Physiotherapist

MAIN AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

Under the overall supervision and support of Project Manager, the Physiotherapist will perform the following tasks in the targeted areas (Hatra, Hawija, Tuz Khormato & Aqre), and as a member of the protection team, provide physiotherapy services for people with disabilities as follows:

• Conduct field visits with protection team for assessment and to identify people with Physical Therapy needs in communities and targeted locations.
• Planning and providing appropriate treatment activities.
• Giving advice, arranging support, and guiding family members, caregivers on how to follow-up on treatments procedures.
• Coordinate with Primary Health Care Centres to refer the beneficiaries (People with disabilities) for medical services when necessary, ensuring that the beneficiary can safely access the service.
• Coordinate with the engineer to identified the needed shelter improvements based on the type of disability and need for the individual and the household in order to have a safe, accessible and suitable and friendly shelter for people with disability .
• Monitor the progress of the patients and follow-up.
• Develop success story for best cases and share with the Project Manager.
• Ensure quality, transparency, and efficiency in all aspects of the work and most off all accountability and respect of the beneficiary.
• Provide periodic reports to line manager along with the required data.
• Maintain high level of confidentiality of all documents, issues, and personal data of the beneficiaries.
• Report to the line manager for possible requests.
• Perform additional jobs on request.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Degree in physiotherapy or
• A minimum of three years of relevant working experience as a physiotherapist dealing with people with disabilities.
• Experience in international relief and development in a similar position is an asset
• Demonstrated effective verbal and written communication, negotiation skills, multi-tasking skills
• Proven capacity to work in a team in a challenging context is essential
• Experience in liaising with governmental/local authorities and NGOs
• Demonstrated ability to work in stressful environments and under pressure
• Languages:
  Arabic & Kurdish
  English is an assist.

Extra information:

• This position will be based in Shirqat covering 4 project areas: (Hatra, Hawija, Tuz Khormato & Aqre) so the applicant should have a high-level flexibility in movement throughout the project’s areas regularly to follow-up the cases.

Interested candidates can send their updated CVs & cover letters to the following email address, by Monday 22th July 2024

recruitment.iraq@coopi.org

Please make sure to include the following job code according to the location : 

“PHYSO872501“, within the email’s title

applications without a job code won’t be considered.

Due to the urgency of this position, applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and the vacancy can be filled prior to the stated closing date.

All applicants are subject to a satisfactory screening check and 3 professional references including HR of the latest or current employer.

• Your resume and cover letter must be uploaded in PDF format.