Occupational Therapist

Dunkirk, NY - USA

Yearly Salary: USD 75000 - 85000

Posted on: 3 days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Description: Occupational Therapist

Summary: Assess plan organize and participate in rehabilitative programs that improve mobility relieve pain increase strength decrease or prevent deformity of patients suffering from disease or injury.

Job Functions:

Plan prepare and carry out individually designed programs of treatment to maintain improve or restore physical functioning alleviate pain and prevent dysfunction in patients.
Test and measure patients strength fine motor development and function sensory perception functional capacity cognition ADL/IADLS and ROM.
Performs and documents initial evaluations treatment goals and plans of care; regularly updates documentation and maintains prescriptions and signatures.
Reviews the physicians referral and patients medical records in addition to performing an initial evaluation to determine patient diagnosis prognosis and subsequent treatment interventions.
Discusses diagnoses and prognoses with patients and/or caregivers as well as treatment plans and goals of occupational therapy.
Performs treatment interventions including use of therapeutic exercises and/or manual therapy interventions to help relieve pain increase patient strength or decrease or prevent deformity along with improving functional ability
Evaluates effects of treatment at various states and adjusts treatments to achieve maximum benefits.
Identify and document goals anticipated progress and plans for re-evaluation
Provide information to the patient and/or caregivers about the proposed intervention its material risks and expected benefits and any reasonable alternatives.
Fabricate elbow wrist hand/finger splints PRN along with recommending prefabricated splints when appropriate
Provide splinting protocols and precautions to all patients that receive splints
Instruct patient and/or caregivers in treatment procedures to be continued at home
Confer with the patient and/or caregivers medical practitioners and appropriate others to plan implement and assess the intervention program
Discharge patients from occupational therapy when goals or projected outcomes have been attained and provide appropriate follow up care or referrals
Directs supervises accesses and communicates with support personnel including occupational therapist assistants and medical assistants.
Supervises occupational therapy and occupational therapist assistant students.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Review and sign COTA daily notes re-evaluations and discharges in a timely manner per company policy
All Other duties as assigned.

Required Skills/Abilities:

Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Perform essential duties to satisfaction
Thorough understanding of injury treatment and prevention. Pediatrics: thorough understanding of typical/atypical motor development.
Be able to perform math such as add subtract multiply and divide in all units of measure using whole numbers common fractions and decimals. Ability to compute rate ratio and to draw and interpret bar graphs
CPR certification
Excellent problem-solving skills
Computer skills: to perform this job successfully an individual should have knowledge of word processing software spreadsheet software internet software electronic medical records software and database software.

Education and Experience:

Graduate from an accredited OT program with a Bachelors Masters or Doctorate in Occupational Therapy
Must continue to maintain current standards of practice as per guidelines of AOTA
Must practice as per the standards of AOTA and the NYS Practice Act
NYS Licensure in good standing as an Occupational therapist
Maintain current standard of CEUs per year

Physical Requirements:

Ability to regularly stand walk use hands reach with hands and arms stoop kneel crouch crawl and squat
Ability to sit
Ability to lift and move up to 75 pounds
Specific vision ability includes close vision distance vision depth perception ability to adjust focus and see color
Ability to carry push pull and lift equipment necessary for care
Ability to transfer patients

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job the employee is frequently exposed to work near moving mechanical parts and vibration.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

The Chautauqua Center is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race creed color religion sex national origin nationality ancestry age disability or status as a disabled veteran or veteran of the Vietnam era pregnancy affectional or sexual orientation gender identify or expression marital status status with regard to public assistance veteran status citizenship or membership in any other legally protected class.

Required Experience:

Description: Occupational TherapistSummary: Assess plan organize and participate in rehabilitative programs that improve mobility relieve pain increase strength decrease or prevent deformity of patients suffering from disease or injury.Job Functions:Plan prepare and carry out individually designed p...