PHYSIOTHERAPIST At Medicine Sans Frontiers (MSF) Katsina

RECRUITMENT NOTICE

The French Section of Medecins Sans Frontieres is recruiting for its project in Katsina:

Position: PHYSIOTHERAPIST Work Location: Katsina Contract Type: Fixed Term

Opening Date: July 31st, 2025 End Date: August 4th, 2025

CONTEXT Medecins Sans Frontieres is a private, not-for-profit international humanitarian organization dedicated to providing medical assistance to populations in distress, without discrimination and regardless of race, religion, creed or political affiliation.

MSF has been active in Katsina since February 2021 after carrying an exploratory mission that end up with an opening of the project.

Currently, MSF is running an ITFC (Inpatient Therapeutic Feeding Centre) in Katsina in the Kofar Sauri PHCC and 4 ATFC (Ambulatory Therapeutic Feeding Centre) including three in Jibia LGA (Magama, Daddara, Riko,) and one in Katsina City (Kofar Marusa).

MAIN PURPOSE Following medical prescription, plan and carry out individual treatment programs, by assessing patients’ physical state, to maintain, improve or rehabilitate the physical well-being of the patient and prevent physical handicaps.

JOB DESCRIPTION

• Assess patient’s 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 programs, including physiotherapy exercises, manipulations, massages, education, utilization of physiotherapy devices and orthopedic equipment, educating and advising patients and their careers on how to prevent and/or improve conditions, to accelerate and improve activity results.
• Trains patients and Hospital staff on how to avoid injury to create preventive behaviors
• Actively monitor and report physiotherapy activities (correctly filling in patient files, forms, statistics, and reports) to improve quality service, preserving patient’s data traceability.
• Take care of physiotherapy equipment, manage 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 activity supervisor any problem arising in the service, especially the loss/ robbery/damage of medical equipment or medicines in order to implement the appropriate measures.
• Provide orthopedic treatment and prevention in malnutrition
• Assess malnourished patients to determine their neuromotor status
• Implement neuromotor exercises using games
• Lead group stimulation sessions
• Support caregivers’ ability to care for their child’s development
• Organize activities/information sessions on supporting children’s development

How To Apply

Note

July 2025

Qualified females are highly encouraged to apply Only successful applicants will be called for next steps and are obligated to disclose any information about family member(s) currently in the employment of MSF-France in any location.

Dual Employment is considered gross misconduct and hence not acceptable. MSF reserves the right to cancel any step or whole of the recruitment process at any stage. MSF France takes this opportunity to thank all potential candidates for their application. No monetary transactions, neither demands of favours in kind, nor other types of favouritism will be tolerated in the MSF recruitment process. MSF reserves the right to refuse hiring a candidate having benefitted from any such acts. All illicit demands may be pursued through the judicial system. MSF is an equal opportunity employer and encourages any Nigerian citizen to apply irrespective of race, gender, religion, creed, political affiliation.