Physiotherapist (Backup Pool) at Medecins Sans Frontieres - French Section

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

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Physiotherapist (Backup Pool)

Location: Jigawa
Contract: As needed

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.

Remuneration
According to MSF salary scale for the period worked.

Application Closing Date
20th November, 2025.

Hoe to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should attach their motivation letter, CV with at least two references and academic documents/work experience certificates to msff-nigeria-recruitment@paris.msf.org using the job title as the subject of the mail.
Or
To the MSF Admin Manager at
MSFF Jahun,
Unguwar Turaki,
Along Kafin Hausa Road,
Behind Upper Sharia Court Jahun,
Jahun Local Government Area ("Application Box" outside the front gate),
Jigawa State.

Note

• Qualified females are highly encouraged to apply.
• Only successful applicants will be called for the next steps and are obligated to disclose any information about family member(s) currently employed by MSF-France in any location.
• No monetary transactions, neither demands for favours in kind, nor other types of favouritism will be tolerated in the MSF recruitment process.
• MSF reserves the right to refuse to hire a candidate who has benefited 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 or political affiliation.
• Dual Employment is considered gross misconduct and hence not acceptable.
• MSF reserves the right to cancel any step or the entire recruitment process at any stage.
• MSF France takes this opportunity to thank all potential candidates for their application.