Occupational Therapist (OT)

About This Role

An Occupational Therapist (OT) will plan and administer occupational therapy in a home and community setting to assist pediatric patients with various disabilities and delays, focusing on improving their independence.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality care and meet patient and family needs by performing evaluations and interpreting assessment results
• Develop goals appropriate for each 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 with physical, cognitive, sensory and social/emotional disabilities or delays

Qualifications

• A minimum of 1 year of experience preferred

Nice to Have

• 1 year of experience

Benefits

Certifications