Occupational Therapist - OT (Part Time)

Choice Health at Home • Colorado Springs, CO

5d

About The Position

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

Requirements

• Valid Occupational Therapy License.
• CPR certification.
• Valid driver’s license and auto insurance.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

• Perform clinical assessments, identify patient needs, and determine patient appropriateness.
• Prepare, revise, and complete plans of care, progress notes, phone orders, and other clinical documentation on an ongoing and timely basis.
• Accept clinical assignments consistent with education and competence to care for patients and clients.
• 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 issues 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 occupational performance in self-care, work, leisure, and rest; assess sensory-motor, neuromuscular, psychosocial, and cognitive-perceptual components of occupational behavior; and assess the 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.

What This Job Offers

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