Occupational Therapist

Job Description

Job Description

Foundations First Therapy is in search of a qualified, registered, and licensed Occupational Therapist to treat a variety of diagnoses in the pediatric population. We are looking for a quality, motivated and creative OT with pediatric experience, who enjoys working with children, to join our team. You will have a unique opportunity to be mentored by a highly experienced OT, with over 25 years of experience, in sensory processing therapy., and learn new treatment methods to enhance your clinical skills. Foundations First provides mobile outpatient occupational therapy services to children across various areas of the Las Vegas Valley, in their home or school environment. Often times, multiple children are seen in one school location, eliminating travel time and enabling increased reimbursement. The right candidate is patient, passionate, empathetic, and encouraging in their family-based approach to treatments, in order to inspire families to carryover a home program for maximum progress.

Responsibilities for Occupational Therapist :

• Perform initial and ongoing occupational therapy evaluations
• Develop a treatment plan for each patient that is client-centered including short and long term goals with caregiver involvement.
• Provide quality therapeutic interventions in the patient’s natural environment to adequately support the treatment plan for the patient to facilitate functional outcomes and goal attainment
• Adequately document treatment interventions, plan of care, assessments, evaluations of current level of functioning, patient progression on a daily session note .

Practice adequate safety awareness and clinical judgement to keep patients and therapist safe during treatments Submit an invoice weekly with visits completed the past week.

Qualifications for an Occupational Therapist :