Occupational Therapist (OT)
Lighthouse Therapy Graham, TX, USA
- Location: Graham, TX, USA
- Categories: Public Health, Other
- Job Type: Full Time
- Posted: Apr 16, 2025
Job Description:
Occupational Therapist (OT)
Description
Provide care to clients (children and adults). Plans, implements, and evaluates client care plans to restore or maintain patient well-being. Evaluates occupational roles and performance of clients with impairments.
Supports the mission of Lighthouse Therapy:
- Improving lives by enhancing abilities and communication in children and adults while having fun!
- Provides treatment for children and adults with a variety of diagnoses
- Communicates effectively with parents and collaborates with team members
- Strives to be educated and knowledgeable on latest diagnoses/treatments
- Completes timely progress notes, re-assessments, and annual assessments
- Tracks productivity to sustain targets
Essential Functions:
1. Perform clinical assessments; identifies patient needs and appropriateness of client.
2. Document, prepare/revises and completes a Plan of Care (POC), progress notes, phone orders, and other clinical record documentation on an ongoing basis.
3. Apply concepts of infection control and universal precaution in coordination/performing client cares activities to protect both client and staff (OSHA).
4. Assess and facilitate through direct therapeutic intervention client’s ROM, strength, coordination needs for and use of adaptive equipment and
environmental modifications, functional mobility and safety issues as related to client’s ADL performance needs.
5. Provides effective communication to clients, their families, team members, and other health care professional, and regular participation in Case Conference/Team Meetings. Facilitates the use of these skills by other team members to achieve desirable outcomes.
6. Evaluate client occupational performance in the areas of self-care, work, leisure, and rest. Assess sensory-motor neuromuscular, psycho-social, and cognitive-perceptual components of occupational behavior.
7. Monitors assigned cases to ensure compliance with requirements of third-party payers.
8. Completes appropriate documentation in a timely manner to assure compliance with company policy.
9. Demonstrates commitment and professional growth by participating in in-service programs and maintaining/improving competency.
10.Meet mandatory continuing education requirements of the Agency/licensing board.
This description is a general statement of required essential functions performed on a regular and continuous basis. It does not exclude other duties as assigned.