Occupational Therapist

Job Title

The duties include:

• Developing patient-centered assessment plans that guide individualized care.
• Creating individualized, measurable, and occupation-centered treatment plans using assessment findings, physician recommendations, and patient/caregiver goals.
• Monitoring patient progress and performing timely re-evaluations to modify goals and interventions, ensuring efficient and effective achievement of functional outcomes.
• Delivering occupational therapy interventions across inpatient and outpatient settings.
• Performing accurate testing and documentation of strength, range of motion, coordination, balance, endurance, gait, posture, sensory function, vital signs, and functional performance.
• Evaluating, recommending, ordering, and providing training for assistive technology, adaptive equipment, and DME, ensuring accurate coordination with VA Prosthetics Service and other procurement pathways.
• Collaborating with physicians, social workers, and the interdisciplinary team to support safe and appropriate inpatient discharge planning.
• Providing or contributing to outpatient specialty care with primary and community providers.
• Completing timely, accurate documentation of evaluations, treatment sessions, progress notes, re-evaluations, and discharge summaries.
• Participating actively in interdisciplinary collaboration by contributing to treatment team meetings, communicating progress, and ongoing needs to support coordinated patient care.
• Supporting program development through contribution to quality improvement initiatives, clinical program refinement, and outcome measurement efforts across inpatient and outpatient occupational therapy services.
• Participating in performance and quality improvement, including developing, monitoring, and evaluation for occupational therapy services, while maintaining adequate supply inventory to support patient care across settings.
• Managing daily patient scheduling to optimize clinic efficiency and access to care, ensuring smooth workflow and support for both inpatient and outpatient service delivery.

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 7:30am-4:00pm

Telework: Not Available

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Functional Statement #: 00147F

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

US Department of Veterans Affairs