Employment Opportunites

Pediatric Occupational Therapist
(2 positions available)
Full Time - Experienced Preferred
Occupational Therapist Preferred Education: Masters

Job Description :

Pediatric occupational therapists at Abilities provide rehabilitative services to children with mental, emotional, physical, or developmental impairments.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Implements and administers therapy programs to restore and enhance performance using selected activities and special equipment
• Performs evaluations to determine the client's functioning level
• Develops individualized intervention plans
• Selects and implements therapeutic interventions to enhance client performance in developmental areas, based on the intervention plan
• Modifies the environment as needed, based on the intervention plan
• Monitors client's progress through observation and consultation with other professionals to determine the effect of intervention and need for continuation, modification, or termination of services
• Reviews outcomes and modifies intervention programs
• Documents occupational therapy intervention services and maintains administrative records in accordance with state guidelines, clinic policy, and reimbursement standards
• Participates in multi-disciplinary team meetings to communicate client progress
• Maintains inventory of therapeutic equipment and projects for budget planning
• Maintains, organizes, and prioritizes workload and treatment environments including inventories
• Uses professional literature to make informed practice decisions
• Uses good time management skills
• Develops constructive and cooperative working relationship with supervisor and other staff, and maintains those relationships over time

• Knowledge of occupational therapy theories, models of practice, principles, and evidence based practice
• Preferred knowledge in Sensory Integration theory and practices
• Knowledge of human development throughout the life span, specifically 0-21 years
• Ability to articulate the role of the occupational therapy in the evaluation, intervention planning, and intervention process
• Ability to analyze tasks relative to areas of occupation, performance skills, activity demands, contexts, and client factors to implement the intervention plan
• Ability to recognize occupational performance deficits in the areas of personal care, client role/interactive skills, processing skills, play, community integration/work, and written communication
• Ability to articulate the influence of socio-cultural, socioeconomic and diversity factors on student occupational performance
• General knowledge of the federal, state, local legislation, regulations, policies, and procedures that mandate and affect private pediatric occupational therapy services
• Skill in gathering screening and evaluation data, completing checklists, histories, and interviews
• Ability to select, adapt, and sequence relevant occupations and purposeful activities that support intervention goals
• Skill in effective oral and written communication
• Ability to maintain safe environments, equipment, and materials
• Ability to prepare and maintain accurate records and progress notes
• Willingness to be educated and trained for specific program implementation
• Initiative, strong work ethic, and the ability to positively interact and collaborate in a team environment

• Successful completion and graduation from an accredited Occupational Therapy program recognized by NBCOT and completion of all fieldwork requirements
• One year of experience as an occupational therapy in pediatrics or field experience in pediatric setting
• Experience working with children , preferably children with special needs Special Requirements
• Initial certification as an occupational therapist by the National Board for Certification of Occupational Therapy (NBCOT)
• Current Louisiana license as a certified occupational therapist by the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners

ALL APPLICANTS MUST SEND RESUME
MAIL OR FAX (225-292-4142)

Abilities offers:
Competitive salaries and benefits, flex hours for some positions, professional growth through continuing education, excellent working conditions

Please send resume to:
Abilities
18268 Petroleum Drive
Baton Rouge, LA 70809

or fax: 225.292.4142
Phone: 225.292.4138

email: abilities.info@abilitiesinfo.com