Occupational Therapist

General Purpose:

Occupational Therapists are certified/licensed professionals who evaluate, plan, direct and administer medically prescribed occupational therapy programs to children and adolescence with delays in the areas of activities of daily living, visual perceptual skills, neuromuscular skills/coordination and sensory processing.

Essential Functions:

Complete screenings, administer standardizes assessments/evaluations in order to identify difficulties with daily functional performance skills and any other developmental concerns present to create an individualized treatment plan, in accordance with state regulations

Evaluate patient to determine problems and goals of each patient in cooperation with physician

Provide supervision for OTA or students to provide support when needed

Create and implement individualized treatment plans based on standardized assessment scores, clinical observation, parental concerns in a time efficient manner

Develop and carry out individualized treatment plans to increase child's functional independence in play, self-help tasks, and daily routines.

Communicates assessment findings, treatment programs and guidance in daily living to patients, family, and other team members

Assists with training patient, family and appropriate staff in the use or application of sensory strategies, adaptive equipment, orthotics, etc. based on child's needs to improve performance in daily routines.

Develops, implements, and provides parent education for home exercise programs to facilitate carryover of skills

Maintains patient records that reflect patient treatment: (assessment, daily treatment record, physician update, patient care plans, discharge summaries, telephone orders, billing)

Clinical knowledge and skill, or ability to develop knowledge and skills required for assessment and treatment of pediatric and adolescent patient populations

Work closely and collaborate with other disciplines to improve effectiveness of services provided.

Ability to travel between facilities or other treatment locations as necessary

Responsible for performing tasks that are within the scope of his/her educational preparation, knowledge, and permitted by the policies and procedures of Pediatric Therapy Associates, and other local, state, and federal guidelines; and the policies of the facility requesting the

Participate in multidisciplinary rounds/meetings and in-services as assigned by the supervisor

Minimum Requirements:

Education: Graduate from an accredited Occupational Therapy program with a Master or Doctorate degree

Licensing: Current state licensure or license eligible in states where applicable

Maintain continuing education requirements to meet state licensing and NBCOT requirements

Training and experience: Unless otherwise indicated, one year of current experience within the last three years in a comparable job classification required

Maintenance of current Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) for HealthCare Workers or Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) certification for HealthCare workers

Educated on and compliant with HIPAA regulations; maintains strict confidentiality of client information

Complies with Infection Control, Standard Precautions and OSHA standards for the healthcare professional

Able to wear personal protective equipment (e.g., face mask, goggles, latex/non-latex gloves) as needed

Ability to work effectively within role independently for 30-60min sessions, up to eight to twelve patients per day.

Ability to organize and complete work in a timely manner

Ability to read, write and effectively communicate in

Ability to understand medical/surgical terminology

Health Requirements- In good health and able to work without restrictions as evidenced by Health statement

Physical Demands-Stooping, turning, bending, squatting, kneeling and the ability to lift up to 50 pounds; constant/repetitive standing; requires normal, correctable vision and hearing, and the ability to accurately discern color as necessary to perform job functions

Sufficient fine and gross motor coordination to manipulate/operate equipment controls and to perform manual treatment/assessment techniques

Maintain and clean supplies, equipment and other therapy area

Perform other relevant duties and responsibilities as assigned by the supervisor

Must have the use of sensory skills in order to effectively communicate and interact with others through the use of the telephone and personal contact as normally defined by the ability to see, read, talk, hear, handle or feel objects and controls. Standing, walking, sitting, stooping, kneeling, bending, and crouching are regularly required of the position. The employee is required to have visual and hearing acuity sufficient enough to assess patient safety and ability. Capable of exerting 20-50 pounds of force occasionally (less than 1/3 of the time) and/or 10-20 pounds of force frequently (1/2 of the time) and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly (2/3 or more of the time) to move objects, equipment and/or perform medium to maximum transfer assists with patients.

The above statements reflect the general details necessary to describe the principal functions of the job as identified and shall not be considered as a detailed description of all work requirements that may be inherent in the position.