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Main Purpose

• Following a multidisciplinary team approach, the physiotherapist designs and delivers comprehensive, patient-centred preventive and rehabilitative interventions by assessing patients’ condition and exposure to risk factors, aiming to maintain and/or improve their physical well-being, for optimal autonomy and participation in all life dimensions.

Accountabilities

• Assess the obstetric patient’s physical condition and capacity, ensuring the use of the physio form to gather the subjective history and physical findings, set up the treatment objectives and plan, based on clinical reasoning and the relevant MDT clinical records.
• Elaborate and implement patient-centred physiotherapy interventions applied to the context of ob-stetric fistulas and other obstetric complications, including the critically ill patient, by delivering education, therapeutic exercise, manual therapy, and electrophysical agents, with particular emphasis on non-pharmacological pain management.
• Ensure that informed consent is offered to each patient before any physio intervention.
• Actively monitor and report on the delivered physiotherapy activity, by committing to timely and complete clinical records and data collection, critically analysing the data, aiming to improve the quality of the physio services.
• Ensure patient data protection and confidentiality.
• Organise and maintain the physiotherapy premises, equipment, and consumables stock.
• Report to the line manager any problem arising in the service, especially related to patient care and the loss/ robbery/damage of medical equipment or medicines, facilitating the implementation of the appropriate measures.

MSF Section / Context Specific Accountabilities

• Ensure a professional, welcoming, and compassionate atmosphere as a pillar for patient care.
• In the VVF:
  • Participate in the relevant clinical rounds and meetings, fostering an MDT approach to care and facilitating the identification of patients in need of physiotherapy, in line with the referral criteria.
  • Deliver physiotherapy services from Sunday to Thursday, according to the weekly activity plan.
• In the ICU:
  • Ensure participation in the daily clinical rounds (Monday to Friday).
  • Deliver physiotherapy services following the established referral criteria for physiotherapy.
• Ensure to work within the framework of MSF protocols, and to be equipped with information that is relevant to improving knowledge, pursuing continuous professional development.
• Communicate innovative ideas and any proposals on procedures, equipment and materials that can support and upscale the quality of the physio services
• Comply with hygiene and infection protection and control (IPC) standards, always.
• Debrief with the rehab specialist in women’s health on a bi-weekly basis, when under remote support.

Requirements

• Education Essential: Physiotherapist official degree/diploma.
• Experience: Not required (the one from the study period is considered as an experience).
• Languages: Essential: Hausa; Desirable: mission working language (English), Fulani.
• Competencies: Results, teamwork, flexibility, commitment, service.

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• Performing autonomously, complex / advanced installation and maintenance of electrical and other energy systems in all MSF facilities across the project (offices, health structures, warehouses, etc.,) according to MSF standards and procedures, in order to ensure proper functioning and maintenance of MSF equipment and installations

Accountabilities

• Ensuring all electrical installations in MSF facilities comply with MSF standards and perform autonomously, and ensuring
• all necessary complex / advanced electrical installations, maintenance and repairs, according to the supervisor’s instructions. This includes the following tasks:
• Carrying out critical rehabilitation tasks and corrective maintenance interventions, and the coordination and execution of required tasks, as well as the installation of needed electrical equipment, as defined by each project.
• Elaborating on the necessary documentation for carrying out energy installation projects (plans, list of materials, etc.)
• Carrying out and updating the electrical installations inventory in MSF missions’ facilities and performing annual maintenance procedures and safety checks across facilities in the project. Executing any needed tests after any repair or maintenance.
•  Identifying local technical actors, and organizing their participation in the project (training of technical staff, establishing relations with local companies, contractors and suppliers, quotations, contracts, etc.)
• Making suggestions regarding any repair or maintenance work needed in MSF electrical installations and equipment, and assisting the logistics department with any urgent support/advice or any related work needed
• Managing the stock of consumable items related to electrical installation, repairs and maintenance, filling in the stock cards, carrying out physical stock inventories, executing orders necessary for renewing stock, avoiding any shortage
• Responsible for the equipment and tools (including extinguishers), checking they are used correctly and safely, maintaining and renewing them when necessary and keeping the inventory updated.
• Keeping the working area clean and tidy.
• Ensuring that all record sheets and books related to maintenance are always completed and prepare needed reports before and after any repair or required maintenance.

MSF Section/Context Specific Accountabilities

• Ensure all electrical systems in the office and guest house are working correctly.
• Help make urgent repairs during crises to restore power within MSF’s required time and be the back up for the Hospital electrician.
• Study how power is used to suggest ways to balance the load better and improve efficiency.
• Install and carry out regular maintenance on solar panels at the BemonCs to ensure they are working well.
• Carry out regular maintenance and repairs on all A/Cs in the Office and Guesthouse.
• Set up and maintain surge protectors and proper grounding to keep equipment and people safe from electrical spikes.

Requirements
Education:

• Essential Electrician Diploma or recognised formal training

Languages:

• Previous working experience as an electrician required (minimum 2 years’ experience)
• Local and mission language essentials

Competencies:

• Results and Quality Orientation L1
• Teamwork and Cooperation L1
• Behavioural Flexibility L1
• Commitment to MSF Principles L1
• Service Orientation L1
• Stress Management L2

Remuneration

• According to MSF salary scale, plus 13th month allowance equivalent to 1 month of gross salary.