Anesthesiologist - Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
JOB SUMMARY
The Anesthesiologist – Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is responsible for providing advanced clinical care to critically ill patients with suspected or confirmed highly infectious or high-consequence infectious diseases. The role supports safe, high-quality ICU services, including clinical decision-making, critical care protocols, infection prevention and control practices, and capacity building for multidisciplinary clinical teams. The Anesthesiologist works closely with clinical, IPC, laboratory, WASH, pharmacy, nutrition, data, and operations teams to support coordinated outbreak response and patient care in accordance with applicable national and international standards.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function with or without reasonable accommodation.
MAIN TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• Provide direct clinical care and advanced management for critically ill patients with suspected or confirmed highly infectious or high-consequence infectious diseases in ICU and designated high-risk care areas.
• Lead and participate in clinical rounds, case reviews, and multidisciplinary decision-making for ICU patients.
• Develop, adapt, and implement ICU clinical protocols and standard operating procedures for highly infectious and high-consequence infectious diseases, aligned with national and international guidance.
• Provide training, bedside mentoring, and technical support to doctors, nurses, and clinical staff on critical care, ventilator management, monitoring, and safe clinical practices.
• Coordinate with IPC, laboratory, WASH, nutrition, pharmacy, and data management teams to support safe, integrated patient care.
• Monitor clinical outcomes, complications, and quality indicators; contribute to data collection, reporting, and quality improvement activities.
• Support outbreak response planning, surge capacity, and contingency planning for critical care services.
• Ensure adherence to biosafety, PPE, IPC, and safe clinical practice requirements in high-risk infectious disease care areas.
• Contribute to clinical audits, after-action reviews, and continuous improvement of ICU and outbreak response processes.
• Maintain accurate medical documentation and contribute to internal, health authority, and donor reporting as required.
• Promote staff safety, welfare, and team performance in high-stress infectious disease response environments.
• Collaborate with the Clinical Care Manager, response leadership, and Medical Director on clinical priorities, resource needs, and service improvements.
Perform other duties as assigned. The duties and responsibilities listed in this document are representative of the nature and level of work assigned and not necessarily comprehensive.