Job Summary
Actively engage people in purposeful
activities to promote, regain or maintain health and wellbeing, using
occupations as therapy and enabling individuals to do occupations. Work with
children and adults of all ages, whose difficulties may be congenital or the
result of an accident, illness, aging or lifestyle.
Participate in
educational and teaching programs for other sections of the Medical staff on
occupational therapy.
Support the mission and vision of the American
University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC) and of the Physical Therapy
Department.
Essential Functions / Task Groups
Patient / Client Management:
- Assess treatment requested by physician by studying patient records and by
examining patient signs and systems, and propose changes in treatment
according to findings, as necessary.
- Assess patient condition and functional status, and prepare a treatment
program according to findings, using recognized treatment procedures suitable
to the patient condition.
- Develop and change treatment programs according to patient progress.
- Discuss with doctors, nursing staff and social workers patient progress.
- Document assessment findings, goals of treatment, treatment plans as well
as patient/family education.
- Actively engage patient in purposeful activities to promote, regain or
maintain health and wellbeing, using occupations as therapy and enabling
individuals to do occupations.
- Work with children and adults of all ages, whose difficulties may be
congenital or the result of an accident, illness, aging or lifestyle.
- Ensure elderly people are cared for appropriately by a family member in
their own home, giving consideration to everyday activities such as washing,
preparing and eating meals, shopping and mobility
- Help patient re-build lost skills and restore lost confidence, as well as
advising on home and workplace environmental modifications, such as
adaptations for wheelchair access.
- Help patient to cope with disabilities by advising on special equipment to
assist with daily activities, such as washing and cooking.
- Attend ward rounds, as required, as a member of the patient care team.
Carry out treatment procedures at the bedside with the assistance of the
Physiotherapy Aide.
- Advise patients and relatives on exercises to be carried out by patients
at home.
Professional Practice / Administrative Duties:
- Teach and lecture to nursing staff and other medical personnel on scope of
relevance of Occupational Therapy in the overall case of patients.
- Continuously update occupational therapy knowledge and skills through
attendance of seminars, workshops and specific training.
- Ensure that all equipment used are in proper working order and report
malfunctioning equipment for repairs. Ensure that equipment is cleaned after
use and that towels and sheets are changed after every treatment.
- Perform other related duties, such as maintaining comprehensive patient
records, preparing monthly statistics on number of visits and treatment
used.
Critical Competencies
Achievement Orientation, Applied
Technology, Client Focus, Communication Skills, Computer Skills, English
Comprehension, Health education, prevention and promotion, Information and
Records Administration, Initiative, Organizational Awareness, Patient
Assessment, Plan of Care, Planning and Organizing, Professional Development,
Professionalism, Quality Management, Resource Management, Safety and Health
Management, Team Skills, Technical Expertise.
Knowledge / Know-How
Knowledge:
knowledge
of the principles, practices, and ethics of professional occupational therapy
Knowledge in the use and maintenance of therapeutic equipment
Knowledge
of therapeutic techniques and their application
Education:
Minimum Education: Bachelor's Degree in Occupational Therapy
Experience:
Minimum Experience: No experience
required
Preferred Experience: 2 years of experience in occupational therapy
with emphasis on treating hand injuries
Languages:
Minimum Languages: Arabic and English (IET >/= 500).
Preferred Languages: French is an asset.
Computer Skills:
Proficient in use of various Microsoft applications including
Windows, Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
Impact of Actions / Decisions
Inadequate treatment followed will affect
negatively the wellbeing of the patient and the reputation of the Hospital.
Job Structure
Consistently integrate the best available
evidence for practice from all sources of information and utilize clinical
judgment to determine the best care for a patient.
Managerial / Supervisory Responsibility
Reporting Channel:
1st Level: Director
of Physical Therapy
2nd Level: Director of Patient Throughput and Work
Systems
Supervisory Channel:
Provide work directions to
Physiotherapy Aide
Job Characteristics
| Physical Effort: |
Frequent Physical Effort |
| Work Schedule: |
Regular weekdays |
| Working Conditions: |
Exposed to patient
element |