Occupational Therapist

Job Description

Job Summary:

• The Occupational Therapist provides direct patient services that may include identifying, evaluating, diagnosing, and treating.
• This position also provides indirect services including consulting, advising, teaching, and training patients and their caregivers.

Essential Job Duties:

• Assesses and evaluates a patient’s condition according to the physician order and current standards of practice.
• Provides appropriate intervention including treatment related to the established plan of care with appropriate duration and intensity.
• Educates and trains patients and their caregivers.
• Accepts assignments from Director or Team Lead including case load, productivity standard, education and in-serving others, orienting and training new employees, supervising and training students, and supervising COTAs and Aides.
• Actively participates in the quality improvement process for the team and the clinical setting and then follows through with the improvements.
• Communicates through written chart notes, evaluations, progress reports, and discharge summaries regarding patient’s status, any complications, prognosis, and plans for follow-up care.
• Records daily charges and submits for payment according to department billing guidelines.
• Participates in regularly scheduled or special clinical meetings related to patient care and clinic management.
• Maintains appropriate team and interdisciplinary relationships.

Required Education:

• Degree in Occupational Therapy.
• Education must be obtained from an accredited program.
• Degree will be verified.

Required Certifications & Licensure:

• Current license in the State of practice.
• Occupational Therapist License.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers.

Preferred Certifications & Licensure:

• Certified Occupational Therapist through the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy (NBCOT).

Physical Requirements:

• Hearing/listening, lifting, manual dexterity, pulling/pushing, seeing, sitting, speaking, squatting/kneeling, standing, walking.