Occupational Therapist - PRN

Choice Rehab • Durant, OK

2d

About The Position

The Occupational Therapist is a licensed professional who provides occupational therapy to patients and clients of all age groups. The role plans, implements, and evaluates care plans to restore or maintain patient well-being. It evaluates occupational roles and performance for patients with physical, psychosocial, and/or cognitive impairments, provides interventions for identified deficits, and participates in coordinating care.

The Occupational Therapist performs clinical assessments, determines patient needs and appropriateness for care, and maintains timely clinical documentation, including plans of care, progress notes, and phone orders. The role accepts assignments appropriate to the therapist’s education and competence, participates in interdisciplinary care planning, and applies infection-control and standard-precaution practices. Through direct therapeutic intervention, the therapist addresses range of motion, strength, coordination, adaptive equipment, environmental modifications, functional mobility, safety, and activities of daily living. The therapist also fabricates and maintains adaptive equipment and hand splints, evaluates occupational performance in self-care, work, leisure, and rest, and assesses sensory-motor, neuromuscular, psychosocial, cognitive-perceptual, and environmental factors. The role requires effective communication and interpersonal skills, completion of mandatory continuing education, and support of the Agency’s philosophy and administrative policies to promote quality care.

Requirements

• Valid Occupational Therapy License.
• One year of occupational therapy experience preferred.
• CPR certification.
• Valid driver’s license and auto insurance.
• Must be able to stand, walk, sit, climb, crawl, squat, or kneel for extended periods.
• Must be able to lift, carry, pull, or push up to 100 lbs.

Nice To Haves

• One year of occupational therapy experience.
• HomeCare HomeBase experience.

Responsibilities

• Perform clinical assessments and identify patient needs and appropriateness for care.
• Prepare, revise, and complete plans of care, progress notes, phone orders, and other clinical records on an ongoing and timely basis.
• Accept clinical assignments consistent with education and competence.
• Participate in the IDG care-planning process.
• Apply infection-control concepts and standard precautions during patient-care activities.
• Assess and facilitate, through direct therapeutic intervention, range of motion, strength, coordination, adaptive equipment use, environmental modifications, functional mobility, and safety related to activities of daily living.
• Fabricate and maintain adaptive equipment and hand splints.
• Use effective interpersonal relations and communication skills and facilitate their use by other team members.
• Evaluate occupational performance in self-care, work, leisure, and rest.
• Assess sensory-motor, neuromuscular, psychosocial, and cognitive-perceptual components of occupational behavior.
• Assess physical, social, and cultural components of the patient’s occupational environment.
• Meet mandatory continuing education requirements of the Agency and licensing board.
• Promote the Agency philosophy and administrative policies to ensure quality of care.

Benefits

• 401(k): eligible after three months of service; immediately 100% vested; Choice Health At Home contributes 100% of the first 3% contributed each pay period.

What This Job Offers

• Education Level: No Education Listed