Reporting to the Head, the Occupational Therapist (OT) in oncology and palliative care is an integral part of a multi-disciplinary team within a centre as well as in a home environment. You will facilitate and enable the client to achieve maximum functional performance, both physically and psychologically, in everyday living skills regardless of life expectancy. You will do this by making a comprehensive assessment, identifying life roles and activities (“occupations”) that are meaningful to clients, and addressing barriers to performing these activities. You will also perform other professional duties associated with the care of the patient and work closely with family members and care-givers to ensure effective execution of prescribed therapy plans or programmes.

Key Responsibilities:
- Assess physical function, activities of daily living (ADLs), instrumental ADLs (iADLs) and psychosocial or behavioral health needs of the patient.
- Identify specific cancer related cognitive deficits affecting occupational roles,



and providing compensatory training to successfully complete intended tasks.
- Focus on what is most important to the patient to accomplish, taking into consideration the available resources and support systems, as well as the environments in which the patient wants and is able to participate in. This includes aspects relating to work, rest, leisure and social activities.
- Ongoing screening and monitoring of performance deficits and improvements throughout survivorship to modify the ongoing multidisciplinary intervention plan to meet changing needs.
- Training on therapeutic range of motion exercises and modalities techniques to manage common cancer related impairments such as de quervain, trigger fingers and chemotherapy induced peripheral neuropathy
- Tailoring an individualised lifestyle approach to allow participation in important roles such as parenting, managing the home and working. Strategies include, but are not limited to, conserving energy an

📌 Senior Occupational Therapist (Chile)
🏢 Singapore Cancer Society
📍 Chile