Occupational Therapist – O’Berry Neuro-Medical Treatment Center

State of North Carolina

7h•Onsite

About The Position

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is one of the largest, most complex agencies in the state, and has approximately 17,000 employees. It is responsible for ensuring the health, safety, and well-being of all North Carolinians, providing human service needs for special populations including individuals who are deaf, blind, developmentally disabled, and mentally ill, and helping poor North Carolinians achieve economic independence. The position provides supervision of Occupational Therapy Assistants, Technicians and students. The position is responsible for the development, implementation and coordination of the Occupational Therapy Student Clinical Fieldwork Program. The position carries a full caseload including assessment, consultation and planning and treatment of individuals’ Occupational Therapy needs and services. O’Berry Neuro-Medical Treatment Center is a specialized skilled nursing facility focused on maintaining the quality of life and dignity for adults with neurocognitive disorders, with coexisting complex medical and behavioral needs, whose level of support extends beyond what can be provided by family or in a community living setting.

Requirements

Licensed to practice as an Occupational Therapist in the State of North Carolina.
Ability to move about campus to provide services.
Ability to work with clients on lower surfaces.
Ability to safely move and transfer clients.
Ability to evaluate patient response and progress and to present evaluative reports in case staffing and multi-disciplined team meetings.
Ability to work effectively with patients, patients' families, medical nursing, and other staff members and to deal tactfully with the public.
Ability to perform light to moderate physical exertion.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of current practice and frames of reference in occupational therapy and their application to the provision of services to individuals with developmental disabilities.
Skill in clearly expressing ideas verbally and in writing, analyzing and interpreting evaluation data, assessment/treatment tools and modalities.

Responsibilities

Provides supervision of Occupational Therapy Assistants, Technicians and students.
Responsible for the development, implementation and coordination of the Occupational Therapy Student Clinical Fieldwork Program.
Carries a full caseload including assessment, consultation and planning and treatment of individuals’ Occupational Therapy needs and services.
Provides Direct Occupational Therapy Services in the form of assessment, planning, consultation and direct treatment.
Attends annual planning conferences for individual clients as well as periodic review and planning meetings.
Monitors, modifies, and updates ongoing direct OT treatments as needed.
Serves as a role model in demonstrating and delegating effective techniques to support personnel.
Provides instruction and education to direct care staff within the individual’s group home.
Attends various meetings, serves on various committees, and serves as a resource on topics including adaptive and assistive devices and equipment, environmental modifications, eating and swallowing disorders, sensory processing issues, etc.
Performs other duties as assigned and as determined by needs of individuals served.
Provides clinical supervision of treatments provided by OT staff as required with instruction, modeling, guiding, and reviewing to ensure that appropriate and effective OT treatments are provided.
Provides on-going staff education in areas such as positioning, body mechanics, lifting and transferring, eating and swallowing and sensory processing issues.