Occupational Therapist

About This Role

Implement treatment programs for pediatric patients with physical, cognitive, sensory, and social/emotional disabilities by providing occupational therapy in home and community settings. Assist patients in improving their level of independence through skilled interventions and empower caregivers with therapeutic activities.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality care and meet the needs of the patient and family by performing evaluations and interpreting assessment results.
• Develop goals appropriate for the child and create and implement occupational therapy treatment plans in conjunction with the physician.
• Assist pediatric and young adult patients in the areas of physical, neurological, cognitive, sensory, feeding, ADL’s, and social/emotional development.
• Improve patients' level of independence by implementing skilled interventions to maximize the potential of each individual child.
• Participate in educating, coaching, and empowering caregivers and families to develop skills to carry over therapeutic activities into the child's daily routine.
• Coordinate with referral partners to provide services for children in accordance with the physician order.
• Assure continuation of therapeutic plan following discharge by designing and instructing patients, families, and caregivers in home exercise programs.
• Document patient care services and care coordination in an intuitive electronic medical record system.
• Maintain patient confidence by keeping information confidential.

Requirements

• State Occupational Therapist license
• Current CPR certification
• Ability to implement treatment programs for pediatric patients
• Experience with physical, cognitive, sensory, and social/emotional disabilities/delays

Qualifications

• Minimum of 1 year of experience preferred

Nice to Have

• At least 1 year of experience

Benefits

Certifications