• Assist with registrar recruitment
• Contribute to the further development of the program
• Such other duties and responsibilities as may, from time to time, be needed and required.

Requirements:

• Individuals must be certified in family medicine. 
• Excellent clinical skills
• International, management, and training experience strongly preferred. 
• Superior communication skills and excellent interpersonal skills
• Basic computer literacy
• Willingness to develop new skills

A contract for two years of service is preferred for this position, with a minimum of one year required beginning in October 2009. This program is supported by the MOHSW with funds from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.  Boston University is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

To apply for the position, please submit 1) a cover letter explaining why you feel this is the job for you, 2) a current, complete and accurate resume or curriculum vitae, and 3) the names, email addresses and telephone numbers of three professional references. Do not submit any letters of recommendation. If we feel your qualifications warrant we will contact referees and others directly.

Please submit application materials by 15 July 2009 via email to:

Dr. Phil Elkin, E-mail: pelkin@bu.edu

If e-mail is not available, application materials can be posted or delivered to:

Mailing Address:           

P.O. Box 0813
Maseru 105, Lesotho

Physical Address:           

Nala House
3 Bowker Road
Maseru West 105, Lesotho