About the Role
Rehab Without Walls is seeking a qualified Driver Rehabilitation Specialist to join our Neurorehabilitation Program. This PRN opportunity is for an experienced clinician passionate about helping individuals safely return to driving as a step toward independence and community reintegration. This role requires Driver Rehabilitation Specialist credentials and Occupational Therapy licensure.
Responsibilities
- Conduct thorough clinical and on-road driving evaluations.
- Develop individualized driving rehabilitation plans tailored to each client’s functional abilities and goals.
- Provide adaptive driving training to support safe return to driving.
- Collaborate with referring clinicians to support broader recovery and community reintegration goals.
- Perform evaluations and develop treatment plans.
- Regularly re-assess effectiveness of treatment plans, attend staffing meetings and family conferences.
- Perform discharge evaluations, make appropriate recommendations for home and community safety, and provide referral and education resources.
- Communicate patient’s needs and progress to the treatment team, physician, person receiving services and family members.
- Communicates with other disciplines to ensure collaboration, coordination of care and enhance patient outcomes.
Requirements
- Certified Driver Rehabilitation Specialist (CDRS or DRP) with demonstrated experience in comprehensive clinical driving evaluations, behind-the-wheel assessments, and adaptive driving training and recommendations.
- Occupational Therapist licensure required.
- Experience working with neurologic, orthopedic, or medically complex populations preferred.
- Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in Occupational Therapy from an accredited program.
- Current, unrestricted license as an Occupational Therapist by state in which practicing.
- Current CPR Certification.
- A minimum of one year’s work experience as an Occupational Therapist.
- Demonstrates knowledge of rehabilitation techniques related to complex neurological diagnoses preferred.
- Communicates effectively and professionally in verbal and written interactions.
- Ability to lift 50 pounds.
- Moving, lifting, or transferring of patients which may involve lifting of up to 100 pounds following safety procedures.
- Duties require fine motor skills, visual acuity, and walking/standing for extended periods.
- Additional physical requirements include: pushing/pulling, bending/stooping, reaching, kneeling, and positioning frequently at times.
- A health screen or examination may be required prior to assignment and periodically thereafter, depending on specific location policy, local and state regulations to verify employee is physically capable of performing assigned duties with or without reasonable accommodations.
Skills
- Driver Rehabilitation Specialist credentials
- Occupational Therapy licensure
- Comprehensive clinical driving evaluations
- Behind-the-wheel assessments
- Adaptive driving training and recommendations
- Functional assessment
- Cognitive-perceptual evaluation
- Adaptive strategy development
- Professional autonomy
- Flexibility
- Collaboration
- Interdisciplinary rehabilitation team
- Rehabilitation techniques related to complex neurological diagnoses
- Effective and professional communication (verbal and written)
- Fine motor skills
- Visual acuity
- Walking/standing for extended periods
- Pushing/pulling
- Bending/stooping
- Reaching
- Kneeling
- Positioning
Location
- San Francisco, CA
Work Type
- PRN
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Minimum of one year’s work experience as an Occupational Therapist
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Therapy
Salary/Compensations
- USD $70.00 - $75.00 / Hour
Benefits
- PRN Flexibility – Create your own schedule with weekday and/or weekend options.
- Professional Autonomy – Manage your caseload while supported by an established neurorehabilitation program.
- Competitive Compensation – Aligned with current rates for Certified Driver Rehabilitation Specialists.
- Professional Growth – Access to continuing education and development opportunities.
- Supportive Team Environment – Be part of an interdisciplinary, mission-driven organization.
About the Company
- Rehab Without Walls is a revolutionary neurorehabilitation program that moves individuals outside the walls of institutional settings and into their natural home and community environment through a continuum of care.
- It is designed to significantly help people who have primarily experienced a brain injury, spinal cord injury, or stroke/CVA through accident or illness regain functional capabilities.
- By providing care in the home, community, workplace, or school, Rehab Without Walls promotes greater health through the recovery process, all with industry-leading outcomes that dramatically improve functional skills and independence for patients.
- For more information, please visit www.rehabwithoutwalls.com.
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