Occupational Therapist - PRN

Occupational Therapist

Hourly Wage - $49.55 - $65

Purpose Statement: Treat patients who are recovering from injury, illness, or disability through the therapeutic use of everyday activities.

Essential Functions:

• Help patients develop, recover and improve the skills needed for daily living and working.
• Review patient medical history, ask questions and observe patient's completing tasks to evaluate condition and needs.
• Develop a treatment plan for patients, identify specific goals and types of activities that will be used to help the patient work toward set goals.
• Help people with various disabilities with different tasks, demonstrate exercises, evaluate a patient's home or workplace and identify potential improvements.
• Educate a patient's family and employer about how to accommodate and care for the patient. Recommend special equipment, such as wheelchairs and eating aids and instruct patients on how to use that equipment.
• Assess and record patient activities and progress for patient evaluations, for billing and for reporting to physicians and other healthcare providers.
• May work with children in educational settings, evaluating disabled children's abilities, modify classroom equipment to accommodate children with certain disabilities and help children participate in school activities.
• May work with patients who suffer from developmental disabilities, mental illness or emotional problems.
• May teach these patients skills such as managing time, budgeting, using public transportation and doing household chores in order to help them cope with and engage in daily life activities.
• May work with individuals who have problems with drug use, alcoholism, depression or other disorders.

Other Functions: Perform other functions and tasks as assigned.

Education/Experience/Skill Requirements:

• Master's degree from an accredited college or university in Occupational Therapy required.
• One or more years' experience working with population of the facility required.

Licenses/Designations/Certifications:

• Current active professional license or eligible for endorsement by the state in which the facility provides services.
• CPR and de-escalation/restraint certification required (training available upon hire and offered by facility).
• First aid may be required based on state or facility.