
Doctor
- Recruiter:
- Explora Journeys
- Category:
- Medical Jobs
- Position:
- Doctor
- Published:
- April 8, 2026
Your Purpose
The Doctor’s main responsibility is to deliver customer focused, high quality care for all patients attending the ship’s Medical Centre.Your Impact
• To provide premier concierge medical services and deliver evidence based medical care for guests and crew as required.
• To comply with all clinical governance processes regarding quality and safety of care onboard.
• Collaborate with shipboard and shoreside stakeholders wherever necessary to ensure an excellent customer experience.
• Respond as necessary to customer complaints and implement service recovery strategies.
• Document accurate and complete electronic healthcare records in SeaCare, always adhering to medical and personal data protection laws in clinical records and communications.
• Assist the Lead Doctor, the on-board leadership team, and third-party stakeholders as necessary to coordinate responses to significant health related incidents.
• Utilize resources such as telehealth or shoreside specialist referrals for guests and crew as needed to optimize clinical outcomes.
• Comply with all company, local and international requirements related to contagious conditions.
• Participate and encourage engagement with continuous medical education programs.
• Teamwork – within medical department and other onboard departments
• Ensure that all crew members have valid medical certificate and medical documentation required for the embarkation including vaccination
Your Journey So Far
• Medical Degree with at least 5 years of post-graduate / post-registration clinical experience.
• Current full registration and a valid license to practice.
• Standard of Training Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW) and all other certification and documentation in force at the time of contract.
• Previous maritime medicine experience onboard international cruise ships.
• Competence in emergency care including emergency airway skills, and certification in Emergency resuscitation (ALS / ACLS). Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) and Paediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS, EPALS) or equivalent, preferred.
• Ability to respond competently to common adult and paediatric routine and emergent conditions.
• Competence in procedural sedation.
• Competence in non-emergent clinical procedures including management of common fractures and dislocations, suturing, and wound management.
• Emergency Medicine, Remote Care or Critical Care experience is considered an advantage.
• Computer literate. Experience of using Electronic Healthcare Records platform an advantage.
• High standards of professionalism and customer service.
• Strong leadership skills and the ability to work effectively in a multi-national, multi-disciplinary team.
• Lead and participate in medical department clinical education and training.
• Maintain a positive workplace culture.
• Must have computer literacy and ability to operate office equipment. Basic Windows based programs knowledge
• Proficient in English. Any additional languages, particularly European languages is considered an advantage.
Your Essentials
Full compliance with the requirement of the Law Flag State of the ship regarding Safety and health and physical requirements. Documentation according with STCWOur commitment
At Explora Journeys, we are redefining luxury ocean travel - where discovery, well-being, and a deep respect for the seas come together in harmony.
We seek passionate professionals who share our vision of a more immersive, transformative way to discover the world’s most inspiring destinations by sea.
Are you ready to turn your passion into something extraordinary? Join us at Explora Journeys, where an ocean of opportunities awaits. Your journey to the Ocean State of Mind starts here.
STCW Certificates
You will need valid STCW certificates to apply for this position. Find an STCW course near you.
Explora Journeys
https://careers.msccruises.com/explorajourneys/
Explora Journeys is the ultra-elegant ocean travel brand of the MSC Group, offering refined luxury travel experiences to a new generation of discerning travellers. With a fleet of six private yacht-inspired ships to be sailing globally by 2028, Explora Journeys takes its guests on transformative Journeys, inspired by wellness of body and mind, connection and deeper discovery of the world and its oceans, through immersive itineraries that blend both iconic and off-the-beaten-track destinations.
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