Job Description
- Establish occupational therapy treatment goals through dynamic and standardized assessment tools
- Consult closely with multi-disciplinary team members to create collaborative treatment plans and integrative strategies
- Provide individual therapy sessions as well as group and/or co-treats with other disciplines as therapeutically appropriate
- Maintain patient records, documentation, and appropriate billing in accordance with federal and state regulations and company policy to ensure excellent standard of care
- Provide play based and goal-based interventions to promote sensory processing, regulation, and skill development in daily occupations
- Facilitate functional and stimulating experiences to target and achieve individualized goals
- Devise strategies and supports to help the individual more fully engage in activities of daily living
- Collaborate with the individual and family to understand their values, interests, and goals
- Implement programming that considers all aspects of the child, inclusive of, but not limited to sensorimotor, cognitive, communicative, recreational, and social activities
- Contribute to program development
- Educate patients, families, team members, and caregivers on home programs that complement treatment
- Expect to deliver at least 26 hours of direct patient care each week, excluding time for training, documentation, and administrative meetings
- In this role you are occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, climb, balance, kneel, crouch, or crawl; reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Team members must occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds.
We’d love to hear from you if:
- You possess a master’s degree in a related field.
- You have a current Occupational Therapy License in the state you will be practicing in.
- You have excellent clinical skills.
- You desire to work in a multi-disciplinary clinical setting.
- You are flexible and open to learning.
- You have an appreciation for a wide range of therapeutic approaches.
- You possess a passion for working with children.
- You are skilled at using software and systems including electronic medical record systems and Microsoft Office products.
- You preferably have knowledge of HIPAA regulations to safeguard patient information.
About Cortica:
Cortica is a leading provider of advanced neurological therapies for children with autism and other developmental differences. We offer in-home, in-clinic, and telehealth services that empower families to achieve long-lasting, transformative results.