Occupational Therapist

Position Type:
Special Services/OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST/N-CERT
Date Posted:
4/20/2023
Location:
Special Services Center
Closing Date:
open until filledJob Objectives: Plans, organizes, and conducts occupational therapy program of improving students functional fine motor skills and/or visual perceptual skills.
Minimum Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, license, certification, and/or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Skills and Abilities Required:

• Bachelor's Degree in Occupational Therapy
• Must hold valid Oklahoma license.
• Basic communication skills to exchange information, give/receive simple instructions, and respond to inquiries. Includes filling out forms.
• Read and interpret routine written or printed materials such as medical records/charts, diagrams, instructional material.
• Use specialized equipment with expertise acquired through extensive experience and/or training.

Responsibilities and Essential Functions: Applicants employed in this position must be able to perform the following tasks and functions which are fundamental to the purpose of the position.

• Assist in identification of students through screenings and the initial referral for occupational therapy services
• Perform assessment and evaluation; make recommendations for intervention and act as an IEP eligibility team member.
• Provide direct and indirect occupational therapy services.
• Document all services provided and file appropriate Medicaid claim forms on assigned date to the Special Services Center.
• Consult with classroom staff, other service providers, parents, and medical personnel regarding the therapeutic management of students.
• Provide written documentation of evaluation, assessment, recommendation, current progress and home programs.
• Provide in-service programs for school personnel regarding issues
• Included in the realm of occupational therapy (i.e. transfer techniques, body mechanics, etc.)
• Provide clinical instruction for students in occupational therapy and occupational therapy assistant programs.
• Attend workshops and continuing education courses to grow in knowledge and understanding of the disabled child in the public school setting.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Working Conditions: 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 stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit, climb, or balance. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include peripheral vision.
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing 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 occasionally works near moving mechanical parts.
The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.
EMPLOYMENT TYPE: FULL-TIME, PERMANENT