OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST CONSULTANT (Long Island & Queens)
Location
Garden City, NY | United States
Job description
Qualifications:
- Master’s degree in Occupational Therapy required
- Minimum of two years’ experience working with and supporting people with intellectual disabilities and/or Autism
- Current Occupational Therapy license/certification for New York operation
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Working knowledge of OPWDD regulations
- Valid State driver’s license required
Responsibilities: - Perform initial and ongoing Occupational Therapy Evaluations for persons supported in accordance with OPWDD regulations
- Develop Eating/Bathing Guidelines for persons supported as determined by assessments
- Adaptive Equipment assessments and recommendations as needed
- In-service training for Life’s WORC staff as it pertains to Clinical Habilitation Plans and general occupational therapy concerns
- Develop Person Centered Annual Clinical Habilitation Plans for each person receiving indirect services
- Ongoing monitoring and documentation of person’s progress each time they are seen at the residence
- Attend clinical meetings and Annual Life Plan Meetings as requested
- Collaborate & follow through on occupational therapy recommendations from committees (i.e. HRC, IRC)
- Ensure regulatory compliance with implementation of occupational therapy services
- Maintain appropriate liability insurance coverage
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