Travel Occupational Therapist
Oklahoma City, OK
Integrated Healthcare Services
5x8 hrs, Days

Occupational Therapist

Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Contract Length: 13 weeks

Job Description

Under general supervision, perform professional Occupational Therapy activities including planning, evaluating, establishing, and implementing individual and group treatment activities under the direction of a physician.

Essential Responsibilities

• Interpret physician referrals and select appropriate standardized evaluation procedures.
• Evaluate patients in areas such as independent living skills, occupational performance, prevocational work adjustment, educational skills, play-leisure abilities, social skills, and various psychosocial skills.
• Interpret evaluation data and develop treatment plans with short- and long-term goals, including frequency and duration of treatment.
• Assist patients by designing and fabricating adaptive equipment and orthotic devices, and instruct on joint protection and body mechanics.
• Inform patients and families about goals and progress.
• Assist with discharge planning by ordering equipment and instructing patients on home therapy plans.
• May supervise students.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Valid Occupational Therapist license in Oklahoma.
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification issued by the American Heart Association.
• Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Therapy.
• Experience in an Acute Care setting.
• Trauma experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• None specified.

Notes

• No prior travel experience requirement indicated.