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Project profile
Project title: Bienfait Project
Location of the project: Karongi District, Western Province
Closing date: January 12, 2022
Background
Research for Development (RD Rwanda) is a non-profit organization (NGO) created in 2017. It is located in Kigali City, Gasabo District, Remera Sector; Nyarutarama Cell, Po Box: 6174 Kigali-Rwanda.
RD Rwanda is engaged in a range of projects and activities in the field of research on disease control and prevention, education; health programs, economic development initiatives, women empowerment, and support for children and adolescents with disabilities.
It is against this background that RD Rwanda has received a fund from 1000 Hügel e.V., Germany to implement the project called “Bienfait Project” which aims to support health care for children and adolescents with disabilities through mobile teams so that they can access diagnosis, treatment, and assistive devices despite their immobility and lack of infrastructure in Karongi District. RD Rwanda wishes to recruit self-motivated and qualified people of high integrity to fill the following position:
4. Physiotherapist (1)
Report to: General Medical Officer
Responsibilities
- Diagnose, assess and treat children with disabilities;
- Encourage exercise and movement and put together a treatment plan including manual therapy and electrotherapy;
- Advise patients on leading a healthy style;
- Keep reports on children with disabilities and their progress;
- Liaise with other healthcare professionals to encourage a holistic approach to treatment;
- Stay up to date with developments in treatments;
- Prevent further problems in future;
- Strengthen an area of the body through exercises, ultrasounds, and strengthen trainings;
- Use specialized equipment to determine the extent of the disability and determine the best method of treatment;
- Travel to remote villages of Karongi District and examine the children with disabilities;
- Prescribe medications to aid children with disabilities in their recovery;
- Surgically repair bones, ligaments, tendons, and joints to promote healing;
- Monitor children with disabilities’ healing processes and make necessary adjustments to their treatment plans;
- Arrange rehabilitation plans after surgery;
- Enhance children with disabilities’ abilities and remain up to date through attending medical conferences and seminars;
- Support the mobile team.
Basic requirements
- Degree in physiotherapy;
- Experience working as a physiotherapist;
- Good interpersonal skills;
- The ability to build and maintain rapport with patients;
- Teamwork skills;
- Tolerance and patience
How to apply?
All interested and qualified candidates who fulfill the requirements set here-in should submit an updated résumé, degrees, certificates and a Copy of National Identity accompanied with a cover letter addressed to the Director of Administration and Finance of RD Rwanda in one document to the email address: rdrwanda@gmail.com not later than January 12, 2022 at 5:00 pm Kigali time. For further information, please contact Paul Harorimana, Project Administrator, on his mobile phone: 0788457933.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for exam/interview.
Pascal UWIMANA
Director of Administration and Finance
Done in Kigali on January 5, 2022
