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Occupational Therapist

Occupational Therapy

BHB ensures the highest in quality health care through service excellence, education and leadership. We seek qualified, highly motivated, and experienced professionals to work in a supportive but demanding environment.

Location: King Edward VII Memorial Hospital General

Work Type: Full Time

Key Responsibilities include:

• meeting productivity standards set by the department for direct patient contact and other related non-patient contact duties
• meeting productivity standards set by the department for direct patient contact and other related non-patient contact duties
• performing an appropriate assessment on all in and/or outpatients following referral; use objective clinical measures to identify problems and formulate treatment plans based on realistic stated goals; carry out specific therapeutic interventions as indicated ensuring that a client centered approach is employed throughout this process
• supervising and delegating specific written treatment plans to aides, assistants, and/or students
• observing and evaluating treatment effect; communicating patient progress or lack of to appropriate staff and physicians
• maintaining patient documentation using the appropriate paper work, ensuring documentation meets current standards and policies; prepares specific clinical reports as requested
• keeping accurate and timely statistics of both direct and indirect time spent and prepares specific clinical reports as required

Qualifications &Registration Required:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university required with certification, if applicable, in jurisdiction of training
• 1 - 2 years post-graduate experience in a related Occupational Therapy environment, preferably within a hospital
• Local registration to practice with the Council for Allied Health Professions (CAHP) and meet all re-registration requirements
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills; liaison with other members of the multidisciplinary team to ensure quality service and continuity of care
• Flexibility and creativity to accommodate the needs of the patients, care givers and Rehabilitation Team
• Improvement of Occupational Therapy services within the hospital
• Diplomacy, ability to delegate and supervise assistants, aides, and students

Schedule: Allied Health Services participates in a six-day rota that includes evenings, weekends and public holidays.

Salary Scale: $83,780.26/ $46.0331 per hour (BP25-27)

Application Deadline: 18July 2025

Pre-employment substance abuse screening is mandatory for all successful candidates.