Occupational Therapist
7 days ago
Hauppauge
Job Description • Essential Duties & Responsibilities 1. The Occupational Therapist participates in the treatment of individuals through the use of physical agents; appropriate exercise, stretching or other generally accepted therapeutic practices., 2. Participates in the assessment of fine motor, perceptual motor, sensorimotor function, 3. Tests and evaluates patients' physical and mental abilities and analyzes medical date to determine realistic rehabilitation goals for patients. Determines therapeutic goals., 4. Evaluates patients' progress and prepares reports that detail progress., 5. Selects activities that will help individuals learn work and life-management skills within limits of their mental and physical capabilities., 6. Communicates therapeutic procedures to patients, parents/advocates, and staff members., 7. Recommends changes in patients' work or living environments, consistent with their needs and capabilities., 8. Consults with rehabilitation team to select activity programs and coordinates occupational therapy with other therapeutic activities., 9. Responsible for semi-annual in servicing of staff regarding occupational therapy., 10. Maintains a current record of patient's status, therapeutic interventions noted, and progress achieved., 11. Consults with equipment technicians and other adaptive equipment dealers as needed., 12. Supervises Occupational Therapist Assistants., 13. Supervises students from affiliate colleges., 14. Provides input in hiring Occupational Therapist Asisstants., 15. Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed. Complies with Agency requirements on the completion of outcome measures. Willingness to provide services in multiple sites as determined by patient/patient need. Maintain specified efficiency level as determined by supervisor., 16. Travel required as needed to perform job., 17. All other duties pertaining to this position as assigned. Mathematical Skills Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs. Reasoning Ability Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations. Computer Skills To perform this job successfully, an individual should have basic to intermediate knowledge of Microsoft office software (Outlook, Excel, Word), as well as Practice Management and Electronic Medical Record software. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; use hand to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. May come into contact with human blood or other potentially infectious materials, which may result in possible exposure to blood borne pathogens (Category 1)