Pediatric Occupational Therapist

Pediatric Occupational Therapist

Location: Cranston, RI

Shifts: Mon - Fri (Days)

Setting: School

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

When requested by the team, provide appropriate assessments, including self-help skills and feeding evaluations.

Provides reassessments of students focusing on areas of need at intervals determined to be educationally relevant following Common Core guidelines.

Attends IEP meetings and participates in six-month reviews.

Evaluates students for necessary adaptive equipment, interventions, and/or other appropriate activities of daily living services.

Peripheral Duties and Responsibilities:

Responsible for keeping accurate records of the therapy supplies, inventory, and equipment.

Constructs, modifies, purchases, and maintains adaptive equipment for positioning, ADL, and classroom/vocational use.

Maintains inventory of equipment and supplies.

Maintains orderliness, cleanliness, and repair of equipment and supplies in OT area.

Qualifications / Requirements:

Must have completed an Occupational Therapist program approved by the American Occupational Therapy Association and all fieldwork requirements.

Must have certified license from the Occupational Therapy Certification Board (OTCB) and maintain certification requirements of the state department of education, if any.

Minimum of one to two years' experience, preferred successful completion of pediatric affiliation. (An equivalent combination of education and experience).

The ability to work with students in different treatment settings, including within the classroom.

Knowledge of health and safety

CPR certification (Pursuing Cert.)