**Job Title:** Occupational Therapist (OT)
**Job Specialty:** Long Term Care (LTC)
**Job Duration:** 13 weeks
**Shift:** 8-hour day shifts
**Guaranteed Hours:** Not specified
**Experience:** Minimum of 1 year of Occupational Therapy Assistant experience required
**License:** COTA license required
**Certifications:** Not specified
**Must-Have:** LTC or Rehab Experience
**Job Description:**
- Effectively screen and evaluate patients with cognitive and/or ADL physical functioning disorders.
- Develop appropriate plans of care following all regulatory and clinical practice standards.
- Utilize standardized assessments and evidence-based practice to support clinical interventions.
- Provide rehabilitative, skilled, and medically necessary treatment interventions as per regulatory and clinical practice requirements.
- Administer procedures as part of the rehabilitation plan, including but not limited to ADL retraining, therapeutic activities, therapeutic exercises, modalities, and the use of supportive and assistive devices.
- Assess patients' progress and adjust treatments accordingly, documenting changes in the clinical record per regulatory and clinical practice requirements.
- Evaluate treatment outcomes for effectiveness, modifying services and making referrals based on outcomes.
- Provide consultation and counseling to patients, families, caregivers, and other service providers related to physical disorders.
- Effectively communicate with supervisors and health team members regarding patient progress, barriers, and treatment plans.
- Provide comprehensive discharge summaries of services provided per regulatory and clinical requirements.
- Document all regulatory and clinically required information in the electronic documentation system, maintaining patient records according to company policy.
- Accurately record treatment minutes for services provided per all regulatory and clinical requirements.
- Participate in required meetings, including patient care conferences, utilization review meetings, and rehabilitation meetings.
- Engage in facility and company-required trainings, in-services, and conferences.
- Obtain any necessary durable medical equipment or supplies per regulatory and clinical practice requirements.
- Supervise and support occupational therapist assistants, rehabilitation aides, and/or students.
- Adhere to required practice acts, code of conduct, and ethics during professional practice as an Occupational Therapist.