Principal Responsibilities and Duties:
Clinical Responsibilities
- Render clinical services for clients through assessment of client’s functional status, performance deficits and care resources.
- Offer treatment suggestions for clients to manage their physical rehabilitation needs while reducing the risk of injury and further functional decline.
- Formulate and implement care plan to facilitate maximal independence and prevent disability.
- Prescribe, adapt and train clients and caregivers on the use of rehabilitative equipment and assistive devices/applicant.
- Monitor client’s progress and maintain timely and accurate documentation of patients’ condition and care and outcomes.
- Liaise with other internal or external care providers, to plan, develop and implement patient care in discussion with patients, care providers and their caregiver.
- Connect client with community resources and financial assistance when assessed, as necessary.
- Conduct caregiver training programme to clients / caregivers and evaluate effectiveness of training by assessing improvement in care and caregiver/s coping response.
- Build up and put discharge planning process into practice on admission of patients.
- Provide clinical supervision, mentoring and/or support to junior PT and students on clinical practice education as assigned.
- Assist in developing professional educational activities.
Other Responsibilities
- Provide coaching to therapist assistants.
- Recommend services/ care arrangements according to the individual situation and ensure proper documentation
- Carry out audit on services as assigned.
- Support community fitness programmes.
Core Competencies and Attributes:
- Passionate to serve the elderly
- Knowledge of Singapore’s healthcare and social security system, ageing policies and the key stakeholders
- Case Management knowledge
- Team Player
- Problem Solving Skill
- MS office 365
