Occupational Therapist - O'Berry Neuro-Medical Treatment Center

State of North Carolina•Wayne, MI

1d•$66,696 - $110,049•Onsite

About The Position

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is seeking an Occupational Therapist for the O'Berry Neuro-Medical Treatment Center. This facility is a specialized skilled nursing facility focused on maintaining the quality of life and dignity for adults with neurocognitive disorders, with coexisting complex medical and behavioral needs, whose level of support extends beyond what can be provided by family or in a community living setting. The position provides supervision of Occupational Therapy Assistants, Technicians and students. The position is responsible for the development, implementation and coordination of the Occupational Therapy Student Clinical Fieldwork Program. The position carries a full caseload including assessment, consultation and planning and treatment of individuals’ Occupational Therapy needs and services.

Requirements

Licensed to practice as an Occupational Therapist in the State of North Carolina.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of current practice and frames of reference in occupational therapy and their application to the provision of services to individuals with developmental disabilities.
Skill in clearly expressing ideas verbally and in writing, analyzing and interpreting evaluation data, assessment/treatment tools and modalities.
Ability to move about campus to provide services; ability to work with clients on lower surfaces; ability to safely move and transfer clients.
Ability to evaluate patient response and progress and to present evaluative reports in case staffing and multi-disciplined team meetings.
Ability to work effectively with patients, patients' families, medical nursing, and other staff members and to deal tactfully with the public and ability to perform light to moderate physical exertion.

Responsibilities

Direct Occupational Therapy Services are provided in the form of assessment, planning, consultation and direct treatment. This includes annual planning conferences for individual clients as well as periodic review and planning meetings. Ongoing direct OT treatments are monitored, modified and updated as needed.
The therapist is a role model in demonstrating and delegating effective techniques to support personnel and instruction and education are provided to direct care staff within the individual’s group home.
Occupational Therapist is required to attend various meetings, serve on various committees and serve as a resource on topics including adaptive and assistive devices and equipment, environmental modifications, eating and swallowing disorders, sensory processing issues, etc. Other duties performed as assigned and as determined by needs of individuals served.
An essential part of this function is the clinical supervision of treatments provided by OT staff as required with instruction, modeling, guiding, and reviewing to ensure that appropriate and effective OT treatments are provided.
The therapist provides on-going staff education in areas such as positioning, body mechanics, lifting and transferring, eating and swallowing and sensory processing issues.