Senior Occupational Therapist - Energetic Workplace

OVERVIEW

To provide Occupational Therapy Service to clients from any programme.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Assessment, Identification & Implementation of Therapy Programmes (EIPIC/ SPED School/GROW/DAC, OP/HMP)

· Assess and identify individual needs of clients, formulate/develop and implement appropriate individualized occupational therapy programmes. These would include developmental checklist, activities of daily living, upper limb function and control, trunk balance and control, sensory deficits or any other issues, perceptual skills, cognition behavior, and social skills training, pre-vocational and advanced daily living.

· Evaluate and document clients' occupational therapy needs and progress at regular intervals, monitor training programmes and review its effectiveness.

· Provide occupational therapy consultation, support, and upgrade on the clients' progress and status to relevant members of the rehabilitation team, parents, and caregivers.

· Evaluate, prescribe and fabricate/purchase assistive devices as required by the clients to improve function.

· To be able to work in Trans-disciplinary setup

2. Administration

3. Professional/Staff Development

· Supervise daily routine of Junior therapist and Occupational Therapy support staff

· Provide on-the-job training to Junior therapist and Occupational Therapy support staff

Critical core skills:

· To be a good problem solver, decision maker, good collaborator and develop the team members where necessary.

· Facilitate conflict situations through appropriate balance of logic and emotions and oversee behaviours within teams to minimise conflict occurrences

· Budgeting for specific programme

· Identify opportunities for transdisciplinary collaboration and knowledge transfer to facilitate the integration of knowledge from different disciplines

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree or Diploma in Occupational Therapy from an accredited university recognized by Allied Health Professions Council, Singapore

• At least one specialisation in paediatric area.

• Excellent communication skills with good command of verbal and written English

• Negotiate with others to address issues and achieve mutual consensus

• Possess coaching and mentoring skill.

• Strong commitment and motivation to work with children, adults and caregivers

• Minimum 3 years of experience in any VWO.

• Prior experience in VWO will be an added advantage

• Proficient in Microsoft Words, Excel and PowerPoint

• Good supervision skill to Supervise and mentor junior Therapist, and SIT students

• Lead projects

• To be a good problem solver, decision maker, good team player to lead the team where necessary and able to multitask.

• Anticipate potential problems beyond the current scope and apply higher order problem solving skills

• Able to work closely with all senior/experienced staff in department and organisation, deputy and HOD of occupational Therapy department.

Working Location: 65 Pasir Ris Drive 1 Singapore 519529

Interested applicants, please email details of resume to: [email protected]

Only shortlisted applicants will be notified.