Occupational Therapist - Posted to Create Pool

Occupational Therapist

Administer therapy and assists in the planning and implementation of therapy programs.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary job functions herein described. Since every duty associated with this position may not be described herein, employees may be required to perform duties not specifically spelled out in the job description, but which may be reasonably considered to be incidental in the performing of their duties just as though they were actually written out in this job description.

Job Number Title: Occupational Therapist

Pay Schedule: TEAC

FLSA Status: Exempt

Reports to: Supervisor of Special Education

Essential Job Functions

• Performs formal evaluations for students referred by the Individual Education Plan (IEP) team for evaluation of perceptual motor and/or self-help skills as they impact educational performance.
• Writes goals and objectives for perceptual motor and self-help skills.
• Develop and implement individual treatment plans, specifying type, frequency, intensity, and duration of therapy.
• Serves as a member of the IEP team for identified students and attends IEP meetings as required.
• Provides consulting services to students, families and staff, as needed.
• Coordinates the program of service delivery with others as appropriate.
• Coordinates scheduling with parents and team members for treatment sessions and meetings.
• Gathers and inputs data into MD Online IFSP program and MOIEP programs.
• Writing occupational therapy evaluations, reevaluations, discharges, progress reports, interims, daily notes, and occupational therapy assistant supervision notes.
• Maintains special education department policies and procedures as established by the Code of Federal Regulations, Code of Maryland Regulations, and local school system policy.
• Maintains inventory and proper care of equipment used for program support including modification of existing equipment or fabrication of necessary equipment.
• Completes all required paperwork for program support.
• Provides the required monthly clinical supervision to COTAs.
• Provides supervision for occupational therapy assistant. Attends all Individualized Education Plan Meetings for students.
• Orders needed supplies for occupational therapy treatment and testing.
• Travels between work sites.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Occupational Therapy from an accredited institution.
• Possess national certification from the National Certification Board of Occupational Therapy (NBCOT).
• Eligible for a current license issued by the Maryland State Board of Occupational Therapy Practice. (Temporary licensure is acceptable pending outcome of exam results.)
• CPR, First Aid, and AED certified for infants, children, and adults.
• Valid Driver's License.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Skill with human relations and customer service.
• Ability to demonstrate outstanding human relations and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to work with persons from diverse backgrounds.
• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing.
• Ability to operate small office equipment, including copy machines or multi-line telephone systems.
• Ability to operate computers for data entry, word processing and/or accounting purposes.
• Ability to operate and repair small/light equipment, such as power tools.

Physical Demands

Medium Work: Exerting moderate but not constant physical effort to perform medium work, typically involving some combination of balancing, climbing, crawling, crouching, feeling, fingering, grasping, handling, hearing, kneeling, lifting, mental acuity, pulling, pushing, reaching, repetitive motion, speaking, standing, stooping, talking, visual acuity, walking and may involve some lifting, carrying, pushing and/or pulling of heavy objects and material (up to 75 pounds occasionally, up to 50 pounds frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly), visual perception and discrimination, the ability to perceive and discriminate sounds, perceive and discriminate color, perceive odors, and require oral communications.

Working Conditions

Employees in this position work in a safe and secure work environment that may periodically have unpredicted requirements or demands.

Benefits

• Leave Sick and Personal (all employees); Vacation (12-month employees)
• Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance (Single and Family), Life Insurance; these are available to those employees with a minimum 0.6 FTE position
• Tuition Reimbursement
• MD State Pension, 403(b), credit union membership
• CCEA 10-month salary table

Carroll County Public Schools has the right to revise this position description at any time, and ensuing acknowledgement of understanding does not represent in any way a contract of employment.

Notice of Non-Discrimination

The Board of Education of Carroll County does not engage in discrimination

that is unlawful or contrary to Maryland State Department of Education

guidance on the basis of age, color, genetic information, marital status,

mental or physical disability, ancestry or national origin, race, religion, sex,

sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.

The Board of Education of Carroll County is firmly committed to creating

equal employment and educational opportunities for all persons by providing

an environment that supports optimal academic achievement and productive

work and is free from any form of unlawful discrimination, including access to

school facilities, educational programs, and extracurricular activities.

The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the

non-discrimination policies: Director of Human Resources, 125 North Court

Street, Westminster, Maryland 21157, View phone number on click.appcast.io.