Occupational Therapist - Outpatient - Lymphedema

Cleveland Clinic • Strongsville, OH

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

Occupational Therapists provide many wide-ranging services to help patients improve their ability to perform normal activities of daily living. Whether from a physical injury, stroke, cognitive differences, surgery or general aging, your work as an OT helps maximize their confidence in performing self-care, working and managing life responsibilities.
A caregiver in this position works 40 hours per week. 3 days will be 8:00am to 4:30pm, 2 days will be 10:30am to 7:00pm. This is a split between Fairview Wellness Center and the Strongsville Family Health Center with a focus on Lymphedema.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Graduate of an Occupational Therapy Program accredited by the American Occupational Therapy Association
• Current Ohio licensure as an Occupational Therapist (OT)
• Basic Life Support (BLS), Healthcare Provider Certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross

Nice To Haves

• Experience in clinical area
• Prior Lymphedema experience

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and treat patients with physical, emotional, cognitive and/or psychosocial deficits which impact their abilities to successfully perform independent living skills.
• Assess patient ability to safely and effectively perform independent living skills and design the appropriate plan of care, including type and frequency of treatment.
• Implement the treatment plan using appropriate modalities and document subjective and objective findings of patient progress.
• Educate the patient and family/caregiver about patient deficits.
• Direct and supervise the activities of support personnel.
• Act a clinical instructor or participate in the education and evaluation of students.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level