Senior Biomedical Engineer
Village Health Works (VHW)
jobs@villagehealthworks.org http://www.villagehealthworks.org/
Organization Overview
Village Health Works (VHW) is a joint American-Burundian non-profit and non-governmental organization whose mission is to provide quality, compassionate health care in a dignified environment while treating the root causes of illness, poverty, violence, and neglect in collaboration with those we serve. The organization’s operations are based in Kigutu, Burundi, with support from the headquarter office in New York. With close to 500 full- and part-time employees in Burundi, as well as a small team in the United States, VHW delivers a wide-array of programs in a catchment area of 200,000 people within the provinces of Rumonge and Bururi. VHW’s approach integrates clinical services with education, food security, economic development, environmental protection, music and the arts, and its central program, a clinic that conducted 49,900 patient consultations in 2019 and has 4 inpatient wards. VHW is currently constructing the Kigutu Hospital and Women’s Health Pavilion, a 150-bed surgical and teaching hospital, which is expected to be completed before the end of 2021 and will add important surgical and emergency obstetrical capacity to our operations. In preparation for the hospital’s planned opening, VHW is expanding its technical capacity, procuring complex medical equipment, and likewise expanding its ability to install and maintain this equipment.
The Senior Biomedical Engineer will report directly to the Burundi-based Chief Medical Officer and Director of Operations and will supervise the biomedical engineering department.
Village Health Works considers all applicants on the basis of merit without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status or disability. Village Health Works is an equal opportunity employer.
Village Health Works (VHW) (ONG)
jobs@villagehealthworks.org
http://www.villagehealthworks.org/
PO Box BP 1604
Bujumbura, Burundi
Village Health Works (VHW) a été fondé en 2006 en partenariat avec la communauté locale burundaise. Sa mission est de fournir des soins de santé de qualité et compatissants dans un environnement digne, tout en s'attaquant aux causes profondes de la maladie, de la pauvreté, de la violence et de la négligence. VHW a développé un modèle holistique qui vise à améliorer les moyens de subsistance locaux et à restaurer la dignité et l'espoir. Au cours des 12 dernières années, VHW s'est d'abord concentré sur le traitement et la prévention des maladies par le biais des services de soins de santé primaires. Dans le but de s'attaquer aux causes profondes de la mauvaise santé, de la pauvreté et de la violence, il a également intégré des programmes d'éducation, d'agriculture durable et de développement économique dans ses programmes cliniques. VHW a construit un vaste campus dans une région rurale de Kigutu qui est nichée au milieu de montagnes luxuriantes et surplombe le magnifique lac Tanganyika, le deuxième lac le plus profond du monde. Avec près de 500 employés à temps plein et à temps partiel au Burundi, ainsi qu'une petite équipe aux États-Unis, VHW offre un large éventail de programmes dans …
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