Occupational Therapist (37.5 Hour)

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• Meet Minimum Qualifications:Ensure you meet the Minimum Qualifications listed on the job opening by the job closing date. You must specify your qualifications on your application. The minimum experience and training requirements listed must be met by the close date on the job opening unless otherwise specified.
• Educational Credits:List your earned credits and degrees from accredited institutions accurately on your application. To receive educational credits towards qualification the institution must be accredited. If the institution of higher learning is located outside of the U.S. you are responsible for providing documentation from a recognized USA accrediting service which specializes in determining foreign education equivalencies to the contact listed below by the closing date listed on the job posting.
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CLINICAL:

• Selects plans administers and implements occupational therapy programs for training of individuals with physical disabilities and/or an intellectual disability;
• Administers individual and group instructions to individuals in various occupational therapies including but not limited to activities of daily living independent living skills sensorimotor skills and performance components psychosocial skill and performance components therapeutic adaptations and specialized assessments;
• Determines and carries out treatment and activities for individuals consistent with physician prescription;
• Assesses individuals educational needs;
• Organizes new projects and methods;
• Serves as a member of the treatment team;
• Consults with supervisor physicians and other professionals regarding individual reactions progress and treatment plans;
• Recommends changes in individuals treatment;
• Participates in training programs for professional and paraprofessional staff and students/interns gaining clinical experience;
• Attends and participates in workshops and conferences;
• Instructs and demonstrates to individuals and parents treatments to be carried on in a treatment center and at home;
• Makes adaptive equipment; maintains records and prepares reports on individual care and administrative matters;
• Coordinates occupational therapy services with other disciplines such as physical speech and rehabilitative therapies;
• Orders requisitions and distributes supplies and materials;
• Coordinates efforts of volunteers; may escort individual on trips into community;
• May perform duties in individual home or community settings;
• May act as supervisor in their absence;
• May act as a consultant advisor or resource person to other staff programs or units;
• May attend conferences individual study meetings and clinics;
• May maintain inventory;
• May serve as a Qualified Intellectual Disabilities Professional (QIDP);
• Performs related duties as required.

• Provides consultative services to public and private agencies in an assigned region of state or on a statewide basis with emphasis on pediatrics;
• Instructs professionals paraprofessionals individual and family members in appropriate way to carry out therapeutic program and encourages self-care at home;
• Develops supervises and operates therapeutic clinics or programs in an assigned area of state;
• Assists in development of educational materials and procedural manuals;
• Assists in evaluation of services and procedures being purchased by state or being rendered by state run facilities;
• Prepares and presents educational material for in-service training programs;
• Assists in recruitment and orientation of professional staff;
• Prepares growth and development tests;
• Assists in planning and participates in special research studies;
• Prepares reports of activities and maintains individual records;
• May provide direct service to individual;
• Performs related duties as required.

CLINICAL:

• Considerable knowledge of
  • principles and practices of occupational therapy;
  • anatomy physiology kinesiology neurology neuroanatomy and individual and group dynamics as applied to occupational therapy;
  • adaptive equipment and its proper application;
• Considerable
  • interpersonal skills;
  • oral and written communication skills;
• Skill in application of occupational therapy techniques;
• Ability to
  • gain interest cooperation and confidence of individual;
  • utilize computer software.

• Considerable knowledge of
  • principles and practices of occupational therapy with emphasis on pediatrics;
  • adaptive equipment and its proper application;
• Knowledge of
  • relevant state and federal laws statutes and regulations;
  • concepts and practices of public health;
• Considerable
  • interpersonal skills;
  • oral and written communication skills;
• Ability to utilize computer software.

Incumbents in this class must possess and maintain licensure as an Occupational Therapist issued by the Connecticut State Department of Public Health in accordance with the applicable Connecticut General Statutes.

• Experience working with adults with mental health and substance use disorders.
• Experience performing standardized and non-standardized assessments completion of written reports and documentation related to findings.
• Experience working independently and collaboratively.

• Incumbents in this class may be required to be fluent in a foreign language or proficient in the use of American Sign Language in certain designated positions.
• Incumbents in this class may be required to possess and retain a valid Motor Vehicle Operators license.
• Incumbents in this class may be required to travel.

Incumbents in this class may be exposed to danger of injury and to moderately disagreeable conditions while providing treatment to individuals.

AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

The State of Connecticut is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and strongly encourages the applications of women minorities and persons with disabilities.