Occupational Therapist FT, PT or PRN

River City Nursing & Rehab Center•Jacksonville, FL

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The 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 providing consultation in areas such as environmental design, adaptive equipment, and proper positioning of patients to prevent contractures and splinting. The therapist will administer and write evaluations, maintain accurate patient records, and design and administer treatment programs to increase patients' levels of functioning. This includes using therapeutic exercises and activities to improve strength, range of motion, and fine-motor coordination, as well as instructing patients in adapted techniques and the use of adaptive equipment for daily living skills. The role also involves training patients in the use of upper-extremity prosthetic devices, participating in home assessments, and providing therapy for neurological integration, sensorimotor integration, and visual perceptual-motor remediation. Additionally, the therapist will design and provide individualized therapy for adult learning-disabled patients, fabricate splints and adaptive equipment, administer treatment programs for traumatic brain-injured patients, and use activities to improve judgment, reality orientation, and organizational skills. Prevention therapy, including energy conservation, joint protection, and safety techniques for sensory loss, is also a key component, along with instructing patients' families in personal care and transfer techniques. Prevocational programs to prepare patients for work settings and activities to assess various patient skills and needs are also part of the responsibilities. The therapist will design home programs and instruct patients or families in carrying them out, and participate in patient support groups.

Requirements

Graduate of an American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) approved physical therapy program.
6 months of supervised fieldwork experience at a recognized educational institution or a training program approved by the education institution where candidate met the academic requirements.
Florida Occupational Therapist (OT) license in good standing is required.
Candidates are required to attain and maintain CPR certification within 90 days after hire.
State background check standards must be maintained as a condition of continued employment.
Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions.
Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities.
Knowledge of applicable federal, state, and local regulations.
Knowledge of therapy methods and procedures.
Oral and written communication skills.
Critical thinking and complex problem solving skills.
Customer service skills.
Must display professionalism, initiative, positive attitude, and concern for others.
Must be stress tolerant, self-motivated, cooperative, team-oriented, and dependable.
Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software.

Responsibilities

Provides consultation in areas such as environmental design, adaptive equipment, proper positioning of patients to prevent contractures and splinting.
Administers and writes evaluations of assigned patients in accordance with departmental standards and procedures.
Maintains timely and accurate patient records and reports.
Designs and administers treatment programs to increase patients' levels of functioning.
Uses therapeutic exercises and activities to improve or maintain strength, range of motion, and fine-motor coordination.
Instructs patients in adapted techniques and the use of adaptive equipment for meal preparation, home management, dressing, feeding, and other self-care skills.
Trains patients in the use of upper-extremity prosthetic devices to resume previous daily routines.
Participates in home assessments.
Provides therapy for neurological integration; administers sensor-motor integration treatment techniques and visual perceptual-motor remediation programs.
Uses activities to increase developmental levels of patients.
Designs and provides individualized therapy for adult learning-disabled patients.
Designs and fabricates splints as specified by doctors' prescriptions; designs and/or fabricates slings and adaptive equipment to meet the needs of patients and/or their families.
Administers treatment programs to traumatic brain-injured patients.
Uses activities to improve judgment skills, reality orientation, and organizational skills.
Provides prevention therapy to maintain functional skills; instructs patients in energy conservation, joint protection, safety techniques for sensory loss, and transferring and visual field deficits; instructs patients' families in personal care for patients, especially proper transfer techniques to avoid back strain.
Administers prevocational programs to prepare patients to return to or enter a work setting.
Provides activities to assess patients' organizational skills, attention spans, cognitive abilities, coordination (fine and gross-motor), and adaptive-equipment needs.
Designs home programs and instructs patients or families in carrying out such programs.
Participates in patient support groups with other team members.
Performs other duties as assigned.