Freiwilligenarbeit in Griechenland

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Möchten Sie als Freiwilliger in Thessaloniki arbeiten? Wir haben mehrere Möglichkeiten, unserem Team vor Ort beizutreten.

Im Folgenden finden Sie die Beschreibungen der verschiedenen Freiwilligenpositionen, die für den Betrieb des Projekt Thessaloniki erforderlich sind.

Alle Beschreibungen sind auf Englisch, ein gutes Verständnis der Sprache ist Voraussetzung

Wenn Sie andere Fähigkeiten und Ideen haben oder die Rollen kombinieren möchten, würden wir uns ebenfalls freuen, Sie kennenzulernen. Sie können eine Nachricht an volunteer@medequali.team schicken und unser Koordinator wird Ihnen in den nächsten Tagen antworten.

Wenn Sie sich bereit fühlen, sich als Freiwilliger zu bewerben, nutzen Sie bitte unser Bewerbungsformular unten, und wir werden uns so bald wie möglich mit Ihnen in Verbindung setzen. Bitte beachten Sie, dass wir keine Einladungsschreiben für Visa ausstellen können, wenn Sie diese für die Einreise in die Europäische Union benötigen. Soweit möglich, bieten wir Unterkünfte in Wohngemeinschaften an. In Zeiten hoher Auslastung kann es jedoch sein, dass Sie Ihre eigene Unterkunft in Thessaloniki finden müssen.

Was geschieht nach Einreichung Ihrer Bewerbung?

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  • Wir organisieren ein Telefongespräch mit Ihnen, um alle noch offenen Fragen sowie Ihren beruflichen Hintergrund zu besprechen
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Job description

Your main role will be to undertake primary healthcare consultations in different settings each day. Your main tasks will be managing acute health issues and a whole other range of healthcare needs. As of today, chronic diseases is not part of our scope so we refer patients with diabetes and high blood pressure, but a knowledge of management is helpful to assess and explain the patient.

Throughout your stay with us, you will have to be flexible and adaptable as we are constantly adapting our services to refugee needs. You will also be required to help with other tasks to keep the operation going, such as restocking the mobile units and other support tasks.

Required experience and skills

  • Ideally at least 2 years of experience in a broad speciality such as general practice, paediatrics, internal medicine or emergency medicine.
  • Interest and knowledge of primary health care.
  • Capable of adapting to a low resource setting, knowing how to deal with the frustrations that come with work in this kind of setting.
  • Fluency in English.
  • Availability of at least 2 full working weeks, ideally more. Preference will be given to applications with longer stays.

Desired experience and skills

  • Previous experience with working with displaced people.
  • A driving licence and experience driving a manual car.
  • Knowledge of locally relevant languages (Greek, Arabic, Farsi, French).

Job description

25% of our consultations are paediatric, with 10% of those consultations involving children under the age of 4 years old. Having a pediatrician on our team makes a big difference in the specialised care that we can offer the children in our clinics! Your main role will be to undertake consultations for children, in a different setting each day. You will be managing their diagnosis and treatment.

Required experience and skills

  • Ideally at least 2 years of experience in paediatrics - people in a Paediatric Training Program such as Paediatric Intern or Registrar, or Consultant
  • Capable of adapting to a low resource setting, knowing how to deal with the frustrations that come with work in this kind of setting.
  • Fluency in English.
  • Availability of at least 2 full working weeks, ideally more. Preference will be given to applicants available for longer periods

Desired experience and skills

  • Previous experience in working with displaced people.
  • A driving licence and experience driving a manual car.
  • Knowledge of locally relevant languages (Greek, Arabic, Farsi, French).

Job description

Nurses can be expected to undertake vital signs and observations, wound care, triage, pharmacy roles, health promotion and many other roles that may be required.

Required experience and skills

  • Experience in or knowledge of primary health care (Nurse Practitioner welcomed to apply).
  • Experience in wound dressing or experience in assessing patients on your own in order to adequately triage them.
  • Capable of working independently, while knowing your professional limits and asking for help if needed.
  • Fluency in English.

Desired experience and skills

  • Previous experience with working with displaced people.
  • Knowledge of locally relevant languages (Greek, Arabic, Farsi, Pashto)

Further information

Understand that this is an intense job where a lot of patience, flexibility, creativity and team work will be asked of you!


Job description

As a medical student you will be expected to work closely with the team of doctors and support them with various tasks. Depending on your experience, you may undertake a large part of the consultation yourself, and then consult with the doctor and discuss the patient, especially for medical students in the later stages of their training.

Throughout your stay with us, you will have to be flexible and adaptable as we are constantly adapting our services to refugee needs. You will also be required to help with other tasks to keep the operation going, such as restocking the mobile units and other support tasks.

Required experience and skills

  • You are in the last years of your medical studies, having completed a significant part of your medical internships. You know how to assess a patient on your own and present a patient to your supervisor. You can recognize an acutely sick patient.
  • Fluency in English.
  • Capable of adapting to a low resource setting, knowing how to deal with the frustrations that come with work in this kind of setting.
  • Availability of at least 3 full working weeks, ideally more. Preference will be given to applications with longer stays.

Desired experience and skills

  • Experience with working with people from displaced populations
  • Knowledge of locally relevant language (Greek, Arabic, Farsi, Pashto)
  • A driving licence and experience driving a manual car

Further information

You can apply with us as part of your internship in your medical studies.


Job description

Our translators are the crucial bridge between our patients and medical staff, enabling communication between refugees and English-speaking volunteers. Interpreters are responsible for translating the patient’s reason for visiting the clinic as well as questions from the medical staff designed to elicit the full range and extent of the patient’s symptoms. In the course of a consultation, the translator facilitates understanding the patient’s problems and concerns, basic, physical examinations, communicating the doctor’s medical opinion, treatment, and providing next steps.

You do not need any previous experience as a translator, and it is not expected that you have prior medical knowledge. There are several tools to assist you in using the most appropriate vocabulary to translate the doctor’s questions and the patient’s responses.

Required experience and skills

  • Fluency in Arabic, Farsi, Urdu or Pashto.
  • Good spoken skills in English.

Desired experience and skills

  • Previous experience with working with displaced people.
  • Previous experience with interpreting, especially for medical consultations.
  • Knowledge of health problems in patients with a refugee background.
  • Spoken Greek language.

Job description

We are looking for someone to support our clinical team by fulfilling various tasks

1) The largest part of this position will focus on social media management for which the following tasks are included:

  • Animation and creation of posts and visuals on social networks
  • Collecting visual material from the field (pictures, videos..)
  • Developing and maintaining the post schedule
  • Improving the visibility of posts
  • Designing and managing a crowdfunding campaign
  • Newsletter management

2) Support patient registration at clinic receptions - managing waiting lists and navigating patient allocation between triage and consultations

3) Supporting the medical team by different ways when possible: driving to and from clinic sites, small admin or logistics support, etc

Required experience and skills

  • High level of written and spoken English (C1)
  • Previous experience working with Canva
  • At least some experience or strong interest in managing social networks
  • Interest in working in a multicultural team
  • Interest in working in a medical setting

Desired experience and skills

  • Driving licence B
  • Additional languages spoken such as Greek, Arabic, Farsi or French
  • Previous experience working in humanitarian settings
  • Photography, videography and editing skills

Further information

We have guidelines regarding social media and visual content gathering, which will be explained to you. A handover with the previous person handling the social media will be organised as well.

Regarding the reception tasks, a proper safety and induction training will be insured after your arrival. You will never be left alone in doing this job, doctors and coordinators are always present. Most of the time, a translator will be present to help mediate patient interactions.


Job description

Are you interested in improving the health of vulnerable refugee communities through education and empowerment?

We are seeking a health(care) professional with an interest in training and education to support the coordination team in the health education branch of our medical project in Greece; where we offer first aid sessions for NGO partners and health education sessions to displaced communities across northern Greece. This role is a great opportunity to develop your health education development and implementation skills and use your medical experience or health background to contribute to preventative health measures in an effort to empower the displaced community.

Role description

  • Plan and organise first aid trainings and health education sessions with partner NGOs around Northern Greece
  • Lead in developing and delivering sessions with support of the general medical volunteer team (e.g., designing of training materials where necessary)
  • Work with the Health Education Coordinator and Medical Coordinator to shape the strategy of health education and training
  • Gather feedback from attendees to improve the service

Required experience and skills

  • Health(care) professional or student in a health field
  • Capable of working independently, while knowing your professional limits and asking for help if needed
  • Interest in education and trainings
  • Proficiency on computer (office pack, PowerPoint)
  • Good communication skills

Desired experience and skills

  • Experience in education/training sessions
  • Experience with planning or partnership working
  • First aid certified (basic or advanced)
  • Previous experience with working with displaced people.
  • A driving licence and experience driving a manual car.
  • Knowledge of locally relevant languages (Greek, Arabic, Farsi).
  • Knowledge of Canva or similar design platforms

Further information

Unfortunately, we are not able to support the position financially at this time.

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