Pro Re Nata (PRN) Occupational Therapist (OT) for Buckhannon, WV

ODYSSEY REHABILITATION•Buckhannon, WV

About The Position

The Occupational Therapist organizes and conducts occupational therapy programs for the agency to facilitate rehabilitation. The role directs client participation in selected tasks to restore, reinforce, and enhance performance, and facilitates learning the skills and functions essential for adaptation and productivity in order to diminish or correct pathology. The Occupational Therapist evaluates clients, develops treatment goals and methods, implements treatment plans, and completes related documentation. Treatment may address cognitive skills, strength, coordination, endurance, mobility, perception, sensory awareness, sitting and standing tolerance, balance, activities of daily living, joint protection, work simplification, orientation, and psychological functioning. The role also designs and fits adaptive devices, including splints and orthotics, and trains clients in their use. The position collaborates with the rehabilitation team, instructs clients in activity skills and techniques, evaluates progress and rehabilitative potential, adapts programs to individual needs, and contributes to client-care conferences and other meetings. It also involves training medical, nursing, and other personnel; requisitioning and maintaining supplies and equipment; supervising supportive personnel in accordance with state and professional standards; and ensuring caring, compassionate 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 according to state guidelines.
Must possess good organizational and time-management skills.
Must have good verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

Evaluate clients, develop appropriate treatment goals and methods, implement occupational therapy treatment plans, and complete related documentation and record keeping.
Apply therapeutic techniques addressing cognitive skills, muscle 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.
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 clients' needs and capabilities.
Instruct clients in the skills and techniques required to participate in activities; evaluate their progress, attitudes, and behavior in relation to rehabilitative potential.
Adapt programs to the needs of individual clients.
Attend and contribute to client-care and staffing conferences 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 as necessary; clean and maintain equipment and identify and report repair needs.
Supervise supportive personnel in accordance with state and professional standards.
Provide caring, compassionate customer service that recognizes residents' and families' needs and rights.