About The Position
Evaluates and treats patients who have difficulty performing daily tasks due to physical, emotional, cognitive, and/or psychosocial conditions. Provides coordinated patient care through assessment, expected outcomes, rehabilitation interventions, and evaluation as part of an interdisciplinary team. Evaluates patient needs and develops and implements treatment programs to identify, prevent, and minimize physical disabilities and/or pain. Documents treatments and submits accurate charges through the patient’s electronic medical record billing system. The position includes oversight of certified occupational therapy assistants (COTAs), students, and volunteers, and participation in educating staff, students, patients, and family members. Where specialty accreditation applies, the therapist completes required annual education. The role is part time, scheduled for 24 hours per week, with a weekend shift, at Berkeley Medical Center in Martinsburg, West Virginia.
Requirements
- Current or temporary occupational therapist licensure in the applicable state where services are performed. For West Virginia, this means an Occupational Therapist License or Occupational Therapist Limited Permit through the West Virginia Board of Occupational Therapy.
- Obtain Basic Life Support certification within 30 days of hire.
- Ability to organize and prioritize time and tasks, coordinate work efforts, meet work schedules, and integrate multiple factors affecting patient care.
- Ability to meet the physical demands of the role, including lifting, moving, stooping, reaching, standing, walking, and carrying materials and equipment weighing 40 pounds or more.
- Vision abilities required include close, distance, color, peripheral, and depth vision, and the ability to adjust focus.
Nice To Haves
- One year of occupational therapist experience.
Responsibilities
- Provide coordinated and comprehensive patient care, including assessment, expected outcomes, rehabilitation interventions, and evaluation within an interdisciplinary team.
- Evaluate patient needs and develop and implement treatment programs to identify, prevent, and minimize physical disabilities and/or pain.
- Set or revise priorities for direct and indirect patient-care activities based on patient needs and available resources; collaborate with nursing on safe patient-handling algorithms as appropriate.
- Document treatments according to department policies and procedures, with supervision and review as specified.
- Submit accurate charges for services rendered using the billing system via the patient’s electronic medical record.
- Oversee the supervision of COTAs, students, and volunteers.
- Participate in education and training for staff, students, patients, and family members.
- Complete annual education related to specialty accreditation requirements when applicable.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
