Occupational Therapist

• Perform clinical assessment; identify patient needs and appropriateness of patient.
• Document, prepare/revises and completes Plan of Care, progress notes, phone orders and other clinical record documentation on an ongoing basis.
• Accept clinical assessments that are consistent with education and competence to care for patients.
• Apply concepts of infection control and standard precautions in coordinating/performing patient care activities to prevent contamination and transmission of disease.
• Assess and facilitate through direct therapeutic intervention patient’s ROM, strength, coordination, need for and use of adaptive equipment and environmental modifications, functional mobility and safety issues as related to patients ADL performance needs. Fabricate and maintain adaptive equipment and hand splints.
• Uses effective interpersonal relations and communication skills; facilitates the use of these skills by other team members to achieve desirable outcomes.
• Evaluate patient occupational performance in the areas of self-care, work, leisure and rest. Access sensory-motor neuromuscular, psycho-social and cognitive-perceptual components of occupational behavior. Access physical, social and cultural components of the patient’s occupational environment.  
• Meet mandatory continuing education requirements of the agency/licensing board. 
• Promote Agency philosophy and administrative policies to ensure the quality of care. 

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