Physiotherapist Supervisor At Médecins Sans Frontières in Katsina
Physiotherapist Supervisor At Médecins Sans Frontières
The French Section of Médecins Sans Frontières is recruiting for its project in Katsina:
Opening Date: 4th February 2026
Work Location: Katsina
End Date: 9th February 2026
Contract Type: Fixed Term with 3 months probation
CONTEXT
Médecins Sans Frontières 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 two ITFCs (Inpatient Therapeutic Feeding Centre) in Katsina in the Kofar Sauri PHCC and Turai Yar’adua PHCC and 4 ATFC (Ambulatory Therapeutic Feeding Centre) including three in Jibia LGA (Magama and Daddara) one in Mashi and one in Katsina City (Kofar Marusa and Mashi).
MAIN PURPOSE
The role involves supervising, organizing, leading, monitoring, and evaluating daily physical rehabilitation activities within the project. This in addition to clinical care depending on the size of the unit. It focuses on strengthening the integration of physiotherapy into project operations through close collaboration with the hospital’s multidisciplinary team (MDT). The position also drives clinical leadership, oversees implementation of up-to-date practices, ensures high-quality patient care and the sustainability of expertise in the field.
This role is adaptable to different contexts:
- In newly established rehabilitation activities even in a lone-worker setup.
- Within an existing physiotherapy team as part of a general rehabilitation program, which may already in- clude a manager and/or supervisor (e.g., in the case of 3D activities). This position becomes particularly val-uable when a specialized approach reaches a certain threshold in terms of volume and/or complexity.
JOB DESCRIPTION
- Clinical Leadership & Patient Care: Lead and supervise the implementation of (specialized) rehabilitation interventions, ensuring quality, safety, and continuity of care.
Conduct / Oversee patient assessments and collaborate with the team to develop and adjust treatment plans. Guide and support the rehabilitation team in daily patient care.
Ensure delivered care aligns with referral criteria, protocols, ethical standards and legal requirements. Promote multidisciplinary, patient-centered approach with medical, paramedical, and mental health teams. Encourage involvement of patients’ families and caregivers in their treatment process.
Manage patient continuity of care, from admission to discharge (based on established criteria), transitions between services, follow-up after hospitalization and referrals to external facilities when adapted.
- Activity Management & Quality Improvement
Organize, monitor and evaluate rehabilitation activities, including data analysis to ensure alignment with project’s goal.
Ensure the participation of rehabilitation representative in meetings, surgical/medical planning, clinical case discussions, training sessions and multidisciplinary rounds.
Contribute to annual activity planning and budget development in collaboration with the line manager and referents. Support the implementation of new procedures and policies.
Coordinate regularly with MSF Foundation and technical advisors to align goals and address challenges. Contribute to the implementation and development of potential research initiatives.
Promote inclusive, non-discrimination rehabilitation services. Include people with disabilities.
Ensure informed patient consent is obtained adaptively to situation (treatment, communication, research…) Represent the service externally and explore local partnership (exchange, services, patient’s orientation…). Ensure compliance with hygiene standards, aseptic practices.
- Team Supervision & Capacity Building
Supervise the rehabilitation team, manage workload distribution during the week and weekend when applicable, and coordinate rotations (IPD/OPD/HBC).
Support team members technically and organizationally.
Organize schedules, validate leaves, and ensure care-continuity during absences. Identify training needs and lead knowledge-sharing sessions.
Participate in recruitment of new team members and lead their on-boarding.
Conduct regular individual evaluations, set objectives, and support professional development. Propose and implement department-level initiatives (training, exchanges, practice development). Facilitate team discussions and encourage service improvement proposals.
- Equipment, Stock & Inventory Management
Ensuring availability, proper use and maintenance of rehabilitation equipment
Monitor inventory levels and manage orders (pharmacy, logistics) based on activity needs. Coordinate cleaning and safety checks of equipment with MSF Bio-med.
Report issues related to equipment loss, damage, or theft to line manager.
Provide feedback on materials, suggest improvements or new equipment /consumables with line manager and referents.
- Data Management, Reporting & Communication
Report incidents about patients and staff following the process set in the mission.
Ensure accurate and up-to-date filing of patient lists, document dropouts, discharges, and functional outcomes, and guarantee proper data entry in EMR, Praxis, and Excel databases
Maintain confidentiality and secure handling of patient data. Ensure rehabilitation records are complete, relevant, and updated with personalized treatment plans.
Ensure data collection (clinical and activity indicators) and timely entry into registers and databases.
Analyze service data (indicators, statistics) and provide monthly, quarterly, and annual reports to line manager and referents.
The supervisor must guarantee that patients receive optimal quality of physiotherapy care by performing and ensur-ing that the team realize adapted pediatric rehabilitation intervention:
Assess, set objectives, treatment plan and rehabilitation procedures adapted for malnourished pediatric patients. Master how to approach a pediatric patient between 0 and 5 years-old.
Propose playful exercices adapted to the patient neuromotor and medical status. Lead and organize group stimulation sessions.
Support and train caregivers’ ability to care for their child’s development. Organize activities/information sessions on supporting children’s development.
Program Development & Coordination
Support and train the supervised physiotherapists in pediatric rehabilitation in malnutrition. Support the medical team on neuromotor screening and prescribing physiotherapy.
Ensure documentation is properly fullffilled by all team members.
Maintain regular communication and meetings within project and technical referents.
CONTRACT: Fixed Term
208 working hours per month.
REMUNERATION
According to MSF salary scale plus 13th month allowance equivalent to 1 month of gross salary
To Apply
Only Web based applications will be accepted, interested candidates are invited to apply via the link or by scanning the QR code below:
https://forms.gle/ooZFfwccNLJ4yNEU9
Application must include:
Complete CV with Cover letter and copies of all certificates and diplomas mentioned in the CV Applicant Contact details and ID and contact of references mentioned in the application.
Deadline for the submission of applications: 9THFebruary 2026 by 4:00pm
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.
