Occupational Therapist

NMC; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 60,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare service provider in Abu Dhabi is seeking a Senior Occupational Therapist to provide evaluation and treatment to patients of all ages. Responsibilities include managing a complex caseload, providing specialist interventions, and supervising junior therapists. The ideal candidate will demonstrate high-level clinical reasoning skills and independence in judgement in a home care setting.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and treat patients with speech and swallowing disorders.
• Provide Occupational Therapy interventions to adult and pediatric patients.
• Manage complex caseloads and supervise less experienced therapists.

Job description

1. To provide evaluation and treatment to patients of all ages with speech, language, cognitive-communicative, voice and swallowing disorders. He/ She will assume delegated responsibility for delivering clinical governance and service development including settling priorities for this area of service in collaboration with their line manager.
2. To provide specialist Occupational Therapy interventions to adult and Paediatric patients within the chronic, specialist rehabilitation home care setting. Manage a caseload of patients with complex needs, using evidence-based and client-centered principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions. Provide this service with a caseload of complex cases as an autonomous practitioner, demonstrating high-level problem solving and clinical reasoning skills, and independence in judgement.
3. To manage therapists less experienced with regular supervision and Performance Management appraisals. Undertake the duties of an Occupational Therapist as defined by the Health Authority Abu Dhabi (HAAD).
4. The scope of practice for the professional Senior Occupational Therapist is that which is defined by HAAD.
5. An Occupational Therapist is recognized as a responsible and accountable professional within NMCRH-KC.