Ruaraka Uhai Neema Hospital
Position Title: Occupation Therapist
Key Responsibilities
- Review patients’ history and perform the respective therapies.
- Investigate patients’ sensori-motor behaviour and physical condition, identify
- Patients’ main problems and develop a treatment plan in consultation with other health professionals.
- Confirm questionable and notifiable conditions and report them to the medical officer in charge.
- Adhere to the policies and philosophy of the hospital, as directed by the Hospital Governing Board.
- Perform rehabilitation processes on patients.
- Participate in the decision of patients’ referral to other well-equipped hospitals for further management and handle referrals from subordinate Health Facilities.
- Ensure proper monitoring of patients follow-ups.
- Offer psychological support to ailing or disabled patients and relatives.
- Evaluate progress of patients, modify treatment where necessary and cessation of treatment once goals have been achieved.
- Plan and accompany mobile health teams and provide specific diagnostic and curative talks including health related lectures.
- Assist patients who have strained muscles or limbs to do proper exercises to fully regain their health and teaching these exercises to the patients for faster and successful recovery.
- Participate in training of community extension workers, new physiotherapists’ etc e.g CHWs and monitoring/supervising their activities in effort to improve community health.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience
- Diploma in Occupation Therapy
- Enrolled and have a valid practicing license.
- At least 2 years’ experience.
Applications to be send to hr@runeemahospital.org. The applications to reach us not later than 2nd November, 2023