What are the responsibilities and job description for the Occupational Therapist position at Lawrenceville Health & Rehabilitation?
Opportunity for an in-house Occupational Therapist to join the rehab department.
Responsibilities
Responsibilities
- Address client’s aspects of performance to support engagement in occupations that affect health, well-being and life quality
- Select and adapt the appropriate per case occupational therapy treatment model, method and approach to direct the process of interventions
- Apply interventions to maximize safety and performance in activities of daily living (ADL) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADL)
- Teach new ways of approaching tasks and education on how to break down activities into achievable components
- Assess home and other environments and advice on alterations consistent with their needs and capabilities as needed
- Recommend adaptive equipment and train in its use
- Complies with federal, state, and local legal and professional requirements
- Guide and educate family members and caregivers
- Observe, note, and report on progress of long and short term treatment goals
- Perform daily documentation and billing
- Proven working experience as an Occupational Therapist
- Excellent knowledge of principles and practices of occupational therapy
- Hands-on experience with computer programs
- Familiarity with ADLs evaluation tools
- Ability to manage patients with different types of personalities
- Professional behavior
- Excellent interpersonal communication skills
- Valid license to practice occupational therapy
- Rare in-house opportunity
- Practice in an environment built on integrity and progressive, ethical care.
- Clinical expertise, training and mentoring available.
- Comprehensive benefit package
- Electronic documentation system
- Work collaboratively with a supportive team of therapists and nursing staff