Certified Occupational Therapist

Overview

As a Certified Occupational Therapist, you’ll assess clients’ needs and help them build skills for daily life, learning, and recovery. You’ll develop individualized care plans and deliver occupational therapy across settings such as clinics, schools, hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, and clients’ homes.

Your impact

By helping clients participate more safely and independently in daily activities, you support their well-being and help families, educators, and care teams coordinate effective care.

Duties

• Conduct occupational therapy assessments and develop, implement, and update treatment plans and therapy programs.
• Provide patient care, including assistance with activities of daily living (ADLs), physical rehabilitation, and pediatric occupational therapy.
• Support individuals with disabilities, autism spectrum disorders, and other neurodevelopmental disorders; collaborate with students, families, and school teams, including those serving students with special education needs.
• Coordinate case management and discharge planning; communicate with clients and collaborate with interprofessional teams, including speech therapy providers.
• Maintain accurate medical and clinical documentation in electronic health records (EHR), using medical terminology and following evidence-based practice.

Experience

• Required: Current occupational therapy certification and applicable authorization to practice; knowledge of anatomy and physiology.
• Preferred: Experience in acute care, intensive care units (ICUs), inpatient, post-acute care, skilled nursing facilities, home health, outpatient clinics, schools, early intervention, occupational health, geriatrics, or pediatrics.
• Experience working with individuals with autism, disabilities, or neurodevelopmental disorders, and with students with disabilities, is valued.
• Familiarity with care plans, treatment plan development, clinical documentation, and EHR management is an asset.

Pay: $75.00 per day

Work Location: In person