General Surgeon

SOSi is seeking a General Surgeon to join a medical support services program in support of our U.S. government customer in Iraq. The General Surgeon is responsible for providing preoperative, operative, and post-operative management of patient care. 

• Provides preoperative, operative, and post-operative management of patient care.
• Communicates issues, obtain approvals, resolve problems and maintain specific level of knowledge pertaining to new developments, new task efforts, and new policy requirements.
• Maintains the highest regard for patient dignity and observes the precepts of the American Hospital Associations Bill of Rights for patients. 

• Required and able to obtain Moderate Risk Public Trust (MRPT).

• Completion of a General Surgery Residency within the U.S. or Western country equivalent.  

• 3 years of experience; U.S. or Canadian board certified or recently ABS qualified General Surgeon with interest, training and experience managing the full range of emergency surgical cases including vascular, neurologic, and soft-tissue, as well as the full-range of general surgical cases including abdominal and urological.

• U.S. board certified or recently American Board of Surgery (ABS) qualified General Surgeon.

• Unrestricted U.S. (State) license.

• Certification in Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS), and Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR).

• All health care providers and medical support staff must have recent clinical experience in patient care for at least six months out of the past year.