Occupational Therapist

Job Description:

The Occupational Therapist is responsible for assessing and evaluating residents to determine their therapeutic status and needs; the therapist develops programs and implements or supervises the implementation of those programs to meet the needs identified in the assessments.

Job Requirements:

Bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university with an accrediated school of occupational therapy; one to two years related experience and/or training in one or more of the following areas-mental retardation, cerebral palsy, developmental disabilities, long-term care, educational setting.

Job Responsibilities:

Assesses therapy-related status of residents on assigned caseload upon admission and annually thereafter; more often as necessitated by changes in resident status.

Develops therapeutic programs based upon resident status and needs in the following areas; feeding, position, mobility, motor development, orthopedic status, and adaptive equipment.

Designs, constructs, and monitors resident use of adaptive equipment, orthotic devices, wheelchairs, and mobility and position devices.

Attends resident-related and department meetings as required, including annual individual habilitation plan meetings, quarterly reviews, unit and team meetings, IHP and therapy department in-services.

Job Benefits:

Vacation time, sick time, personal days, medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, life insurance, tuition reimbursement, paid training