Occupational Therapist

Jeter Therapy Group

$68K — $104K *
Healthcare
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Master's degree in Occupational Therapy preferred
  • 1+ year of relevant Occupational Therapy experience preferred
  • Occupational Therapy License preferred
  • Strong communication skills for team collaboration
  • Ability to develop personalized treatment plans

Responsibilities

  • Review patients' medical histories and assess their conditions
  • Evaluate patients' functional abilities
  • Collaborate with multidisciplinary care teams
  • Create tailored treatment plans with specific goals
  • Guide patients through therapeutic tasks to achieve their goals
  • Demonstrate daily living exercises for patients
  • Educate families on patient care and accommodations
  • Recommend adaptive equipment to enhance daily living

Benefits

  • Continuing education credits
  • Dental insurance
  • Flexible schedule
  • Health insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Vision insurance
Full Job Description
About the Job

You will evaluate and treat patients with a variety of disorders.

Responsibilities Include:

  • Review patients' medical history and assess their condition and needs
  • Evaluate patients' abilities
  • Confer with physicians, patients and their families, nurses, therapists, social workers, and other members of a patient's care team
  • Develop a treatment plan for patients with specific goals and tasks
  • Guide patients to perform tasks to meet their goals
  • Demonstrate exercises that can help patients better perform everyday tasks
  • Educate a patient's family about how to help care for and accommodate them
  • Recommend and teach patients how to use adaptive equipment that will help them with daily living, such as wheelchairs and eating aids
  • Assess patients' progress against goals and prepare reports for healthcare providers and insurance agencies


Work Remotely:

  • No


Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, PRN, Contract

Salary: $33.00 - $50.00 per hour

Benefits:

  • Continuing education credits
  • Dental Insurance
  • Flexible schedule
  • Health insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Vision insurance


Medical specialties:

  • Geriatrics
  • Home Health
  • Neurology
  • Pediatrics
  • Physical & Rehabilitation Medicine


Role characteristics:

  • Adolescents
  • Adults
  • Children
  • Infants
  • Older adults


Schedule:

  • Monday to Friday


Work setting:

  • Outpatient


Education:

  • Master's (Preferred)


Experience:

  • Occupational Therapy: 1 year (Preferred)


License/Certification:

  • Occupational Therapy License (Preferred)


Work Location: Multiple Locations

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