Mercy Ships Seeking Volunteers for West Africa

From: AANA Journal | Date: September 1, 2006| Author: Anonymous | Copyright information

Mercy Ships is in immediate need of additional volunteer anesthetists (consultants, CRNA, or senior registrar (UK)) to fill vacancies in the Ghana Field Service surgical calendar. Qualified candidates should contact the Human Resources Office at the Mercy Ships International Center in Garden Valley, Texas at jobs@MercyShips.org or www.mercyships.org.

Founded in 1978 by Don and Deyon Stephens, Mercy Ships owns and operates a fleet of hospital ships bringing hope and healing to the poor ...

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