Post Date

Jan 25, 2025

Closing Date

Feb 05, 2025

Reference

MSF-828

Number of Vacancies

1

Salary Range

As per company salary scale

Years of Experience

3 years

Probation Period

3 month

Contract Type

Fixed-term

Contract Duration

1 year

Contract Extensible

Maybe

Minimum Education

High School

Gender

Any

About Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Doctors Without Borders) is an international, independent, medical humanitarian organisation that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, healthcare exclusion and natural or man-made disasters to populations in danger in more than 70 countries.

Job Summary

Following medical prescriptions, plan and carry out individual treatment programs, by assessing patients’ physical state, in order

to maintain, improve, or rehabilitate the physical well-being of the patient and prevent physical handicaps

The Physiotherapy Supervisor is responsible for managing the daily operations of the physiotherapy department, supervising staff, and ensuring high-quality patient care. They collaborate with other healthcare professionals to create and implement treatment plans while maintaining compliance with organizational standards and policies.

Duties & Responsibilities

– Assess patient physical capacities, using different procedures in order to set up treatment objectives with the patient and therefore improve patient’s health and wellbeing

– Elaborate and implement physiotherapy programmes, including physiotherapy exercises, manipulations, massages, education, utilization of physiotherapy devices and orthopaedic equipment, educating and advising patients and their carers on how to prevent and/or improve conditions, in order to accelerate and improve activity results

– Train patients and care-takers on how to avoid injury in order to create preventive behaviours

– Actively monitor and report physiotherapy activities (correctly filling in patient files, forms, statistics, and reports) and analyse these statistics in order 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, in order to ensure its continuous availability and quality of service

– Report to the line manager any problem arising in the service, especially the loss/ robbery/damage of medical equipment or medicines in order to implement the appropriate measures

– Give regular feedback to the line manager and report directly any issue or incident

– In order to ensure the coverage of the human resources needs and maintain high standards of quality, organise and coordinate the activities of team supervised (week’s schedule, annual leave, absences, etc.), communicate with the HR/Admin department all relevant information in due time,

evaluate performance, define and ensure the needs for training

– Perform hands on tasks as part of the team whenever required or needed in order to optimize the resources and to

contribute with his/her knowledge and experience

– Participate in monthly reports according to guidelines

MSF Section/Context Specific Accountabilities

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Infection Prevention and Control:

–       Adhere to Infection Prevention and Control protocols and guidelines Observe standard precautions and 3 Pillars of  IPC “Hand Hygiene, Disinfection, and Transmission Based precaution.

Documentation / Data Collection:

–      Maintain up-to-date records of visits and relevant data for each patient admitted in the Physio program.

Ensure appropriate use of MSF medical forms.

Meetings and Participation:

–       Attend and engage in medical meetings organized whenever needed.

Attend and engage in the annual feedback process with Dep PMR and focus on priorities set.

–        Team Work and Communication: work with close collaboration with the line manager, surgeon, and other departments.

–        Flexibility: Possibility to assign in coordination and in project as needed.

–        Ensure to order the physio material on time to prevent shortage and to be confident in the reception.

–        Close follow of the staff to be on time and present in his selected department.

–        Support the team and take staff’s tasks in case of need.

Organize staff leave on time and make rotations according to number of the department

Job Requirements

Minimum Requirements and Competencies

Education                          – High school diploma (12th class) essential

– University degree desirable

– Physiotherapist certification essential

Experience                         – Essential previous experience of 3 years in similar or relevant positions

Languages                          – Dari/Pashtu: oral and written essential

– English: oral and written essential

Knowledge                         – Computer skill: working on MS Office and other skill is essential

Submission Guideline

How to apply

1. Follow the below link OR scan the QR code to access the online job application survey. Candidates must fill in the survey in order to be considered for shortlisting: https://forms.office.com/e/w6Ue35x7Zb

2. After completing the survey, send the following documents to email: MSF-kunduz-recruitment@msf.org

1. CV and motivation letter

2. High school diploma (12th class)

3. Other relevant diplomas/certificates

4. ID card both sides (this will be used for visitor authorisation pass)

The interested candidates must answer the online survey and submit their documents before February 5^th2025, 4 PM

**Only applications completing the online survey and sending supporting documents by email will be treated**

The reference PHYSIOTHERAPIST SUPERVISOR must be stated in the email to be valid. If you do not clearly state the position for which you are applying & attach the required diploma & other supporting documents, your application may not be considered.

Only candidates who meet the essential criteria will be shortlisted and contacted.

MSF does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process. All applications are free for all candidates and no one should require any payment or compensation during the recruitment process. May the candidate be asked for any fee, he/she must report to MSF Administration through the recruitment contact.

If you are selected to be part of the reserve pool, it means that MSF has validated you to be called in to work on a temporary basis, as needed. It does not guarantee that you will be offered a contract or a permanent position, even if such a position becomes available. A new recruitment can be done according to the current need.