Occupational Therapist at Synapse Resource Center

Job Description

• 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' 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, institutional, or community 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.
• 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

• University education in Occupational Therapy
• Work experience of 5-6 years as an Occupational Therapist, which should be clearly described on the CV(s).
• Experience in facilitating trainings.