**Job Title:** Occupational Therapist
**Job Specialty:** Occupational Therapy
**Job Duration:** Not specified
**Shift:** Day
**Guaranteed Hours:** Not specified
**Experience:** One year of experience preferred (New graduates welcome)
**License:** Current valid state Occupational Therapist license (or in the process of obtaining)
**Certifications:** Not specified
**Must-Have:** Bachelor's, Master's, or Doctorate degree in occupational therapy
**Job Description:**
- Provide diagnostic evaluations and treatment to patients to help them reach maximum performance within the limits of their capabilities.
- Offer consultations in areas such as environmental design, adaptive equipment, and patient positioning to prevent contractures and splinting.
- Administer and document evaluations of patients in accordance with departmental procedures.
- Design and administer treatment programs to increase patients' levels of functioning using therapeutic exercises and activities.
- Instruct patients in adapted techniques and use of adaptive equipment for daily living activities.
- Train patients in the use of upper-extremity prosthetic devices to resume daily routines.
- Participate in home assessments and provide therapy for neurological integration.
- Administer sensor-motor integration treatment techniques and visual perceptual-motor remediation programs.
- Create individualized therapy for adult learning-disabled patients and provide treatment for a variety of conditions including orthopedic, neurologic, cardiac, and balance disorders.
- Facilitate activities to improve judgment skills, reality orientation, and organizational skills.
- Provide prevention therapy to maintain functional skills and instruct patients in energy conservation, joint protection, and safety techniques.
- Educate patients' families in personal care techniques and transfer methods.
- Administer pre-vocational programs to prepare patients for work settings.
- Assess and design home programs for patients and their families to implement.
- Meet departmental dress code standards and maintain a neat and clean appearance.
- Check work email regularly and complete mandatory education in a timely manner.
- Comply with all organizational policies, maintaining confidentiality in accordance with regulations such as HIPAA.
- Participate actively in quality improvement activities within the department.