Onco Occupational Therapist

Job Description

Set the standard of care for oncology occupation therapy rehabilitation.
Create an individualized treatment plan based on a comprehensive evaluation of their current abilities and needs, as well as lifestyle and personal goals.
Interact with family members and provide workable home solutions.
Conduct patient evaluations and treatments for a variety of lymphedema diagnoses and referrals.
Identify the best Occupational therapy units and help building suitable educational materials.
Perform daily documentation of patient records.
Over a period of time, direct and supervises occupational therapy assistants and as needed.
Coordinate with the prosthetic needs of patients with the respective prosthetic production unit at ICS and also with the.
Evaluate, plan and provide guidance to choose appropriate vocational skills program/employment.
Manage and operate equipment safely and correctly (Maintaining cleanliness and safety).
Support in preparing therapy related research proposals, conduct and manage research for strengthening the unit.

Responsibilities:

Responsible for overall implementation of the project in their designated districts.
Identification of local partners (NGO/CBO/school/college/ industry unit/ community/ institutes/hospitals) and partnership with them.
Identification of local cancer screening centers and creating referral linkages.
Approach and Coordinate with district and block health officials to promote implementation of OCPP & CCPP in the field.
Coordinating and conducting on ground events (Master training / ToT / awareness sessions / meetings / demand generation / training / CMEs / communication etc)
Preparing budgets / reports on the progress of the project; develop & implement Work Plans, quarterly and annual reports and M&E reports.
Collect monthly data from various partners in the specified formats, compile it and share with ICS, NHQ on monthly basis.
Daily, weekly and monthly reporting is mandatory.
Conduct visits and review intervention districts as per need and ensure implementation of the program activities and timely and complete monthly data reporting.
Support for regional language (Telugu) translation.
Perform other duties as assigned by the supervisor to achieve program goal.
Extensive and frequent travelling required.