Full-Time - OT -Occupational Therapist

Essential Responsibilities

• Provides direct and consultative occupational therapy services, including assessments and treatments, in accordance with regulations, standards, and guidelines defined by the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) Code of Ethical Practice, National Board Certification of Occupational Therapists (NBCOT), Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA), Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDD), the Individual Program Plan (IPP), and established Bancroft policies and procedures.
• Counsels and educates persons served and staff members to enhance the individual potential for learning and to meet the specific rehabilitation needs of persons served.
• Determines the need for therapeutic intervention for each person served; Reviews individual records, administers standardized testing, performs formal and informal testing, conducts specialized screenings, interprets assessment results, and provides recommendations for service delivery.
• Develops and modifies treatment plans based upon the individual’s abilities.
• As requested by team members, provides reassessment of persons served, focusing on targeted areas of need at established intervals.
• Plans and develops goals specific to physical therapy and treatment services that are achievable, functional, measurable, and will be effectively utilized in each individual’s rehabilitation program.
• Provides direct and consultative treatment services in occupational therapy to persons served.
• Effectively utilizes available information regarding therapy and treatment for each person served.
• Provides assistance in the development of occupational therapy and treatment-specific goals and objectives.
• Aids program management in the design of functional strategies and the need for adaptive equipment that enhances learning and creates an environment best suited to individual profile and needs.
• Provides individual, group, and integrated direct treatment, therapy, and/or special rehabilitation skills to persons served.
• Prompts and/or assists each person in the achievement of goals while actively encouraging the independence and competency of each person within his/her ability limit.
• Plans and schedules frequency and duration of sessions in accordance with individual needs.
• Provides suggestions regarding the utilization of techniques and/or materials to support and enhance functional abilities.
• Recommends appropriate adaptive equipment to facilitate optimal functioning, provides recommends environmental accommodations to support functioning and facilitate the carryover of therapeutic goals.
• Demonstrates and instructs persons served and staff in the proper use of functional and adaptive equipment, devices, and occupational therapy strategies and techniques to further the fine motor, sensory, neuromuscular, visual motor/perceptual, and self-care skills of persons served; e.g., computer use, positioning and feeding equipment, handwriting strategies, manual therapy techniques, etc.
• Utilizes a system of documentation that is professional, efficient, accountable, and conforms to federal, state and other applicable policies and procedures; develops and maintains progress reports, session notes, treatment summary reports, etc., as required by the IPP.
• Provides training on a variety of topics and specific to occupational therapy to persons served and staff members regarding the implementation and monitoring of treatment plans, etc.

Qualifications

• Masters degree in Occupational Therapy required with Registration by the National Board of Occupational Therapy and current licensing by the State of New Jersey.
• Minimum of one year of work experience in occupational therapy preferred, working with neurologically-impaired individuals.