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An Occupational Therapist helps patients with injuries, illnesses, and disabilities recover, improve, or develop skills needed for everyday activities. Assists people with mobility impairments to move easily around their homes; develops school and workplace settings that are accessible for individuals with physical or mental disabilities. May specialize in certain types of impairments or certain categories of patients.

$86,401 / year median in Texas

+4% projected growth

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C2 ALASKA, LLC.
Fort Sam Houston, TX The Occupational Therapist will evaluate and treat deficits in occupational performance components that include motor, neuro- musculoskeletal, cognitive, social, and psychological dysfunction. Treatment includes individual and group-based purposeful activity, exercise, physical agent modalities, fabrication and training in the use of temporary functional orthotics, splints and adaptive devices, counseling, and education. Responsibilities Provide assessment, education, and training in the areas of health promotion and disease/injury prevention, to include prevention of psychological dysfunction and stress management Administer and interpret occupational therapy assessment and evaluation tools. Interpret evaluation findings to develop and coordinate intervention plans, including goals and methods to achieve stated goals. Implement the intervention plans directly or in collaboration with others. Monitor the individual s response to interventions and modify treatment plan and reevaluate as necessary Communicate and/or collaborate with the patients, family members, caregivers, interdisciplinary professionals or other individuals verbally and in writing. Provide clinical supervision to Occupational Therapy Assistants and Certified Occupational Therapy Assistants. Design treatment plans to be implemented personally by the therapist or by the occupational therapy assistants or military occupational therapy assistants. Directly oversee the plan of care by subordinate. Provide professional guidance, counseling, and evaluation and assist in directing activities and training of any assigned student. Interact effectively with patients and health professionals. Maintain a high quality standard of health care. Perform all duties with minimal supervision or guidance Consult with the section chief for their assigned area and then the Chief, Occupational Therapy, BAMC when issues cannot be resolved at the section level. Maintain proper medical records on all patients treated Prepare any additional records or description of care if and when required, on behalf of the MTF, the medical Command, The Military health System, the Department of the Army, and the Department of Defense. May be required to travel with patients on rehabilitation and community integration activities. Such trips will be conducted during the traditional duty day, with Government-owned and Government-operated vehicles. Other duties as assigned Qualifications Master's degree in occupational therapy from a program in occupational therapy accredited at the time of graduation by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE) or predecessor organization, to include an internship prescribed by the education institution Possess and maintain a valid, unrestricted license to practice medicine from one of the 50 states, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, or US Virgin Islands. Possess a Basic Life Support Certification Minimum three (3) years of experience and training emphasis in orthopedic rehabilitation or acute inpatient care within the United States; can be waived at the discretion of the Chief, Occupational Therapy Service. Minimum two (2) years of experience providing direct patient care in occupational therapy rehabilitation. Preferred Qualifications Certification in Hand Therapy (CHT) Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Ability to obtain clinical privileges to practice medicine with the applicable MTF credentials committee Experience and proficiency in outpatient orthopedic rehabilitation and hand therapy Preferred. Experience and proficiency in inpatient acute care or acute rehab setting Preferred.
Physical Demands:
(The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.) While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee may use repeated motions that include the arms, wrists, hands and/or fingers. The employee is occasionally required to walk, stand, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.