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Job Description
Occupational Therapists are members of the multi-disciplinary team. Staff must:
- Demonstrate esprit de corps and professionalism to ensure that the desired outcomes are attained.
- Engage actively in patient and care-giver education.
- Proactive cross-coverage of colleagues in team to even out workload (e.g. if own caseload cleared ahead of time.
- Provide after hours and on-call therapist services as required.
- Assist with care and maintenance of equipment, materials and resources in the Department/ Hospital.
- Attend department meetings, ward rounds and other professional meetings as required.
- Liaise with and maintain good working relations with other healthcare professionals within the hospital and with external organizations
- Demonstrate/portray professional behaviour including respect for patient privacy, personal hygiene and to be a role model to subordinates.
- Be involved in department activities e.g. Fitness Challenge/ Hospital activities as and when required.