Occupational Therapist
Oklahoma City, OK
Access Healthcare
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

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Occupational Therapy.
• Licensure: Current license as an Occupational Therapist from the Oklahoma State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision.
• Certifications: Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification issued by the American Heart Association required upon hire.
• Experience: Knowledge of occupational therapy principles and practices, skill in organizing and instructing therapy activities, ability to interpret therapy prescriptions, good interpersonal and communication skills, and some computer skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• None specified.

Notes

• No prior travel experience requirement indicated.