Physiotherapist (Telok Blangah)

Company Overview:

Active Global Respite Care is a provider of holistic, professional and affordable eldercare services. Started in 2012 by providing live-in caregivers for elderly with complex medical conditions such as dementia, stroke, etc, it has extended to subsidised home care services such as home personal care, home medical, home therapy, home nursing, etc. Appointed by the Ministry of Health in 2018, it also operates two Active Ageing Hubs located at Ghim Moh Link and Telok Blangah St 31. And currently a new operational senior care centre at Sengkang.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Influence and shape a new model of Care: More Fun, More Engaging, More Effective. You will have at your disposition leading edge equipment and fantastic facilities.
• Be part of the management team in overseeing the care of clients with direct responsibility of rehabilitation services.
• Assess, evaluate and identify rehabilitation needs of clients.
• Providing and advising necessary treatments.
• Formulate and implement appropriate individualized rehabilitation programmes to facilitate improvement or maintenance of movement/function.
• Work closely in a multi-disciplinary team to create Individualised Care Plans for each client from admission to discharge planning.
• Evaluate and monitor progress of clients’ treatment regularly.
• Ensure strict compliance to MOH regulations in the performance of services.
• Guide, supervise and train conditionally registered physiotherapists, physiotherapy students, therapy aides, family caregivers and volunteers on their performance of duties.
• Create and maintain database of all clients, ensuring strict compliance to documentation, providing evidence-based treatment with accurate and timely records.
• Conduct home visits for clients when required.
• Communicate clearly and appropriately with clients & colleagues, always speaking with the understanding of tone and choice of words.
• Any other duties as and when assigned by Rehab Manager or Centre Manager.

Requirements:

• Diploma or Degree in Physiotherapy recognized by the Singapore Allied Health Professions Council.
• Must be a fully registered therapist with the Singapore Allied Health Professions Council.
• 5-days work week. Rotational weekends may be required depending on patient needs.
• At least 2 years of experience, preferably with experience in the community care setting.
• Hands-on experience and enjoys working with elderly in the community would be good to have.
• Able to work independently with little supervision.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and comfortable with IT.
• Able to communicate effectively with the elderly in their own language.
• Singaporean only.

Benefits:

• Attractive base salary and incentives for driving results.
• Great opportunity for career development in a growing market and organization.
• Highly flexible environment to brainstorm and try new ideas that could be fun and different that could aid in the rehabilitation of patients.
• 15 days annual leave.

Location:

• Telok Blangah