Lab Instructor

Career Denominated Occupational Therapy (OT) is a skilled rehabilitation service that helps people across the lifespan participate in the things they want and need to do through the therapeutic use of everyday activities.

Career Overview Occupational therapy is defined as the therapeutic use of everyday life activities (occupations) with individuals or groups for the purpose of enhancing or enabling participation in roles habits and routines in home school workplace community and other settings. It is a therapy based on engagement in meaningful activities of daily life (such as self‑care skills education work or social interaction) especially to enable or encourage participation in such activities despite impairments or limitations in physical or mental functioning.

Occupational therapy practitioners have specialized training in the physical social psychological neurological and cognitive aspects of human performance. They also have expertise related to the social cultural and physical environment and how its interaction with human performance can maximize self confidence self esteem independence and quality of life.

Occupational therapy services are provided for habilitation rehabilitation and promotion of health and wellness for clients of any age groups with disability and nondisability related needs. These services include acquisition and preservation of occupational identity for those who have or are at risk for developing an illness injury disease disorder condition impairment disability activity limitation or participation restriction.

Career Responsibilities and Duties Occupational therapy practitioners use their knowledge of the transactional relationship among the person, his or her engagement in valuable occupations and the context to design occupation‑based intervention plans that facilitate change or growth in client factors (body functions body structures values beliefs and spirituality) and interaction needed for successful participation and thus enable engagement through adaptations and modifications to the environment or objects within the environment when needed.

Occupational Therapists Typically Do the Following

Observe patients doing tasks ask them questions and review their medical history.

Evaluate a patient’s condition and needs.

Develop a treatment plan for patients laying out the types of activities and specific goals to be accomplished.

Evaluate a patient’s environment based on the patient’s health needs identify potential improvements to the environment to be more accessible.

Educate a patient’s family and employer about how to accommodate and care for the patient.

Recommend mobility aids for people with disability to be more independence on transfer from place to another such as wheelchair cane walker and crutches with training on how can use it as well as provide gait training refers to assisting a patient to relearn to walk safely and efficiently.

Reevaluate client after finish of the intervention plan to identify progressive and to develop the intervention plan.

Assess and record patients activities and progress for patient evaluations for billing and for reporting to physicians physical therapist orthosis and prostheses specialist speech and language pathologist audiologist and other healthcare providers.

Occupational therapists show patients how to use appropriate adaptive equipment such as universal cuff reacher that help patients to perform a number of daily tasks allowing them to function more independently.

Provide early intervention therapy to infants and toddlers who have or are at risk of having developmental problems.

Occupational therapists who work with the elderly help their patients lead more independent and active lives. They assess patients abilities and environment and make recommendations. For example therapists may identify potential fall hazards in a patient’s home and recommend their removal.

Occupational therapists help patients create functional work environments. They evaluate the workspace plan work activities and meet with the patient’s employer to collaborate on changes to the patient’s work environment or schedule.

Occupational therapists also can work in mental health settings where they help patients who suffer from developmental disability mental illness or emotional problems.

Occupational therapists also can work with individuals who have problems with drug abuse alcoholism or other disorders.

Specific Lab Instructor Duties and Responsibilities

Prepare for the lab as requested by the course coordinator. This includes but not limited to preparing equipment printing lab material external communication in cases of labs conducted outside the university preparation of student name lists and taking attendance.

Show evidence of preparing and reading the lab material. This includes but not limited to demonstrating and explaining practical parts to students as requested by course coordinator.

Effectively support the practical application or training.

Commit and attend the full lab session and / or clinical site visit. This includes but not limited to professionalism such as commitment to practice ethics during clinical courses adherence to dress code during clinical rounds and informing course coordinator in a timely manner of absences.

Demonstrate professional and positive behavior towards the students. This includes but not limited to being initiative responding to students needs and aiding smooth delivery.

Contribute to the facilitation of group work.

Be proactive in coordinating for the course and providing feedback and suggestions to develop the course.

Help in practical exams related work such as but not limited to lab stations setup writing questions exams corrections etc.

Participate in and supervise communityservice activities inside and outside the university.

Make sure that lab stations are always well‑arranged clean lab setup is appropriate and cooperate with all staff in any other task while on duty.

Qualifications : Certification & Registration To be hired at the Occupational Therapy Program at BMC as a Lab Instructor you must hold a minimum of a Bachelor of Science Degree in Occupational Therapy from any recognized educational institution by both the Ministry of Higher Education in Saudi Arabia and the World Federation for Occupational Therapy (WFOT). In addition you must be licensed by the Ministry of Health at the country where you graduated from.

Required Skills Occupational therapists are skilled health care professionals who use research and scientific evidence to ensure their interventions are effective.

Creativity / Innovation / Learning Ability.

Problem solving skills / Leadership skills.

Initiative / Reliability / Job Knowledge.

Coaching / Teaching / Events organization skills / Workshop making.

Productivity / Quantity and Quality of Work.

Punctuality and Attendance.

Able to work with different mentalities using effective communication skills.

Competent and hard working.

Key Skills Catering, Apache Commons, Architectural Design, Human Resources Administration, Accident Investigation

Employment Type Full Time

Experience years

Vacancy 1

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