Saturday, March 16, 2013

OT Position in Amman, Jordan



Hi there,

Just helping out our neighbors in Jordan!

TRS Learning Center in Amman, Jordan is looking for an experienced Pediatric Occupational 
Therapist with the following qualifications:

-A bachelor or masters degree from an accredited university in occupational therapy.

-A minimum of three years experience in the field of pediatric occupational therapy

-Solid experience in Sensory Integration and preferably SI certified.

-Train and supervise junior and fresh graduates in the occupational therapy department.

-Manage a caseload, prioritizing needs, and completing administrative tasks.

- Collaborate with other disciplines to ensure team understanding of client occupational 
performance strengths and needs, through evaluation, educational program planning, and 
service delivery.

- Evaluate the client's ability and formulate the client's occupational profile through a variety 
of functional, behavioral, and standardized assessments, skilled observation, checklists, 
histories, and interviews.

- Synthesize evaluation results into a comprehensive written report which reflects strengths 
and barriers to client participation in the program development; and guides evidence-based 
intervention.

- Develop occupationally based intervention plans based on client needs and evaluation 
results.

-Participate in multidisciplinary meetings to review evaluation results, integrate findings with 
other disciplines, offer recommendations, and develop individual education plans and 
intervention plans to achieve IEP goals.

- Educate client and family to facilitate skills in areas of occupation as well as health 
maintenance and safety.

- Monitor and reassess the effects of occupational therapy intervention and the need to 
continue, modify, or discontinue intervention.

- Prioritize and schedules work tasks independently.

- Manage inventory of therapeutic equipment and assessments, and project needs for 
budget planning.

- Maintain clinical and administrative records in accordance with professional standards.

- Review occupational therapy services for quality improvement and make changes as 
needed to ensure quality of services.

- Ability to determine the need for an occupational therapy evaluation and to select and 
administer appropriate assessment tools to evaluate the client.

- Ability to interpret the evaluation data and write a comprehensive report that reflect 
strengths and barriers to client’s participation and occupational performance.

- Ability to participate collaboratively with multi-disciplinary to develop Individualized 
Education Programs to meet client needs.

- Ability to develop occupationally based intervention plans based on evaluation 
information.

- Skill in effective oral and written communication.

Candidates who are interested and meet the above requirements, please send your cv with a 
cover letter to marwa@trs-learning.com or marwasati@gmail.com

Thanks,
Laura