Occupational Therapist

JOB PURPOSE

Johnson Venture Management Solutions is hiring an Occupational Therapist for the Brooke Army Medical Center. A great opportunity to enhance your skills and knowledge.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide full spectrum of occupational therapy services in accordance with the scope of clinical privileges granted by the MTF.
• Evaluate and treat deficits in occupational performance components that include motor, neuromusculoskeletal, 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.
• 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. The contract employees shall 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.
• The contract employee will perform, when requested, as a clinical instructor in full compliance with the guidelines established by the Texas Chapter of the American Occupational Therapy Association for the mastery and assessment of clinical skills or according to other guidelines established by the physical therapy school of the affiliating student.

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