Job Description

Date: 09.01.2025 

VACANCY: Physiotherapist

Position status: Full time.

Location: Kilo Project in IBB Governorate – Al Qaeda hospital 

Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international, humanitarian, non-governmental organization providing assistance to people in need as a result of natural and man-made disasters, irrespective of race, religion, ideology or politics. 

Main Purpose

The physiotherapist contributes to the implementation of physiotherapy-related activities in accord-ance with the defined strategy such as following medical prescriptions, planning and carrying out individual treatment program, assessing patients’ physical state, to maintain, improve or rehabilitate the patient's physical well-being and prevent further disabling complications. He/she should be a full member of the interdisciplinary hospital team which ensures patient-centred care within the hospital. 

Accountabilities

• Assess patient physical capacities, using different procedures (e.g. functional capacity tests) to set up treatment objectives with the patient and therefore improve patient's health and wellbeing. 
• Elaborate and implement physiotherapy programmes, including physiotherapy exercises, manipula-tions, massages, education, utilization of physiotherapy devices and orthopedic equipment, educat-ing and advising patients and their careers on how to prevent and/or improve conditions, to accelerate and improve activity results. 
• Train patients and caretakers on how to avoid injury to create preventive behaviours. 
• Actively monitor and report physiotherapy activities (correctly filling in patient files, forms, statistics, and reports) and analyse these statistics to improve quality service, preserving patient’s data traceability. 
• Take care of physiotherapy equipment, managing the stock, making orders according to activity and cleaning up the equipment, to ensure its continuous availability and quality of service. 
• Report to the technical referent any problem arising in the service, especially the loss/ rob-bery/damage of medical equipment or medicines to implement the appropriate measures. 

​​​​​​​MSF Section/Context Specific Accountabilities

• To accept clinical responsibility for a designated caseload of patients and to organise this effectively and efficiently with regards to clinical priorities and service requirement, with the support of the Head-Nurse. 
• Ensure a strict respect for cultural gender rules.To demonstrate the ability to communicate complex and sensitive information to patients, caretakers and other staff including imparting unwelcome news.
• To be able to manage potentially stressful, upsetting, or emotional situations in an empathetic manner.
• To communicate effectively with patients and caretakers so as to maximise rehabilitation potential and provide safe and efficient discharge plans.
• Identify and refer patients internally and accordingly to services/departments within the hospital in line with the patient centered approach.
• Participate and support in mapping the different stakeholders (local and international) and their services in the physiotherapy/rehabilitation field within our jurisdiction.
• Participate and support in the external referral of patients in need of prosthesis, orthosis, braces accordingly.

​​​​​​​Requirements

Education

• Essential, Physiotherapist official degree / diploma.

​​​​​​​Experience

• The one from the study period is considered as an experience

​​​​​​​Languages

• Essential - local language; - Arabic,
• Desirable, mission working language. - English

​​​​​​​Competencies

• Result oriented.
• Good interpersonal skills– including observant, flexibility, listening and empathy skills.
• Commitment.
• Problem solving approach to tasks.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively within teams. (team player)
• Ability to manage time effectively.