Occupational Therapist

Inspire in Malta is currently looking to recruit an Occupational Therapist to join their team on a full-time basis.

General Scope and Purpose of Position:

Our Occupational Therapists shall be responsible for providing specialist assessment and interventions utilizing Occupational Therapy strategies for clients referred to such therapies. They shall also be responsible in monitoring & training staff directly involved in the implementation of the OT treatment plan, as well as attend client reviews.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Deliver Occupational Therapy to our clients within the programme as required.
• Manage a caseload of clients using Occupational Therapy skills including evidence based, client centered principles to assess, plan, implement & evaluate interventions.
• Plan & implement client centered individual & group interventions, as well as domiciliary visits, using clinical reasoning & a wide range of interventions to achieve therapeutic goals.
• Monitor, evaluate & modify treatment for clients with multiple needs in order to measure progress & ensure effectiveness of intervention.
• Undertake therapeutic moving & handling of clients & equipment, within clinical & non-clinical settings.
• Provide supervision to our junior staff and to Occupational Therapy students on practice placement as necessary.
• Establish & maintain communication networks with clients, carers & other health workers & agencies.
• Maintain professional & adequate reporting systems in both verbal & written documentation form.
• Ensure that up to date written & electronic records, as well as activity data are maintained in accordance with Inspire standards.
• Provide specialist Occupational Therapy reports relevant to the practice setting.
• Decide priorities for own work area, balancing other client related & professional demands & ensuring that these remain in accordance with those of the service area.
• Actively participate in the collection of appropriate data & statistics as required by the organization.
• Liaise closely with Programme Manager in monitoring the level & quality of service provision.
• Working within service standards and providing timely responses.
• Contribute to the operational planning & implementation of policy & service development related to Occupational Therapy.
• Assist in the delivery of delegated areas of the Occupational Therapy development plan within the Therapy Service as required.
• Actively engage in research & audit projects relevant to Occupational Therapy within the Therapy Service.

Qualification Requirements:

• Bsc. Degree MQF level 6 in Occupational Therapy
• Be registered with the Council for the Professions Complimentary to Medicine (CPCM)
• High proficiency in English Language (Both spoken & written).

Why work with Inspire?

At Inspire, we prioritize the mental health and wellbeing of our employees. In addition to a competitive salary, commensurate to experience, we offer the below:

• Ten additional days of recess leave, additional to statutory leave (covering August and December recess period).
• Private health insurance scheme.
• Mental Wellbeing Programme.
• Inspire Employee Scholarship Programme.
• Study leave.
• Cloudigo Premium.
• The opportunity to shape and change processes.