Part-Time Occupational Therapist (OT) for Buckhannon, WV

ODYSSEY REHABILITATION•Buckhannon, WV

About The Position

The Occupational Therapist organizes and conducts occupational therapy programs for the agency to facilitate rehabilitation. The role directs client participation in selected tasks to restore, reinforce, and enhance performance, and facilitates learning skills and functions needed for adaptation and productivity to diminish or correct pathology. The Occupational Therapist evaluates clients, develops and implements treatment plans, and completes related documentation and record keeping. Treatment may address cognitive skills, muscle strength, coordination, endurance, mobility, perceptual abilities, sensory awareness, sitting and standing tolerance, balance, activities of daily living, joint protection, work simplification, orientation, and psychological functioning. The therapist designs and fits adaptive devices, including splints and orthotics, and trains clients in their use. The position selects and adapts activities to clients’ capacities and needs, instructs clients in participation techniques, and evaluates progress, attitudes, and behavior in relation to rehabilitative potential. The therapist works with the rehabilitation team, attends client-care and staffing meetings, trains medical, nursing, and other personnel, requisitions and maintains supplies and equipment, and supervises supportive personnel. The role also emphasizes compassionate, high-quality service that recognizes residents’ and families’ needs and rights.

Requirements

Must be licensed and/or eligible for licensure as required in the state of practice.
Must graduate from an occupational therapy curriculum accredited by the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy.
Must be able and willing to practice occupational therapy in accordance with state guidelines.
Good organizational and time management skills.
Good verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

Evaluate clients, develop appropriate treatment goals and methods, implement occupational therapy treatment plans, and complete related documentation and record keeping.
Apply therapeutic techniques addressing areas such as cognitive skills, strength, coordination, endurance, mobility, perception, sensory awareness, balance, activities of daily living, and psychological functioning.
Design and fit adaptive devices, including splints and orthotics, and train clients in their use.
Select activities suited to each client’s physical and mental capacity, intelligence level, and interests.
Consult with rehabilitation team members to select activity programs consistent with clients’ needs and capabilities.
Instruct clients in skills and techniques required to participate in activities and evaluate their progress, attitudes, and behavior in relation to rehabilitative potential.
Adapt programs to individual client needs.
Attend and contribute to client-care and staffing conferences and other related meetings.
Conduct training programs and participate in training medical, nursing, and other personnel in occupational therapy techniques and objectives.
Requisition supplies and equipment as necessary; clean and maintain equipment and identify and report repair needs.
Supervise supportive personnel in accordance with state and professional standards.
Ensure residents and families receive high-quality, compassionate service that recognizes their needs and rights.