Surgical Lead - Gaza

UK-Med is looking for an experienced Surgical Lead to support our ongoing health response in Gaza.

This is a senior clinical leadership role combining hands-on surgical practice with significant service-management responsibilities and quality improvement. You will help ensure that surgical services are safe, effective and responsive to evolving patient needs, while working closely with national colleagues and UK-Med clinical leadership.

The role will suit an experienced surgeon who is confident leading in complex environments, supporting multidisciplinary teams and helping strengthen surgical practice and services. A key part of the role will be working alongside national colleagues to support learning, strengthen practice and contribute to sustainable improvements in surgical care.

We are looking for someone with strong clinical judgement and leadership capability, ideally with experience working in humanitarian, conflict-affected or resource-constrained healthcare settings. Experience in emergency, trauma, orthopaedic and/or conflict surgery would be advantageous, although the emphasis of this role is on surgical leadership and management rather than a particular surgical specialty.

This is an opportunity to combine specialist surgical expertise with leadership and service development, supporting both immediate patient care and the continued strengthening of UK-Med’s surgical response in Gaza. If this sounds like the kind of challenge you are looking for, we would be very pleased to hear from you.

We offer competitive benefits, a friendly working environment and the opportunity to make a real difference through humanitarian work.

To apply, please submit a current CV and a supporting letter (no more than 2 pages) that includes a detailed explanation of your suitability for this post with specific reference to the essential criteria in the person specification.

Applications must be submitted through our online jobs portal no later than Monday 12^th of October 2026.

UK-Med is committed to safeguarding of our personnel and beneficiaries and has a zero-tolerance approach to sexual exploitation and abuse. We conduct thorough vetting before any appointment is confirmed.

UK-Med is committed to the principles of diversity, equality, and inclusion.  We strive to provide an inclusive and supportive environment where employees feel respected and supported to be able to fulfil their potential.