Union of Health Work Committees
Job Vacancy
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST
العمل في مشروع مشترك بين اتحاد لجان العمل الصحي و منظمة أطباء بلا حدود-بلجيكا
Overview of UHWC
UHWC is NGO leading Palestinian knowledge-based community healthcare organazation established in 1985, contributing to community empowerment in healthcare and promoting the comprehensive concept in the Gaza Strip. Its members are gathering a healthy vision for our slogan, "Health Service is a right to whoever needs it". UHWC is achieving community health empowerment and promoting the comprehensive healthcare concept through capacity development; primary; and tertiary healthcare; culture and health, and community health communication and advocacy programs.
Title: OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST
Code: MT032
Position in the Organization
Reports to (Hierarchical): Physiotherapy Supervisor
Reports to (Functional): Physiotherapy Supervisor
Job Family: Medical
Main Purpose
- Following medical prescription, plan and carry out individual treatment programmes, by assessing patients’ functional status, in order to maintain, improve or rehabilitate the physical well-being of the patient and prevent physical handicaps.
Accountabilities
- Provide occupational therapy treatment to patient suffering from burns and trauma, especially on upper limbs, or having undergone surgery, in order to help them to recover the best possible function.
- Provide occupational therapy treatment to patients suffering from chronic pain.
- Create all type of thermoplastic splints and any adaptation to autonomize patients in the daily life activities. The occupational therapist supports the patient when returning home, reducing environmental challenges.
- Educate patients and caretakers on the importance of rehabilitation and promote autonomy/independence. Give advices on environmental challenges.
- Participate to the patient’s inclusion in the society by caring and training him to recover his best function and autonomy, including psycho-social aspects.
- Respect established (patient, services and stock) management procedures. Fills charts and statistics registers adequately.
- Participate in multidisciplinary discussions.
MSF Section/Context Specific Accountabilities
- Ensure patient evaluation process for OT activity / service, while respecting AAH-MSFB procedures
- Provide patient care (upper limb rehabilitation, splints production, home-adaptations advices, and chronic pain management. The OT will be involved with pediatric and adult patients. )
- Provide information and training to medical staff
- Ensure a smooth multidisciplinary coordination
- In collaboration with the MLO and the PT supervisor, refer patients externally, when needed, and ensure smooth discharge process
- Accomplish administrative tasks under supervision of the Head of Department
- Maintain good relationship with staff members
- Ensure quality of care and continuous improvement of technical skills and knowledge
- Ensure efficient management of resources
- Respect hygiene protocols and ensure patients security
- Respect professional and MSF ethics
- This job profile might evolve depending on the evolution of the project (tasks, place of work, working hours and schedule).
Essential, Official Occupational Therapist Degree and Practicing License
Experience
- Essential, Theoretical and practical knowledge and skills in traumatology, orthopedics, neurology after a trauma event
- Desirable, Experience in hospital settings is an asset
- Essential, Familiar with adapting and / manufacturing a wide range of assistive products to improve positioning / immobilization during and after reconstructive surgery process
- Desirable, Experience in simulating environmental needs of patients and proposing remote distance solutions to ensure accessibility and functional independence for patients
Language
Fluent in written and spoken English
Competencies
- Abilities to work within a team
- Capacities to analyze and assess
- Abilities to properly communicate with patients, families/caretakers and medical staff
- Motivated, dynamic; able and willing to take initiatives
- Time and work management abilities as well as autonomy
- Willing to learn and develop professionally
- Open and interested in disability issues