What are the responsibilities and job description for the Occupational Therapist position at Wayne County NY?
**This position will be filled provisionally pending a Civil Service Training & Experience exam (entails submitting an application and being rated per civil service guidelines).
Minimum Qualifications:
- Licensed by the New York State Education Department as an Occupational Therapist.
Typical Work Activities:
- Performs occupational therapy procedures upon the written prescription or referral from a physician, utilizing an exercise or creative activity designed and/or adapted to correct or remedy any disability;
- Evaluates the degree of function and disability of patients or students unless contra-indicated by professional judgment or a physician’s admission notes;
- Develops a treatment plan based upon his findings, short- and long-term rehabilitation goals and in accordance with the physician’s diagnosis, prescription or referral;
- Records all evaluations, re-evaluations, progress notes, consultations and discharge summaries;
- Participates in the selection of personnel in the occupational therapy service, assigns their duties and provides supervision;
- Fabricates and applies hand splints, trains patients in the use of adaptive assistive devices and/or self-help techniques to achieve maximum independence;
- Participates with other personnel in the formulation of patients’ total care plans;
- Confers periodically with physicians regarding all facets of patient care and related activities;
- Develops or assists in the development of occupational therapy policies and procedures;
- Assists in the development of and instructs in the in-service education program;
- Maintains program records including but not limited to the service budget, statistical reports of the frequency and types of treatment and number of patients or students treated.
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Per diem
Pay: $40.00 - $46.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
Salary : $40 - $46