Synapse Services Limited Synapse Services is the largest provider of Mental Healthcare Service in West Africa. We provide patient-centred care in a calm and serene environment with a robust mixture of Local and internationally trained professionals. With a team of compassionate and highly skilled Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Social Workers, and Psychiatric Nurses, we provide a range of therapeutic programs designed to suit individual needs. Founded in Abuja in 2009, we are a rapidly expanding private service with 2 centres in Abuja and one in Lagos, Port Harcourt and Anambra.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Occupational Therapist
Location: Abuja (FCT)
Employment Type: Full-time
Reports to: Medical Director
Job Summary
- The occupational therapist is responsible for empowering patients to participate more fully in daily tasks when this ability is compromised by a health condition.
Responsibilities
- Review patients’ medical history and asses their conditions and needs
- Assess, plan, organize, and participate in rehabilitative programs that help restore vocational, homemaking, and daily living skills, as well as general independence, to patients.
- Complete and maintain necessary records about the patient.
- Evaluate patients’ ability to do certain tasks; confer with physicians, patients and their families, nurses and other members of a patients care team.
- Develop a treatment plan for patients with specific goals and task that will help them meet those goals
- Evaluate patients' progress and prepare reports that detail progress.
- Test and evaluate patients' physical and mental abilities and analyze medical data to determine realistic rehabilitation goals for patients.
- Select activities that will help individuals learn work and life-management skills within limits of their mental and physical capabilities.
- Plan, organize, and conduct occupational therapy programs in hospital or institutional settings to help rehabilitate those impaired because of illness, injury or psychological or developmental problems.
- Recommend changes in patients' work or living environments, consistent with their needs and capabilities.
- Develop and participate in health promotion programs, group activities, or discussions to promote client health, facilitate social adjustment, alleviate stress, and prevent physical or mental disability.
- Consult with rehabilitation team/Clinical Psychologist to select activity programs and coordinate occupational therapy with other therapeutic activities.
- Promotes maximum independence by selecting and constructing therapies according to individual's physical capacity, intelligence level, and interest.
Requirements and Experience
- University Degree in Occupational Therapy
- Minimum of 3 years work experience as an Occupational Therapist
- Experience in facilitating trainings.
- Applicants are expected to present proof of registration with their professional regulatory bodies and current practicing license.
Required Skills / Competencies:
- Administer and evaluate standardized assessments
- Select and oversee evidence-based interventions
- Effectively document the occupational therapy process in compliance with state and federal regulations
- Effective verbal and written communication
- Teamwork
- Patient-centeredness
- Dedication to compliance
- Dedication to best practice
- Listening and collaboration
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
Application Closing Date
8th March, 2022.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV and Cover Letter to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the email.
Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
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