Responsible for the occupational therapy of patients under the direction and supervision of the Director of Rehabilitation Services or designee.
Essential Functions:
- Evaluates patients, interprets evaluation findings to determine the nature and extent of dysfunction.
- Establishes treatment goals and plans treatment to achieve established goals.
- Initiates discharge planning for occupational therapy.
- Implements the treatment program through direct treatment of the patient.
- May delegate a portion of the treatment program to the appropriate supportive personnel.
- Coordinates the treatment program with other health care personnel as appropriate.
- Provides advice and education to patient and family.
- Regularly assesses clinical signs and symptoms to determine effectiveness of treatment, progress of patient towards goals, the need for modifying goals and treatment.
- Discharges patient from occupational therapy when the patient has received maximum benefit from occupational therapy.
- Provides accurate, timely documentation of occupational therapy patient management.
- Demonstrates progress toward meeting the criteria for professional practice.
Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications:
- Graduate of an accredited occupational therapy curriculum with a bachelor's or master's degree with certification in occupational therapy or foreign-trained equivalent.
- License to practice occupational therapy by the State of California.
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.
-BLS required.
- Must have a Nat'l Provider Identifier (NPI), or obtain an NPI, prior to employment start date
Preferred Qualifications:
- AHA BLS for HealthCare Providers American Heart Association
- Neurological and acute care experience preferred
External hires must pass a background check/drug screen.
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