Occupational Therapist
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I am an experienced, skilled, passionate occupational therapist, dedicated to improving my patient’s health, mentoring fellow OTs, and enhancing the profession by serving on various professional body committees. I am proficient in team development and training. I have more than
20 years’ experience in treating patients with hand injuries and more recently general orthopaedic and medical polytrauma.
I am looking to challenge myself, test my capabilities and widen my experience and expertise from the South African context to a more international context. I have completed my master’s degree in
Occupational Therapy and have many post-graduate courses from which to draw knowledge to augment my experience gained from treating patients across: government, private, insurance and injury on duty rehabilitation contexts.
My strongest skills include a strong work ethic, excellent interpersonal communication, being organised, self-motivated and focussed. I take the growth of my colleagues and my own growth very seriously; am always happy to be a sounding board and to problem solve situations.
Over my 23-year career I have held various roles; from junior OT in the government sector, to a consultant for a government hospital in the Hand Therapy department, to being self-employed and running the practice solo to employing several OTs and admin staff in my sole capacity and now with 2 co-directors.
Over my 23-year career I have held various roles; from junior OT in the government sector, to a consultant for a government hospital in the Hand Therapy department, to being self-employed and running the practice solo to employing several OTs and admin staff in my sole capacity and now with 2 co-directors
