Occupational Therapist
Occupational Therapist
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Job Description
Occupational Therapist Summary:
Plans implements and evaluates patient care plans to maintain patient well- being. Evaluates occupational roles and occupational performance of patients with physical psychosocial and/or cognitive impairments. Provides interventions for deficits and elicits responses.
What You Will Do On A Daily Basis:
- Performs clinical assessment; identifies patient needs and appropriateness of patient.
- Documents prepare/revises and completes a Plan of Care progress notes phone orders and other clinical record documentation on an ongoing basis.
- Accepts clinical assignments that are consistent with education and competence to care for patients.
- Participates in the Interdisciplinary Group/Team (IDG/IDT) care planning process.
- Applies concepts of infection control and standard precautions in coordinating/performing patient care activities to prevent contamination and transmission of disease.
- Assesses and facilitate through direct therapeutic intervention patients ROM strength coordination need for and use of adaptive equipment and environmental modifications functional mobility and safety issues as related to patients
- ADL performance needs. Fabricate and maintain adaptive equipment and hand splints.
- Uses effective interpersonal relations and communication skills; facilitates the use of these skills by other team members to achieve desirable outcomes.
- Evaluates patient occupational performance in the areas of self-care work leisure and rest. Assess sensory-motor neuromuscular psycho-social and cognitive-perceptual components of occupational behavior. Assess physical social and cultural components of the patients occupational environment.
Background You Will Need:
- Masters Degree on Occupational Therapy or Doctorate in Occupational Therapy from a program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE) or successor organizations of ACOTE and is eligible to take or has successfully completed the entry level certifications examination for occupational therapists developed and administered by the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy Inc.
- Two years of experience as an occupational therapist in an acute care or rehabilitation setting recommended.
- Current state license as an occupational therapist. Current drivers license.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Gig
