Occupational Therapist

Long Island Select Healthcare, Inc.; North Great River (NY); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Flexible scheduling

Job summary

A healthcare organization in New York seeks an Occupational Therapist to provide evaluations and rehabilitation services to patients. This role involves supervising assistant staff, assessing patient needs, and contributing to therapy goals. Required are a Bachelor's degree and certifications in Occupational Therapy. Candidates should possess strong communication skills and an ability to multitask across clinic sites. Moderate travel between different clinic sites is anticipated. Join a team focused on enhancing patients' daily living skills and improving their quality of life.

Qualifications

• Graduate of a school accredited by American Occupational Therapy Association.
• One to three years of related experience and/or training.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and provide Occupational Therapy to patients requiring rehabilitation.
• Participate in the treatment using therapeutic practices.
• Ensure proper reporting of patient progress.
• Supervise Occupational Therapist Assistants.

Skills

Language Skills

Mathematical Skills

Reasoning Ability

Computer Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Certification by the American Occupational Therapy Association

NYS License/Certification

Tools

Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, Word)

Practice Management Software

Electronic Medical Record Software

Job description

• General Purpose of the Job

  Responsible for the evaluation and overall provision of Occupational Therapy to patients who need sensorimotor rehabilitation, activities for daily living training, and range of motion to get through their day.

• Essential Duties & Responsibilities

  1. Participates in the treatment of individuals through the use of physical agents; appropriate exercise, stretching or other generally accepted therapeutic practices.
  2. Participates in the assessment of fine motor, perceptual motor, sensorimotor function.
  3. Tests and evaluates patients' physical and mental abilities and analyzes medical data to determine realistic rehabilitation goals for patients. Determines therapeutic goals.
  4. Evaluates patients' progress and prepares reports that detail progress.
  5. Selects activities that will help individuals learn work and life-management skills within limits of their mental and physical capabilities.
  6. Communicates therapeutic procedures to patients, parents/advocates, and staff members.
  7. Recommends changes in patients' work or living environments, consistent with their needs and capabilities.
  8. Consults with rehabilitation team to select activity programs and coordinates occupational therapy with other therapeutic activities.
  9. Responsible for semi-annual in servicing of staff regarding occupational therapy.
  10. Maintains a current record of patient's status, therapeutic interventions noted, and progress achieved.
  11. Consults with equipment technicians and other adaptive equipment dealers as needed.
  12. Supervises Occupational Therapist Assistants.
  13. Supervises students from affiliate colleges.
  14. Provides input in hiring Occupational Therapist Assistants.
  15. Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed. Complies with Agency requirements on the completion of outcome measures. Willingness to provide services in multiple sites as determined by patient/patient need. Maintain specified efficiency level as determined by supervisor.
  16. Travel required as needed to perform job.
  17. All other duties pertaining to this position as assigned.

• Supervisory Responsibilities

  Directly supervises Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

• Qualifications

  To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Education and/or Experience

  Bachelor's degree from four-year college or university and one to three years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Graduate of a school accredited by American Occupational Therapy Association. Certification by the American Occupational Therapy Association. NYS License/Certification.

• Necessary Skills & Abilities

  Language Skills Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers and the general public.

  Mathematical Skills Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

  Reasoning Ability Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

  Computer Skills To perform this job successfully, an individual should have basic to intermediate knowledge of Microsoft office software (Outlook, Excel, Word), as well as Practice Management and Electronic Medical Record software.

• Physical Demands

  The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; use hand to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

• Travel

  This position may require travel between clinic sites depending upon scheduling needs.

• Work Environment

  The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. May come into contact with human blood or other potentially infectious materials, which may result in possible exposure to blood borne pathogens (Category 1).