Shipboard Doctor – Job Description

• Provide professional medical care to  crew members, including outpatient, inpatient and emergency treatment.
• Assess patients, establish differential diagnoses and develop appropriate treatment and follow-up plans.
• Respond to medical emergencies, including cardiac, respiratory, trauma and other acute cases, and provide stabilization and advanced life-support treatment when required. 
• Perform appropriate clinical procedures and diagnostic investigations, including ECG, laboratory testing, X-ray and other available onboard diagnostic procedures.
• Provide emergency and critical care until the patient can be safely transferred to an appropriate shoreside medical facility.
• Coordinate medical referrals, telemedical consultations, disembarkations and medical evacuations (medevacs) in cooperation with the Master, shipboard management and shoreside medical support.
• Manage occupational illnesses and injuries involving crew members and monitor their fitness for duty.
• Maintain accurate and confidential patient records and complete all required medical documentation and reports.
• Follow onboard infection prevention, communicable disease and public-health procedures, including appropriate isolation and outbreak-management measures. 
• Ensure appropriate management and control of medical equipment, medications, medical supplies and emergency equipment.
• Work closely with shipboard nurses and ensure effective communication within the medical team. 
• Liaise professionally with the Master, senior officers and relevant shoreside departments regarding medical matters affecting the safe operation of the vessel.
• Participate in onboard emergency drills, safety exercises, audits, inspections and crew training as required. 
• Maintain readiness to respond to medical emergencies while the vessel is at sea, in port or operating in remote areas.
• Maintain patient confidentiality, professional ethics and a high standard of care at all times.
• Provide professional, respectful and compassionate service to guests and crew of different nationalities and cultural backgrounds.

Typical Requirements

• Recognized Medical Doctor degree.
• Valid medical registration/licence to practise with an appropriate national or governmental regulatory authority.
• Recent postgraduate clinical experience, ideally in Emergency Medicine, Acute Care, ICU, Internal Medicine or a comparable acute-care environment. 
• Valid ALS/ACLS certification; additional qualifications such as ATLS, PALS/APLS, advanced airway management and POCUS may be preferred or strongly recommended. 
• Strong emergency decision-making and ability to work independently in a remote maritime environment.
• Excellent spoken and written English.
• Good computer skills and ability to work with electronic medical records.
• Ability to work effectively within a multicultural shipboard team.

Please apply with an updated CV, references and latest appraisal.

Onboard period:  from 21 October in Dakar until 6 November 2026 in Puerto Natales.