Vacancy: Occupational Therapist

Expiration Date : 2024-08-02 17:00:00

• Test and evaluate patients' physical and mental abilities and limitations and establish treatment goals for the patients based on the evaluation.
• Educate patients and caregivers about the goals of the occupational therapy program, methods of accomplishing goals, how to perform the home program, and injury prevention.
• Administer therapy according to the established plan.
• Re-evaluate patients, assess their progress, and make recommendations regarding discharge.
• Prepare reports that detail the progress of the patient and maintain the necessary records.
• Recommend changes in patients' work or living environments, consistent with their needs and capabilities.
• Help clients improve cognitive skills, abstract reasoning, memory, sequencing, coordination, and perceptual skills, using evidence-based therapy practice.
• Provide documentation of patient care according to established criteria.
• Participate in health promotion programs and group activities.
• Provide training and supervision in therapy techniques and objectives for students, nurses, and other medical staff.
• Design and create, or make requisitions for special supplies and equipment, such as splints, braces, and computer-aided adaptive equipment.
• Develop and implement individualized treatment plans based on clinical assessments and evaluation to enable functional independence after injury/illness.
• Develop and implement individualized work return-to-work plans or school integration.
• Participate in multi-disciplinary team meetings.
• Provide assessment and treatment plans, functional capacity evaluations, ergonomics, and seating assessments, including other related topics required.
• Advise on health risks in the workplace and on health-related transition to retirement.
• Undertake any other official duty that may be assigned.

• B.Sc. Degree in Occupational Therapy plus one (1) year of national service or internship training.
• A valid Occupational Therapy license from AHPC.

• Postgraduate Degree in Occupational Therapy.