Occupational therapist / Home care

About the role

Requirements

• Necessary Knowledge and Experience : 1-2 years of related experience.
• Education and Certification Requirements : A bachelor's degree in occupational therapy.

Responsibilities

• KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
• - Offer Occupational Therapy services by visiting patient home.
• - Daily prepare medical bag to fulfil patient needs.
• - Therapist must reach his visit according to his schedule time.
• - Have responsibility to keep the equipment and tools sterilized before and after each session.
• - Conducting physical and psychological assessments of patients and developing or following a treatment plan.
• - Assessing home and work environments of patient’s and deciding what adjustments are needed.
• - Advising on adaptive equipment to help patient’s with daily activities.
• - Developing physical rehabilitation programs to help patient’s regain lost skills.
• - Preparing patient’s for a return to work.
• - Evaluating results and progress of occupational therapy on patient’s.
• - Maintaining professional knowledge and the technical progress in order to provide patient’s with the best treatment program available.
• - Contribute to department’s continuing medical education program.
• - Evaluating patient condition regarding physical and basic mental health.
• - Paricipate in multidisciplinary team to devlop comprehensive and individualized care plan for each patients needs.
• - Fully aware and actively implement the departmental policies and procedures, local and international standards or requirements related to the department.
• - Participate in home care Safety Management & Risk Management Programs. Actively reports incidents in the system and whenever needed, participates in incident review.
• - Participate in patient and family education to help patients and families to better understand and participate in their care and make well informed care decisions..
• - Performs any other duties within the range of his/her professional knowledge and skills as directed by the direct manager.

Skills

• Occupational Therapy
• Home care
• Physical rehabilitation
• Assessment of patients (physical and psychological)
• Treatment planning
• Adaptive equipment selection
• Environment assessment (home/work)
• Sterilization of equipment
• Return-to-work preparation
• Multidisciplinary team collaboration
• Patient and family education
• Safety Management
• Risk Management