Occupational Therapist

Occupational Therapist# Occupational Therapist## Description| || --- || JOB SUMMARY || As an Occupational Therapist at Hemphill County Hospital District (HCHD), you will provide comprehensive evaluations, develop personalized treatment plans, and deliver therapeutic interventions to help patients maximize their functional abilities. You will work across various settings, including outpatient clinics, hospitals, home health, assisted living, and senior living communities. In this role, you will empower patients to improve independence, mobility, and overall wellness, collaborating with a multidisciplinary team of healthcare professionals to ensure patient-centered care and optimal outcomes. || MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES || **Work Schedule:** Regular business hours: Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM. **Supervisory Responsibilities:** * Supervises certified occupational therapy assistant, therapy aide, and students in patient treatment. **Duties/Responsibilities:** * Provides consultation in areas such as environmental design, adaptive equipment, proper positioning of patients to prevent contractures and splinting, and to agencies such as local schools, nursing homes, visiting nurse associations, and general hospitals. 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. **ALL****DUTIES****AND****REQUIREMENTS****MUST****BE****PERFORMED****CONSISTENT****WITH****THE****HCHD****PERFORMANCE** **STANDARDS.** |## Qualifications| | | || --- | --- | --- || JOB REQUIREMENTS | | || Education | Minimum | High School Diploma Bachelor’s degree in occupational therapy required. Current registration with the American Occupational Therapy Association required. | || Preferred | Master’s or Doctorate degree in occupational therapy. || Work Experience | Minimum | || Preferred | One year of OT work experience as a licensed Registered Occupational Therapy preferred || Licenses & Certifications | Minimum | Maintain BLS certification as a condition of employment. Maintain Registered Occupational Therapy (OT) license as a condition of employment. || Preferred | || | | | | | | | | || --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- || Required Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities | | | Other Requirements: * Must convey a professional demeanor * Must be able to act calmly and efficiently in a busy or stressful situation * Ability to communicate effectively in the English language in person, by phone, and in writing * Adheres to all policies and procedures, including standards for safety, attendance, punctuality, and personal appearance * Must be able to establish and maintain positive working relationships with managers and peers * Excellent verbal and written communication skills. * Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail. * Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. * 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. | | | | | || AGE SPECIFIC COMPETENCY (Clinical jobs only) Identify age-specific competencies for direct and indirect patient care providers who regularly assess, manage and treat patients. | | | | | | | | || **Instructions: I**ndicate the age groups of patients served either by direct or indirect patient care by checking the appropriate boxes below. Next, | | | | | | | | || **X** | Infants (Birth – 11 months) | | | | **X** | Adolescent (13 – 19 years) | | || **X** | Toddlers (1 – 3 years) | | | | **X** | Young Adult (20 – 40 years) | | || **X** | Preschool (4 – 5 years) | | | | **X** | Middle Adult (41 – 65 years) | | || **X** | School Age (6 – 12 years) | | | | **X** | Older Adult (Over 65 years) | | || JOB FUNCTIONS Review the employee’s job description and identify each essential function that is performed differently based on the age group of the patient. | | | | | | | | || | | | | | | | | || PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS | | | | | | | | || **Indicate****the****appropriate****physical****requirements****of****this****job****in****the****course****of****a****shift.***Note:**reasonable**accommodations**may* *be made available for individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.* | | | | | | | | || **Physical****Demand****Level** | | | | **Occasional** Up to 33% of the time | | | **Frequent** 34%-66% of the time | **Constant** 67%-100% of the time || | | **Sedentary:** Ability to lift up to 10 pounds maximum and occasionally lifting and/or carrying such articles as dockets, ledgers and small tools. Although a sedentary job is defined as one, which involves sitting, a certain amount of walking and standing is often necessary in carrying out job duties. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and other sedentary criteria are met. | | **Up****to****10#** | | | **Negligible** | **Negligible** || | | **Light:** Ability to lift up to 10 pounds maximum and occasionally lifting and/or carrying such articles as dockets, ledgers and small tools. Although a sedentary job is defined as one, which involves sitting, a certain amount of walking and standing is often necessary in carrying out job duties. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and other sedentary criteria are met. | | **Up****to****20#** | | | **Up to 10#** or requires significant walking or standing, or requires pushing/pulling of arm/leg controls | **Negligible** or constant push/pull of items of negligible weight || | | **Medium:** Ability to lift up to 50 pounds maximum with frequent lifting/and or carrying objects weighing up to 25 pounds. | | **20-****50#** | | | **10-****25#** | **Negligible-****10#** || X | | **Heavy:** Ability to lift up to 100 pounds maximum with frequent lifting and/or carrying objects weighing up to 50 pounds. | | **50-****100#** | | | **25-****50#** | **10-****20#** || | | **Very Heavy:** Ability to lift over 100 pounds with frequent lifting and/or carrying objects weighing over 50 pounds. | | **Over****100#** | | | **Over****50#** | **Over****20#** || List any other physical requirements or bona fide occupational qualifications: | | | | * Duties of the OT employment position require extended periods of time standing and walking; repeated bending, stooping and reaching; pushing and pulling up to 300 lbs and carrying up to 50lbs with limited assistance; lifting up to 50 lbs and heavier, lifting in transferring or supporting patients who may suddenly become weak or helpless. Will engage in movements that involve lifting equipment used in patient care, etc. May be exposed to infectious diseases and human waste products. Ability to work professionally in stressful situations. | | | | | #J-18808-Ljbffr Hchdst