NGO Physiotherapist Job in Dadaab Kenya - Handicap International

Vacancy Announcement for Somali Speakers

Position: Physiotherapist (Chest Respiratory Physiotherapy specialist)

Responsible to: Physiotherapist Project Manager

Location: Dadaab refugee camp

Closing date: 16th January 2012

The Organization

Handicap International is an independent and impartial international Humanitarian organisation working in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster.

Working alongside persons with disabilities and other vulnerable groups, our action and testimony are focused on responding to their essential needs, improving their living conditions and promoting respect for their dignity and their fundamental rights.

Job Context

Handicap International is present in Dadaab refugee camps since 2007 through its development department.

In response to the recent and massive influx of refugees, Handicap International’s Emergency Response Department has launched in August 2011 a holistic approach called Disability and Vulnerability Focal Point (DVFP) to respond to the needs of the most vulnerable newly arrived refugees.

The strategy of these DVFPs is to identify most vulnerable persons and enhance their access to essential basic and specific services through different mechanisms as well as through direct services’ provision.

Handicap International is also currently launching a new activity to respond to the needs of people suffering from ARI (Acute Respiratory Infections) especially amongst malnourished children.

After a period of suspension of most of our activities due to the degradation of the security context, we are now resuming our emergency activities with new modalities.

Global Objective of the Position

Under the responsibility of the Chest Respiratory Physiotherapist Project Manager and in close collaboration with the medical team of our partner organization in charge of health services in the refugee Camps, the Physiotherapist shall provide high quality Chest Respiratory Physiotherapy services to malnourished children and other patients suffering from ARI, put in place evaluation tools of this activity and report to the medical team as well as to his line manager.

Main Responsibilities

• Participate in the design of the new activity and the building of partnerships with health stakeholders
• Participate in the daily ward round with the medical teams from partners’ organization; sensitize the medical staff on chest respiratory physiotherapy and train them on identifying needs for chest respiratory physiotherapy amongst patients
• Provide Chest Respiratory Physiotherapy sessions to malnourished children and other patients suffering from ARI according to the defined protocol. Ensure techniques used are appropriate to the needs of each patient.
• Maintain up-to-date beneficiaries files and reports as well as evolution notes according to the line manager Manager’s requirements; Ensure reporting on all activities (qualitative and quantitative reporting)
• Maintain work areas clean and secure and ensure a good maintenance of material at disposal;
• Demonstrate an ethic and professional practice
• Demonstrate willingness to improve professional competences and abilities to increase care quality.
• Participate in camp level coordination meeting according to the direct Line Manager and/or Operations Manager’s requirement
• Report to the direct Line Manager and/or Operations Manager on activities and challenges faced and to participate in the reflexion to improve our practices and project’s strategy
• Ensure confidentiality of beneficiaries

Required Profile

Languages

• English (good writing skills)
• Somali required (both oral and written would be an asset)

Experience

• Professional Physiotherapist with proven experience in Chest Respiratory Physiotherapy
• At least 3 years of experience as a physiotherapist in hospital context including at least 2 years providing chest respiratory physiotherapy sessions
• Significant and proven experience in using Forced Expiratory Technique (compulsory) amongst other chest respiratory physiotherapy techniques

Knowledge

• Knowledge on Vulnerability and Disability
• Humanitarian values
• Understanding of protection issues

Skills

• Strong organizational skills, capacity to prioritize
• Good communication and listening skills
• Reporting skills

Personal qualities

• Adaptation to specific working conditions and to numerous security constraints
• Capacity to work in a multicultural teams
• Dynamism, high level of motivation
• Interest for social work and field work
• Willingness to learn new skills and/or approaches
• Good capacity to interact with members of the team and community

If you feel you are the right candidate for this position, kindly send your application along with an up-to-date CV indicating your salary history and 3 referees with their current contacts by email to :- hr-nairobi@handicap-international-ken.org .

The email subject line should be marked: “Application for Chest Respiratory Physiotherapist position”

Only short listed candidates with the above qualifications and skills will be contacted.

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