The Senior/ Occupational Therapist develops and provides the rehabitative care and services based on the care model, to residents of the Nursing Home(s). You will work with the residents of the nursing home to achieve optimal independence by improving and restoring their abilities in self-care, daily living, work and leisure. You will also provide functional, physical, cognitive and psychosocial assessments to understand their rehabilitation needs and set realistic goals with them. This may include training of daily activities, home assessment and modification, leisure exploration and work rehabilitation and working with the residents to help them reintegrated back to the community and return to their life roles. You will also educate and provide training for family members and caregivers on care-giving skills.
Clinical Care
- Assess, evaluate and identify rehabilitation needs of residents; formulate/develop and implement appropriate individualised occupational therapy programmes to facilitate, restore, improve or maintain their abilities to perform self-care, work, leisure activities and meaningful life roles.
- Evaluate, monitor and review treatment on a regular basis to document needs and progress of service users and ensure that treatment is appropriate and effective.
- Evaluate and prescribe assistive devices to improve function in activities of daily living as required by residents.
- Maintain good communication and liaise with various disciplines involved in the rehabilitation process and refer residents to respective professionals for consultation and appropriate intervention
Training & Development
- Guide, supervise and train occupational therapy students, therapy assistants, junior staff, caregivers and volunteers on their performance of duties and implementation of programmes, to ensure safe and effective treatment of residents.
- Provide training for caregivers in preparation for residents' discharge back into the home environment.
Administration
- Maintain database/records of all residents to provide evidence-based treatment with accurate and appropriate documentation.
- Ensure that proper documentation is made for all treatment rendered to residents.
- Any other duty as assigned by the Rehab Manager or Director of Nursing
Requirements:
- Diploma/ Degree in Occupational therapy recognised by the Singapore Allied Health Professional Council.
- Preferably 1 to 2 years of experience, with experience in rehab services, nursing homes or hospitals
- Fully Registered Therapist with the Singapore Allied Health Professional Council preferred
