OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST

OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST: Octavia House Schools Limited

To support its growth Octavia House Schools Limited is looking for a new member to join its team in a supportive and friendly environment. This role will suit a self-motivated individual who can work with minimum supervison. The successful applicant will have good interpersonal and communication skills, and will be open to new learning and ideas. Please visit the website for further information about this role.

Position: Occupational Therapist
Location: Edinburgh
Hours: Full Time
Salary Guide: £20,000 – £50,000
Last Updated: 30 August 2024
Job Category: Health & Medicine

Occupational Therapist Role:

An Occupational Therapist, or Physiotherapist is a healthcare worker who helps individuals with impairments, reach their career potential. Duties include evaluating patients, designing treatment plans and monitoring patients progress.

Other Duties:

• Identifying the set of activities and motivations that might help patients work towards their goals 
• Helping people with disabilities perform different activities such as dressing, eating and walking 
• Demonstrating exercises that could potentially help improve the patient’s conditions or relieve pain
• Evaluating the patients’ home and workplace environments in an effort to identify potential improvements to be made to improve their conditions 
• Educating the patients’ families and friends about the right way to accommodate and care for them 
• Recommending special equipment and medication, as well as instructing patients on how to use the equipment and take medications
• Documenting and assessing the patient’s activities and progress, as well as creating reports for billing and evaluations 
• Generating reports for patients and their physicians and families
• Reporting a patient’s progress  to Physicians and other healthcare providers