Pro Re Nata (PRN) Occupational Therapist (OT) for Elkins, WV
About The Position
The Occupational Therapist organizes and conducts occupational therapy programs to facilitate rehabilitation. The role directs clients’ participation in selected tasks to restore, reinforce, and enhance performance, and facilitates learning of skills and functions essential for adaptation and productivity to diminish or correct pathology. The position is based at Valentine Assisted Living in Elkins, West Virginia, and is PRN. The Occupational Therapist evaluates clients, develops treatment goals and methods, implements treatment plans, and completes related documentation and record keeping. Treatment may address cognitive skills, strength, coordination, endurance, mobility, perceptual abilities, sensory awareness, sitting and standing tolerance, balance, activities of daily living, joint protection, work simplification, orientation, and psychological functioning. The therapist also designs and fits adaptive devices, trains clients to use them, selects and adapts activities to individual needs, and evaluates client progress and rehabilitative potential. The role collaborates with the rehabilitation team, participates in client-care and staffing meetings, provides training in occupational therapy techniques, manages and maintains supplies and equipment, and supervises supportive personnel in accordance with state and professional standards. It also emphasizes compassionate, high-quality service that recognizes residents’ and families’ needs and rights.
Requirements
- Must be licensed and/or eligible for licensure as required in the state of practice.
- Must be a graduate of an occupational therapy curriculum accredited by the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy.
- Must be able and willing to practice occupational therapy in accordance with state guidelines.
- Good organizational and time-management skills.
- Good verbal and written communication skills.
Responsibilities
- Evaluate clients, establish appropriate treatment goals and methods, implement occupational therapy treatment plans, and complete related documentation and records.
- Apply therapeutic techniques addressing areas such as cognitive skills, muscle strength, coordination, endurance, mobility, perception, sensory awareness, tolerance, balance, activities of daily living, joint protection, work simplification, orientation, and psychological functioning.
- Design and fit adaptive devices, including splints and orthotics, and train clients in their use.
- Select activities suited to each client’s physical and mental capacity, intelligence level, and interests.
- Consult with rehabilitation team members to select activity programs consistent with client needs and capabilities.
- Instruct clients in skills and techniques needed to participate in activities; evaluate progress, attitudes, and behavior in relation to rehabilitative potential.
- Adapt programs to individual client needs.
- Attend and contribute to client-care, staffing, and other related meetings.
- Conduct training programs and participate in training medical, nursing, and other personnel in occupational therapy techniques and objectives.
- Requisition supplies and equipment; clean and maintain equipment and identify and report repair needs.
- Supervise supportive personnel in accordance with state and professional standards.
- Ensure residents and families receive high-quality, compassionate service that recognizes their needs and rights.
