Occupational Therapist

Job Description

• Provide timely Occupational Therapy evaluation of referred patients through established patient evaluation procedures.
• Undertake assessment and treatment of children with a variety of conditions.
• To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of his/her work within the scope of professional practice and hold responsibility for own caseload.
• Provide spontaneous and planned advice, teaching, and instruction to patients and caregivers.
• Responsible for maintaining accurate, comprehensive, and timely patient treatment records in line with professional and Hospital standards of practice.
• Comply with the organizational and departmental policies and procedures.
• Monitor the patient’s progress by re-assessing continuously.
• Provide assessment and reassessment to monitor patient’s progress.
• Set appropriate, measurable, and purposeful long and short-term functional activity goals and participation goals with the patient and caregiver(s).
• Plan and implement age-appropriate treatment interventions, effective in promoting patient motivation and progress in activities of Daily Living, Functional Mobility, Cognitive and Visual Perceptual Assessment and Intervention, Sensory-Motor Assessment and Intervention, School readiness, Home and/or school visit for environmental assessment, and Adjustment to disability.
• Assess, plan, provide and evaluate the educational needs of the patient and family.
• Provide appropriate discharge planning and patient/ family teaching, including documentation and provision of necessary home programs as intervention occurs.
• Consult with and report to the Rehabilitation team on a regular/weekly basis, including daily huddles.
• Provide appropriate and timely progress notes, at least daily for inpatients and each visit for outpatients, education updates, and contact updates as indicated by patient condition or special program.
• Identify and manage patient deterioration of patient conditions, initiates appropriate action, and escalates accordingly.
• Demonstrate critical thinking skills by problem-solving appropriately during patient care.
• Utilize a professional practice framework and evidence-based care, identifies improvement areas while minimizing risks creating care that is optimal for children and families.
• Provide comprehensive clinical handover for weekend duty and leave coverage as required.
• Prescribe and request optimal, appropriate, resource-efficient equipment/supplies.
• Ensure all equipment used is in proper working order and remove defective equipment for repair and report this to Rehab Aide and/or Team Leader
• Demonstrate understanding and support of, as well as a commitment, to the organization through providing patient services in an ethical and legal manner.
• Display competence and responsibility in the prevention of contamination and transfer of infection.
• Demonstrate competency with basic Physical Therapy equipment and attend training on any new items.
• Facilitate the incorporation of patient safety and transformational leadership principles into clinical rehabilitation interventions.