Occupational Therapist (OT)

Choice Rehab • Aurora, CO

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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. The Occupational Therapist evaluates occupational roles and performance for patients with physical, psychosocial, and/or cognitive impairments, provides interventions for deficits, elicits responses, and participates in coordinating care.

The position conducts clinical assessments, identifies patient needs and appropriateness for care, and maintains timely clinical records, including plans of care, progress notes, and phone orders. The Occupational Therapist participates in interdisciplinary care planning, applies infection-control and standard precautions, and provides therapeutic interventions related to range of motion, strength, coordination, adaptive equipment, environmental modifications, mobility, safety, and activities of daily living. The role also evaluates occupational performance in self-care, work, leisure, and rest, and assesses sensory-motor, neuromuscular, psychosocial, cognitive-perceptual, and environmental factors. The Occupational Therapist promotes the Agency's philosophy and policies and meets continuing-education requirements.

Requirements

• Valid Occupational Therapy License.
• 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 preferred.
• HomeCare HomeBase experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Perform clinical assessments, identify patient needs, and determine appropriateness for care.
• Document, prepare, revise, and complete plans of care, progress notes, phone orders, and other clinical records accurately and promptly.
• 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 to prevent contamination and disease transmission.
• Assess and facilitate, through direct therapeutic intervention, range of motion, strength, coordination, adaptive-equipment needs and use, environmental modifications, functional mobility, and safety related to activities of daily living.
• Fabricate and maintain adaptive equipment and hand splints.
• Use effective interpersonal and communication skills and facilitate their use by other team members to achieve desirable outcomes.
• Evaluate patient 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 the Agency's and licensing board's mandatory continuing-education requirements.
• Promote the Agency philosophy and administrative policies to ensure quality of care.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k); eligible after three months of service, immediately 100% vested, with Choice Health At Home contributing 100% of the first 3% contributed each pay period.
• Health Savings Account.
• Life insurance.
• Short- and long-term disability insurance.
• Paid time off and paid holidays.
• Company vehicle may be available after 90 days of full-time employment, subject to availability and the Fleet Car team's terms and conditions.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed