Therapy Assistant (OT & PT)

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Date: 18 Feb 2025

Location: Singapore, SG

Company: NKF

Job Role

1.    Assisting delivery of therapy services.

He / she is expected to travel around to all DCs when needs arise

Main Responsibilities

  1. Assist therapists (OT and PT) in all activities required of therapy treatment.
  2. Implement parts of therapy treatment or activity with/without supervision, following instruction of the therapist. 
  3. Operate and set up equipment for patients’ use safely under the instructions of therapists in outpatient settings.
  4. Assist to prepare standard home therapy equipment under instructions of therapists. 
  5. Inform, alert and/or provide input to therapist regarding patients’ concerns, complaints, progress or problems encountered in their interactions with patients.
  6. Ensure tidiness and cleanliness of all personal and shared work areas, (e.g. gym and office).
  7. Perform routine check and clean therapy equipment. Assist with scheduling of equipment maintenance/servicing as required.
  8. Assist therapists with other areas of work (e.g. conduct staff training, outreach activities, etc) when required.
  9. Coordinate, arrange coverage of duties with peer when self or peer goes on leave.
  10. Check, update and put up purchase of any supplies, stock and consumables needed by the team.
  11. To coordinate and put up purchase of stationery for both HQ and IRC gym if need be. 
  12. Retrieve, file and sort out patients’ records regularly. 
  13. Ensure proper filing of discharges, forms and documentations (e.g. AIC forms, Sg Enable forms).  
  14. Participate in all departmental meetings and training program (e.g. therapy asssistant In-service). 
  15. Assist with admin duties (e.g. claims, filing, etc) when needed. 
  16. Undertake responsibility and duties assigned by the Manager of Department from time to time.

Main Responsibilities (continue)

Qualification (Related Field)

-    Certification in Therapy Assistant/Certification in Healthcare support.
-    Diploma, N Level, O Level, A Level , ITE, NITEC in community care and social services.
-    Baseline of BCLS Certification.
 

Experience

  • Preferred to have some experiences in healthcare settings (at least 1 year of work experience as therapy assistant).

Soft Skills

A team player and able to relate well with colleagues. 
Able to converse with all patients’ group and family.
 

IMPORTANT NOTE