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About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in occupational therapy required.
• Current registration with the American Occupational Therapy Association required.
• Strong supervisory and leadership skills.
• Strong customer service orientation.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software.
• Ability to use tools used to make adaptive equipment.
• Demonstrates ability to read, write, and speak English sufficient to fulfill job requirements.
• Demonstrates the ability to make independent decisions, solve practical problems that may or may not include a variety of concrete variables. This may require the ability to interpret instructions given in written, oral, diagram, or scheduled form.
• Demonstrates the ability to listen actively and evaluate social situations in an objective, consistent and fair manner.
• Functions independently with integrity, flexibility and works well with residents, personnel and support agencies.
• Complies with community policies and procedures for workplace safety including infection control procedures, emergency response and safety protocol.
• Complies with all company policies and procedures related to resident rights; abuse prevention and reporting; and resident confidentiality (HIPPA).
• Demonstrates knowledge of Employee Handbook and complies with the policies in the Handbook.

Nice To Haves

• One year of experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provides consultation in areas such as environmental design, adaptive equipment, proper positioning of patients to prevent contractures and splinting.
• Administers and writes evaluations of assigned patients in accordance with departmental standards and procedures.
• Maintains timely and accurate patient records and reports.
• Designs and administers treatment programs to increase patients' levels of functioning.
• Uses therapeutic exercises and activities to improve or maintain strength, range of motion, and fine-motor coordination.
• Instructs patients in adapted techniques and the use of adaptive equipment for meal preparation, home management, dressing, feeding, and other self-care skills.
• Trains patients in the use of upper-extremity prosthetic devices to resume previous daily routines.
• Participates in home assessments.
• Provides therapy for neurological integration; administers sensor-motor integration treatment techniques and visual perceptual-motor remediation programs.
• Uses activities to increase developmental levels of patients.
• Designs and provides individualized therapy for adult learning-disabled patients.
• Designs and fabricates splints as specified by doctors' prescriptions; designs and/or fabricates slings and adaptive equipment to meet the needs of patients and/or their families.
• Administers treatment programs to traumatic brain-injured patients.
• Uses activities to improve judgment skills, reality orientation, and organizational skills.
• Provides prevention therapy to maintain functional skills; instructs patients in energy conservation, joint protection, safety techniques for sensory loss, and transferring and visual field deficits; instructs patients' families in personal care for patients, especially proper transfer techniques to avoid back strain.
• Administers prevocational programs to prepare patients to return to or enter a work setting.
• Provides activities to assess patients' organizational skills, attention spans, cognitive abilities, coordination (fine and gross-motor), and adaptive-equipment needs.
• Designs home programs and instructs patients or families in carrying out such programs.
• Participates in patient support groups with other team members.
• Demonstrates ability to read, write, and speak English sufficient to fulfill job requirements.
• Demonstrates the ability to make independent decisions, solve practical problems that may or may not include a variety of concrete variables. This may require the ability to interpret instructions given in written, oral, diagram, or scheduled form.
• Demonstrates the ability to listen actively and evaluate social situations in an objective, consistent and fair manner.
• Functions independently with integrity, flexibility and works well with residents, personnel and support agencies.
• Complies with community policies and procedures for workplace safety including infection control procedures, emergency response and safety protocol.
• Complies with all company policies and procedures related to resident rights; abuse prevention and reporting; and resident confidentiality (HIPPA).
• Demonstrates knowledge of Employee Handbook and complies with the policies in the Handbook.
• Performs other related duties as may be assigned.

Benefits

• Health, Vision, and Dental Insurance.
• 401(k) with company match
• Paid Time-Off
• Flexibility with schedules
• tuition assistance
• company sponsored training
• free meals
• referral program