Occupational Therapist - Innate Potential (Cape Town) at Faircape Group

Locum Occupational Therapist needed

Sasha Prinsloo Occupational Therapy 

Faircape Health, a division of the Faircape Group, owns and manages six luxury lifestyle villages with state of the art and technologically advanced Healthcare Centres at each village.

We are seeking an experienced and energetic person to fulfil the role of Occupational Therapist to work between our 2 facilities Tokai Health care centre in the Southern Suburbs and Heritage Manor in Somerset West . The therapist will be based majority of the time at Heritage Manor. 

The incumbent will be responsible to provide comprehensive Occupational Therapy services to the patients at Tokai Health care centre as inpatients and outpatients, as well as inpatients at Heritage Manor. 

If you want to work for a dynamic and reputable company and have a passion for care then this is the job for you. 

Duties include but is not limited to the following:

• Direct intervention tasks: assessment, intervention planning, intervention implementation, group activity planning & facilitation, family meetings, family education & support. 
• Record keeping and administrative duties.
• Ensure quality Occupational Therapy services are provided.
• Meetings and communication.
• Team participation in healthcare centre operations: pre-admission, admission, discharge, staff team building, staff evaluation & orientation.

Qualifications 

• Degree in OT and registered as an independent practitioner with HPCSA
• Malpractice insurance
• CPD compliance with HPCSA 
• MOCA certification 

Experience and Knowledge 

• 2+ years post community service experience working with the adult population
• Experience in working with neurological, orthopaedic and wheelchair seating conditions. 
• Special interests/training in Occupational Therapy in palliative care and Dementia care. 
• Experience in off-road driving assessments. 
• Basic wheelchair seating training (Advantageous)
• Bobath training or neuro short courses ( Advantageous) 

Skills and Attributes -

• Strong interpersonal skills
• Compassionate
• Strong communication skills
• Making sound decisions
• Patience
• Flexibility
• Genuine interest to work with the Elderly
• Creative
• Empathy
• Computer literate
• Professional
• Well-spoken and presentable
• Ethical practice

Specific Requirements - 

• Own Transport and drivers licence
• No criminal record
• Solid and positive references