Occupational Therapist

Overview

General Description: In collaboration with clients and treatment team, OT provides services focusing on quality of life and optimal safety and independence in the least restrictive environment, by identifying client’s strengths, limitations and personal goals through formal assessment and professional observations. Therapeutic interventions are consistent with client’s goals, needs and interests. Interventions are chosen and provided to address needs and identify least restrictive environment and level of support needed to promote positive changes to facilitate success in the community with optimal levels of safety and independence.

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General Description: In collaboration with clients and treatment team, OT provides services focusing on quality of life and optimal safety and independence in the least restrictive environment, by identifying client’s strengths, limitations and personal goals through formal assessment and professional observations. Therapeutic interventions are consistent with client’s goals, needs and interests. Interventions are chosen and provided to address needs and identify least restrictive environment and level of support needed to promote positive changes to facilitate success in the community with optimal levels of safety and independence.

Working for the State of Wyoming offers more than a paycheck. Our total compensation package includes:

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
• Paid vacation, sick leave, FMLA, and holidays
• Retirement - Pension and 457B plans that help you build a secure future
• Flexible schedules and work-life balance options
• Meaningful work that makes a difference for Wyoming communities

and MUCH MORE!  for detailed information, or you can watch this short video to learn about our benefit package!

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The city of Evanston is a small and friendly Rocky Mountain community that is a 45-minute drive from the world-famous ski slopes of Park City, Utah. There are concerts, shopping, dining, professional sporting events, and an international airport 60 minutes away in Salt Lake City. The area surrounding Evanston is excellent for recreational activities such as hiking, camping, fishing, biking, snowmobiling, and cross-country skiing.

Human Resource Contact: Brenda Hales / brenda.hales /

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: The listed functions are illustrative only and are not intended to describe every function that may be performed in the job level.

• Acts as an active member of an interdisciplinary team for a caseload of clients.
• Provides evaluation, develops treatment plans, provides intervention and recommendations for functional performance in daily living skills, work, leisure, social participation, motor skills, etc.
• Develops individual therapy programs for clients after assessing the client's ability to perform daily tasks.
• Plans and directs activities for physical, psychological and social needs based on the analysis of the assessment.
• Develops short and long-term goals that are measurable, behavioral and functional.
• Documents progress in the patient s chart and makes changes to the plan as appropriate.
• Administers manual exercises to ambulatory or non-ambulatory clients to maintain and improve physical capabilities.
• Attends daily meetings and provides consultation to treatment teams by educating non-occupational therapy staff in activities that support the established intervention plan.
• Performs administrative duties including, but not limited to, peer review programs, continuing quality improvement programs, department meetings with occupational therapy and therapeutic services, preparing for student interns, taking inventory, and ordering supplies.

Qualifications

KNOWLEDGE:

• Knowledge of Occupational Therapy practice, principles and procedures.
• Knowledge of physiology.
• Knowledge of kinesiology.
• Knowledge of developmental delays, disease processes and treatment approaches.
• Knowledge of the restorative range of motion therapy.
• Knowledge of sustained stretch, facilitation inhibition and other treatment…