Occupational Therapist - Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Intercare Health Center

Description

The Occupational Therapist is responsible for providing safe, effective, evidence-based and comprehensive therapy services as well as promoting a progressive attitude to the continual improvement of patient care through evidence-based practice and the development of additional specialist clinical skills.

Responsibilities

• Assess and evaluate the patient's skills and level of functioning using appropriate developmental instruments for different ages, developmental disabilities and severity levels.
• Assess the individual's strengths and areas for improvement that will be addressed through therapy sessions and family programming.
• Assess and conduct life skills training and development for all ages
• Synthesize information obtained through observations, assessment, and interpretation of the data collected in order to develop goals, intervention plans, and approaches based on clinical judgment, knowledge, and skills as well as evidence-based practices and model.
• Administer various treatment techniques including but not limited to customized intervention programs to improve one's ability to perform daily activities, comprehensive home and job evaluations with adaptation recommendations, and adaptive equipment recommendations.
• Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of treatment and modifies treatment.
• Communicate with patient, family, caregivers and members of the multi-disciplinary team to promote maximum benefit of care and rehabilitation.
• Maintaining documentation includes an initial assessment, progress notes, and a dismissal.
• Perform other duties to support the overall effectiveness of the unit.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution
• Current National License
• DoH or any UAE transferable license
• Positive Data-flow report accepted
• Minimum three years of relevant experience with patients with the same diagnosis seen in outpatients clinics, rehab facilities and schools.