Occupational Therapist Ii/Housing For Health - Emergency Appointment
Occupational Therapist Ii/Housing For Health - Emergency Appointment
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TYPE OF RECRUITMENTOpen Competitive Job Opportunity -EMERGENCY
EXAM NUMBER
Y5857K-EA
FILING START DATE
Applications will be accepted starting on Monday August 25 2025 at 8:00 A.M. (PT)
This opportunity will remain open until the needs of the services are met and is subject to closure without prior notice.The LA County Board of Supervisors recently declared a local state of emergency for homelessness and the County is working to revise and expand our response to help all who are affected. We are looking for qualified and passionate individuals to help us in the mission of addressing issues like housing mental health and substance use. If you are looking for a new career that will directly benefit the population of LA County this may be the opportunity for you.
Department of Health Services (Community Programs) is seeking qualified candidates to fill emergency Occupational Therapist II vacancies related to the homelessness crisis.
Under the emergency order applicants who meet the requirements may be hired for an initial period of up to 90 days with an opportunity for permanent County employment.
Before your initial work period ends you will be assessed on your work performance. This assessment will be weighted 100%.Those who successfully pass the assessment will be considered for permanent appointment toOccupational Therapist II.
ABOUT LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES:
The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (DHS) is the second largest municipal health system in the nation. Through its integrated system of 25 health centers and four acute care hospitals and expanded network of community partner clinics DHS annually provides direct care for 600000 unique patients employs over 23000 staff and has an annual budget of over $6.9 billion. For additional information regarding DHS please visit .
Through academic affiliations with the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) the University of Southern California (USC) and the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Sciences (CDU) DHS hospitals are training sites for physicians completing their Graduate Medical Education in nearly every medical specialty and addition to its direct clinical services DHS also runs the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Agency and the Countys 911 emergency response system as well as Housing for Health and the Office of Diversion and Re-entry each with a critical role in connecting vulnerable populations including those released from correctional and institutional settings to supportive housing.
THE MISSION:
To advance the health of our patients and our communities by providing extraordinary care.
DEFINITION:
Provides a full range of professional occupational therapy services to assist patients with mental or physical disabilities to attain regain or maintain physical or mental functioning or to adjust to their disabilities.
Essential Job Functions
- Manages caseloads of patients with severe disabilities and varied diagnoses providing interventions treatments and services in acute medical rehabilitative hospital clinic or California Childrens Services Medical Therapy Units.
- Arranges schedules and conducts clinics; evaluates and prioritizes patients for treatment; identifies patients for specific treatment eligibility; provides comprehensive follow-up care; initiates referrals for other services; and provides consultation and coordination of services with other agencies and treatment units.
- Supervises a small staff of occupational therapy assistants or therapy technicians and student occupational therapists; assigns and demonstrates elements of patients treatment programs reviews their work and prepares and discusses their performance with them; may prepare performance evaluation reports.
- Serves on a clinic health care team with physicians orthotists and allied health personnel to coordinate services within a clinic; provides consultative guidance and instruction to inter-departmental agency personnel to resolve problems regarding therapy techniques/treatment case management and proper use and care of patient equipment.
- Manages patients in a unit making key evaluation and treatment decisions; participates as the occupational therapy representative on inter-disciplinary treatment/review teams; advises and reports on the patients condition to the team families and physicians and recommends additional treatment and/or equipment needs.
- Orients and instructs other occupational therapy personnel allied disciplines and health and educational personnel in the use and care of functional equipment behavioral management and treatment procedures.
- Provides technical guidance for Certified Occupational Therapy Assistants or Rehabilitation Therapy Technicians and student therapists in occupational therapy services for acute or rehabilitative patients.
- Develops new and improved services through ongoing assessment of existing evaluation methods and treatment techniques and incorporating new techniques in clinical practice.
- Serves as a resource person to other occupational therapy staff in coordinating patients discharges orienting them to discharge procedures and familiarizing staff with community or governmental agencies placement facilities and/or resources.
- Provides consultative or liaison services to other occupational therapy personnel allied health disciplines and/or community agencies.
- Trains patients family members and allied health teams in use of adaptive and functional equipment such as environmental controls electric wheelchairs myoelectric hand braces mobile arm supports electric hand splints individualized arm or hand braces and follows through with ordering or making arrangements for equipment purchases loans and repairs.
Requirements
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
Bachelors degree*from an accredited college/university with a curriculum in occupational therapy accredited by the American Occupational Therapy Associations Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE) -AND- Two years of experience in the practice of occupational therapy. A Masters degree*from an accredited college/university in occupational therapy public health special education or a related field may be substituted for one year of the required experience.
*To receive credit for your education include a copy of your official diploma official transcript or letter/certificate from an accredited institution within 7 calendar days of filing your application. The document should show the date the degree was conferred and be in English; if it is in a foreign language it must be translated and evaluated for equivalency to U.S. standards. For more information on our standards for educational documents please visit: and license**issued by the California Board of Occupational Therapy as an Occupational Therapist.- A valid California Class C Driver License or the ability to utilize an alternative method of transportation when needed to carry out job-related essential functions.
**Applicants must provide the license number date of issue date of expiration for the required license/permit in response to Question #7 of the Supplemental QuestionnaireORapplicants must attach a legible photocopy of the license issuedat the time of filing or within 7 calendar days. All required licenses and certifications must be active and unrestricted or your application will not be accepted.
Physical Class III- Moderate:
This class requires that the incumbent stand or walk most of the time with bending stooping squatting twisting reaching working on irregular surfaces occasional lifting of objects weighing over 25 pounds and frequent lifting of 10-25 pounds.
You MUST meet the above requirement(s) in order to be appointed to fill any vacancy related to this recruitment.No withholds are allowed for this examination. Applicants must meet the Minimum Requirements at the time of filing.Additional Information
OUR ASSESSMENT PROCESS:
ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION:
During your initial work period the appointing department will evaluate your performance. Those who achieve a passing score on this evaluation will be considered for permanent appointment.Please note that ALL information included in the application materials is subject to VERIFICATION at any point during the hiring process including after an appointment has been made. FALSIFICATION of any information may result inDISQUALIFICATION.
The current vacancies are to be filled withinthe Department of Health Services (Community Programs).
VACANCY INFORMATION:
AVAILABLE SHIFT:
Appointees may be required to work any shift including evenings nights weekends and holidays.
APPLICATIONS & FILLING INFORMATION:
Applications must be filed online only and will be reviewed for interview consideration on an ongoing basis. If you have not been contacted within 60 days and the recruitment remains open or reopens for filing we encourage you to submit a new application. This will allow you to reaffirm your interest and update any relevant information.
Applications must be submitted online only. Applications submitted by U.S Mail Fax or in person will not be accepted.
Apply online by clicking on the green APPLYbutton at the top right of this posting. You can also track the status of your application using this website.
Plan to submit your online application in a timely manner as you may be required to verify your email address. This only needs to be done once per email address and if you already have a job seeker account on you can verify at any time by logging in and following the prompts. This is to enhance the security of your online application and to ensure you do not enter an incorrect email address.
All correspondence will be sent electronically to the email address provided on the application. It is important that applicants provide a valid email address. Please add as well as and to your email address book and to the list of approved senders to prevent email notifications from being filtered asSPAM/JUNKmail.
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IMPORTANT NOTES:- All information and documents provided by applicants is subject to verification.
- We may reject your application at any time during the examination and hiring process including after appointment has been made.
- Falsification of any informationmay result in disqualificationor rescission of appointment.
- Utilizing verbiagefrom Class Specification and/or Minimum Requirements serving as your description of duties will notbe sufficient to demonstrate that you meet the Requirements. Comments such as See Resumor referencing other unsolicited materials/documentswill not be considered as a response; in doing so your application will be rejected.
- The acceptance of your application depends on whether you have clearlyshown that you meet the Requirements. Fill out your application completely and correctly to receive full credit for related education and/or experience in the spaces provided so we can evaluate your qualifications for the position.Please do not group your experience.For each position held give the name and address of your employer your position title beginning and ending dates number of hours worked per week and description of work performed.If your application is incomplete it will be rejected.
SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER:
Please include your Social Security Number for record control purposes. Federal law requires that all employed persons have a Social Security Number.
NO SHARING OF USER ID AND PASSWORD:All applicants must file their application online using their own user ID and password. Using a family members or friends user ID and password may erase a candidates original application record.
COMPUTER AND INTERNET ACCESS AT PUBLIC LIBRARIES:
For candidates who may not have regular access to a computer or the internet applications can be completed on computers at public libraries throughout Los Angeles County.
ANTI-RACISM DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION (ARDI):
The County of Los Angeles recognizes and affirms that all people are created equal and are entitled to all rights afforded by the Constitution of the United States. The Department of Health Services is committed to promoting Anti-racism Diversity and Inclusion efforts to address the inequalities and disparities amongst race. We support the ARDI Strategic Plan and its goals by improving equality diversity and inclusion in recruitment selection and employment practices.
ADA COORDINATOR PHONE:
CALIFORNIA RELAY SERVICES PHONE:DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Jessica Hernandez Gutierrez Exam AnalystHR Call Center:
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
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Equal Employment Opportunity/Non-Discrimination Statement:
The County of Los Angeles is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and is committed to non-discrimination in the County workforce regardless of age (40 and over); ancestry; color; ethnicity; religious creed; protected family or medical leave status; disability; marital status; medical condition; genetic information; military and veteran status; national origin; race ; sex; gender; sexual orientation; or any other characteristic protected by State or federal law. For more information please visit: Accommodations for Applicants:
The County of Los Angeles complies with all federal and state disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for qualified applicants and employees with disabilities. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application process please contact the testing accommodation coordinator listed on the job posting. Hearing impaired applicants with telephone teletype equipment may leave messages by calling the teletype phone number on the job posting. For more information on accommodations please visit: Chance:
The County of Los Angeles is a Fair Chance employer. Except as otherwise permissible under applicable laws you will not be asked to provide information about conviction history unless you receive a conditional offer of employment. The County will make an individualized assessment of whether your conviction history has a direct and adverse relationship with the specific duties of the job and will also consider potential mitigating factors which may include but is not limited to evidence and extent of rehabilitation recency of the offense(s) and age at the time of the offense(s). If asked to provide information about conviction history any convictions or court records which are exempted by a valid court order do not have to be disclosed. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with County Fair Chance Policies and the Fair Chance Act (Gov. Code Section 12952).
Employment Eligibility:
Final appointment is contingent upon verification of U.S. citizenship or the right to work in the United States.
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Resources to help current and prospective employees plan a career with Los Angeles County are available. To explore career paths to and from nearly all job titles please visit our interactive Career PathFinder application at .Revised January 2025
Employment Type
Full-Time
