Clinical Specialist - Occupational Therapy

Job description / Role

Category
Allied Health Professionals

Speciality
Occupational Therapy

Location
Riyadh

Salary min
On Application SAR

Salary max
On Application SAR

Hospital
To apply for a post through Professional Connections at this hospital you should hold a European, North American, Australian or New Zealand passport as we are contracted by our client hospital to source from these territories.

Join the most prestigious organisation in The Middle East.

Our client hospital which has a 2000 bed capacity, is based in the Central Region of Saudi Arabia. The facility includes the largest dedicated Children's Hospital in the Middle East which opened in June 2015. A state-of-the art developments such as Cardiac and Liver Center; Emergency Care and Trauma Center continues to be the best Trauma Care Center in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It is ranked as the 4th Emergency Care Center outside the United States of America, to provide (PHTLS) Pre-Hospital Trauma and Life Support program. Dental, Ambulatory (Outpatient) Care, Long Term Care/ Rehabilitation, Other adult and pediatric services provided include: Surgical and Medical wards, Oncology. Obstetrics and Gynecology (Labor and Delivery, Oncology, Antenatal and Post Partum wards); Oncology, Neonatal ICU, Operating Rooms, Ambulatory Care Center, Home Health Care Program, VIP Wards, Royal Suite, College of Medicine and Nursing College.

Description
Job Title: Clinical Specialist, Occupational Therapy
Responsible to: Supervisor, Occupational Therapy
Basic Function:
Within the mission, vision and values of the hospital, the Clinical Specialist, Occupational Therapy provides Occupational Therapy intervention at a specialized level which is in accordance with JCIA standards and the hospital policies and procedures.

Main areas of responsibility:
• Provide specialty Occupational Therapy advice, assessment and treatment for patients as per JCIA standards and in line with the hospital standards and procedures.
• Coordinate the day to day operational workload within the·defined clinical area ensuring effective and efficient patient care and service is provided.
• Assess the level of intellectual, physical, mental and social development of adult and pediatric patients and evaluate patient's performance capacity, providing education and training to patients and families in activities of daily living.
• Select and use adaptive equipment and therapeutic programs in areas of physical disability, congenital handicaps and mental dysfunction to assist in normal development patterns.
• Participate in patient home visits prior to discharge to determine supply and capacity needs for function at home.
• Take a principal role in providing treatment for YIP's and patients referred from the Business Centre.
• Contribute to monitoring and evaluating clinical performance of team areas, supporting team members in making clinical decisions and ensuring implementation of departmental guidelines.
• Maintain comprehensive written notes on patients progress for review by other members of the patient care team.
• Liaise with medical staff to ensure the role of occupational therapy is integrated across hospital services and act as lead response for clinical divisions as appropriate.
• Provide key input in the development of occupational therapy guidelines, protocol and other programmes in the specialty area including
• the continuous team in-service programme.
• Review and update clinical standards of practice in specialty area ensuring aligrunent with national and international regulations and liaise with the Quality Management Specialist to develop and monitor clinical indicators for specialty area to ensure correct delivery of care.
• Comply with the Health Informatics System procedure utilizing appropriate methods of operation and technical requirements.

Coordinate and contribute to the following required departmental activities:
• Audit Processes, Quality Improvements and Emergency Training
• Departmental team meetings, senior team meetings and ward rounds/ward meetings
• Staff management related issues such as monthly peer audit, performance evaluation and training (including the design and coordination of training programmes in the specialty area for assigned staff) as required.
• Ensure safe and efficient working equipment, reporting faults and problems through the appropriate channels.
• Perform other job related duties as required.

Benefits
One year renewable contract. You can stay up to ten years.

• Free accommodation and utilities or Housing Allowance: Employees who are either not offered nor provided housing by the Program will be eligible to receive Housing allowance of 25% of the employee.s annual basic salary but not exceeding SAR 20, 000
• Air Transport On Initial Mobilization: Air Transport, Economy Class, for expatriate employees from designated airport to employment site on initial mobilization.
• Excess Baggage Allowance: A fixed amount for excess baggage during mobilization and demobilization shall be granted based on the Country of origin
• Annual Merit Increase: Annual Merit increase is computed as percentage/step upon recontracting based on annual evaluation (maximum 6%)
• End of Service Award consisting of one-half (1/2) month.s basic salary for each of the first five years of service and one (1) month.s basic salary for each year of service thereafter
• Re- contracting bounce (1 month salary)
• Repatriation Ticket: Air Transport, Economy Class from work site (.e.g. Riyadh) to designated International Airport for repatriating expatriate employees who either completed the contract, was terminated by the program, or has resigned after one year only
• Annual Ticket: Round trip air transport, Excursion Economy Class, from employment site to designated airport for expatriate employees who completed one year of service and are renewing contracts for a minimum of 12 months.
• Housing Accommodation: Housing accommodation shall be provided by the Employer to expatriate employees based on their eligibility and housing availability.
• Transportation Allowance: Employees who do not occupy a Program-provided housing and who are not offered transportation to and from work will be eligible to receive a monthly Transportation allowance
• Transportation Services: Transportation services from Program-assigned housing to work and back, where available.

Business Leaves and Travel Allowance:
Business Leaves and Travel Allowance shall be provided in accordance with existing guidelines-

Mid-Year Benefits
• Air ticket will be entitled to a round trip Excursion Economy Class ticket from the employee site to London or to point of hire of lesser expense.
• Uniforms: Uniforms will be provided for specific positions
• Medical and Dental Care: Employees with single status contract are eligible for medical except Cosmetics, Dental, Obstetrics and IVF

Leave and Holidays
• Annual Leave: 30 calendar days of paid annual Leave per contract year.
• Holidays: 11 working days of paid Holidays inclusive of Eid Al Fitr, Hajj, and Saudi National Day.
• Compassionate Leave: Paid Compassionate Leave of seven (7) calendar days, without airline ticket, in the event of death of employee.s parent, spouse, or child
• Administrative Leave: Six (6) calendar days of Administrative Leave every contract year in lieu of incurred overtime and on-call pay. Administrative Leave is not accruable and has to be taken within contract year otherwise it will be forfeited.
• Sick Leave: Properly documented sick leave with full pay for up to 30 calendar days; and an additional 60 calendar days at 75% of salary, during each year of service

Subject to contract.

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We look forward to sending you an information and application pack and assisting you relocating to Saudi Arabia.

Requirements

Requirements

Education:
• Bachelor Degree in Occupational Therapy or related equivalent from an accredited University- E
• Post graduate education in specialty area - E
• Must be registered/licensed Occupational Therapist from country oforigin - E

Work Experience:
Minimum offive (5) years post graduate experience with at least two (2) years in area ofspecialization in a comparable health care facility/organization - E

• English Language Skills: Level- I-E
• Arabic Language Skills: Beneficial
• Computer Skills (Level): Level- II- E

Essential and Preferred Requirements: (P-Preferred, E-Essential, B-Beneficial)

About the Company

Professional Connections International Healthcare Recruitment Agency

Professional Connections, often referred to as Profco, is an international healthcare recruitment specialist. Profco is working to help placing credentialed nurses, doctors and allied health professionals in exciting opportunities with leading hospitals around the world. International assignments are a great way for nurses and other healthcare professionals to broaden their experience and to see how healthcare is delivered in other countries, while at the same time enhancing their career prospects as they gain experience in different parts of the world.