Occupational Therapist

New Solutions•Miles City, MT

47d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Occupational Therapist will provide diagnostic evaluations and treatment to assigned patients, and help patients reach maximum performance level and to use skills learned to the fullest to function in the community within the limits of their capabilities. This role involves administering comprehensive evaluations, documenting patient progress, and providing consultations on environmental design, adaptive equipment, and patient positioning. The therapist will also design and implement treatment programs to enhance patient functioning, utilizing therapeutic exercises and activities to improve strength, range of motion, and fine-motor coordination. Instruction in adapted techniques and the use of adaptive equipment for daily living activities, as well as training in prosthetic devices, will be provided. The position also includes participation in home assessments, therapy for neurological and sensorimotor integration, and remediation programs for visual perceptual-motor skills. Additionally, the therapist will design and fabricate splints, slings, and adaptive equipment, administer treatment programs for traumatic brain-injured patients, and provide prevention therapy to maintain functional skills. Family instruction on personal care and safe transfer techniques is also a key component.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in occupational therapy required.
Current registration with the American Occupational Therapy Association required.
Licensed OT within the State of Montana

Responsibilities

Provide diagnostic evaluations and treatment to assigned patients.
Help patients reach maximum performance level and to use skills learned to the fullest to function in the community within the limits of their capabilities.
Administer comprehensive evaluations and document assigned patients in accordance with departmental standards and procedures.
Provide consultation in areas such as environmental design, adaptive equipment, proper positioning of patients to prevent contractures and splinting, and to agencies such as local schools, nursing homes, home care agencies, and hospital settings.
Maintain timely and accurate patient records and reports.
Design and administer treatment programs to increase patients' levels of functioning.
Use therapeutic exercises and activities to improve or maintain strength, range of motion, and fine-motor coordination.
Instruct patients in adapted techniques and the use of adaptive equipment for meal preparation, home management, dressing, feeding, and other self-care skills.
Train patients in the use of upper-extremity prosthetic devices to resume previous daily routines.
Participate in home assessments.
Provide therapy for neurological integration; administer sensorimotor integration treatment techniques and visual perceptual-motor remediation programs.
Use activities to increase developmental levels of patients.
Design and provide individualized therapy for adult learning-disabled patients.
Design and fabricate splints as specified by doctors' prescriptions; design and/or fabricate slings and adaptive equipment to meet the needs of patients and/or their families.
Administer treatment programs to traumatic brain-injured patients.
Use activities to improve judgment skills, reality orientation, and organizational skills.
Provide prevention therapy to maintain functional skills.
Instruct patients in energy conservation, joint protection, safety techniques for sensory loss, and transferring and visual field deficits.
Instruct patients' families in personal care for patients, especially proper transfer techniques to avoid back strain.