Career and long term opportunities

Opportunity for Doctors and health providers for a 2 year position in Honduras

Shoulder to Shoulder, a non denominational, NGO provides ongoing primary medical, nursing and dental care as well as nutrition and public health services to the undeserved population living in the most remote part of the State of Intibucá, Honduras which is within a few kilometers of the El Salvador border.  We are currently looking for 2-4 providers to work in the 3,600 square foot Shoulder to Shoulder Clinic (Clinica Hombro a Hombro) which has been in operation since 1995 and has five exam rooms, a laboratory, a procedure room, x-ray equipment and ultrasound and a large well-equipped pharmacy, dental clinic and internet.  Many of the clinic's supplies and medicines are donated.  One Honduran physician and 3 North American physicians are currently volunteering as medical missionaries, and provide high quality round-the-clock medical care to the region.   The two year term will end the summer of 2008 for two of them.   They cover emergencies and OB on a rotational basis.  Nurse practitioners, midwives, and doctors, especially family physicians are currently needed. There are numerous opportunities for  teaching residents, medical students and nursing students who are short term volunteers with Shoulder to Shoulder.

Part of the work will include traveling to remote communities on a weekly basis, supervising other providers, managing public health projects, maintaining an inventory and working with local community health boards.  The ability to see patients in Spanish is required. 

Shoulder to Shoulder is a small non profit and is not able to pay the usual physician, nurse practitioner, midwife salary. However we can provide free housing, a cook and a $10,000 per year per full time employee stipend to help defray costs and travel. For more information on our philosophy of our project, see a recent article published in the STFM journal. Read it here

To learn more or to send a resume, contact:  Dr. Art Ranz at
Aranz@ShoulderToShoulder.org or Dr. Jeff Heck at jadjeh@msj.org

Current physician families at our clinic.