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About the Role
As an Occupational Therapist, your strong attention to detail and excellent evaluation skills are crucial to successfully restoring or improving each patient’s optimal level of function, independence, and quality of life.
Responsibilities
- Perform a complete initial evaluation of referred patients using evaluation protocols, standardized tests, and clinical observations.
- Develop and implement treatment plans, including short- and long-term goals and methods to achieve them.
- Adjust treatment plan and goals as needed.
- Maintain complete documentation of patient evaluation, treatment, progress, and discharge status.
- Counsel and teach patients and families.
- Coordinate care plans with other involved health professionals.
- Discuss changes in treatment programs with MDs.
- Assist with the supervision and guidance of new personnel, assistants, students, and volunteers as assigned.
- Develop and conduct in-service training programs.
Requirements
- Current NYS Occupational Therapist License or limited permit as a Registered Occupational Therapist.
- Excellent communication and customer service skills.
- Compassionate, kind, and patient-focused.
- Moderate clinical roles are patient facing roles that require continual movement, including standing, walking, and lifting 20–50 lbs., along with pushing and pulling medical equipment and assisting with patient positioning.
- Employees perform frequent bending, twisting, and reaching while completing fine motor tasks in busy or confined clinical environments.
- High sensory acuity is essential for monitoring patient status and responding to alarms or safety concerns.
- Emotional and cognitive demands are substantial, involving decision-making under pressure, responding to emergencies, and maintaining sustained focus.
- Environmental exposures include infectious agents, bodily fluids, chemicals, and radiation.
- TB testing, mask-fit testing, and physical exams are common requirements.
Skills
- Excellent evaluation skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Customer service skills
- Compassionate
- Kind
- Patient-focused
Location
- Newark, NY
Work Type
- Per Diem
- Day shift
- 6-hr. shift
- 7:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
- Weekday availability
- Weekend rotation requirement of one (1) day per month
Experience Level
- Three (3) to six (6) months of previous experience preferred
Education Level
- Degree in Occupational Therapy, bachelor's, master's, or doctorate.
Salary/Compensations
- $50.00 - $50.00
About the Company
- Rochester General Health System is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer.
- Rochester Regional Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Equal Opportunity
- Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, predisposing genetic characteristics, marital or familial status, military or veteran status, citizenship or immigration status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.