Occupational Therapist Acute Rehab Centre at Lenmed Private Hospitals

Main Focus Areas

• The Group is committed to creating places of healing for their communities, focused on attracting the best expertise and dedicated to building a steadfast, devoted team.
• A vacancy exists for a Occupational Therapist within the Acute Rehabilitation Unit at Ethekwini Hospital & Heart Centre. This successful candidates will report to Practice Manager.

Key Performance Areas: (include but are not limited to)

• The occupational therapist will provide holistic occupational therapy to in-patients requiring occupational therapy in the rehabilitation unit. Occupational Therapists will provide an assessment of the patient’s level of independence in self-care and need for a wheelchair on admission in the rehabilitation unit.
• Provide occupational therapy assessment and intervention to in-patients who require occupational therapy including on some weekends and public holidays.
• Conduct assessments, plan and implement occupational therapy intervention to patients with e.g. neurological disorders such as TBI, CVA, SCI, orthopedic conditions or multi-morbidity conditions such as Guillain Barre, etc. in collaboration with other therapy disciplines.
• Assess all Stroke patients and other relevant patients’ self-care ability and level of dependence upon admission as well as need for a wheelchair.
• Educate patients and their families about the patient’s condition.
• Assessment for the need for assistive devices and the motivation for the required assistive devices to the funder and family.
• Participate in discharge planning and carer training.
• Contribute to weekly team and family meetings.
• Keep accurate and timeous records and reports.
• Effectively respond to queries and handle accordingly.
• Function effectively as a part of an interdisciplinary team to meet the requirements of quality patient care.
• Attend and contribute towards Continuous Professional Development activities of the unit.
• Supervision and training of Locum staff and students, as required.
• Promote and maintain sound and productive relationships with referral sources and stakeholders in the field of Rehabilitation.

Post Requirements: (include but are not limited to)

• Bachelor of Occupational Therapy degree from an accredited institution.
• Registration with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) as an OT
• Current registration in good standing with the HPCSA and compliance with all applicable healthcare legislation.
• Compulsory Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• Demonstrated clinical expertise, with 2–5 years’ post-qualification experience in an acute hospital setting.
• Proven experience working in an Acute Rehabilitation environment (essential).
• Neurodevelopmental Treatment (NDT) training will be an advantage.
• Experience in Aqua-therapy will be an advantage.
• Computer literacy and proficiency in relevant clinical and administrative systems.
• Sound knowledge of managing and coordinating occupational therapy clinical practice and resources within the unit.