Occupational Therapist

Job Description

Title: Occupational Therapist

Position Purpose

Under the general supervision of the Director of Pupil
Services, to lead the process in the development, implementation, and
coordination of the school district's occupational therapy program for students
with disabilities or physical/mental impairments by developing individualized
programming based on occupational performance deficits activities of daily
living, including personal care, interaction skills, community integration, work,
and communication.

Essential Functions

• Symbol">Develops, implements and coordinates the school
  district's occupational therapy program within the school district, including
  philosophy, vision, procedures and goals.
• Symbol">Screens, evaluates and monitors students with
  disabilities or physical mental impairments for the purpose of providing
  educational programs, therapeutic intervention, and transition and exit
  planning and enhancing their ability to perform activities of daily living or
  participate in desired occupations.
• Symbol">Collaborates with staff to ensure team
  understanding of student occupational performance strengths and needs, as well
  as student outcomes.
• Symbol">Evaluates the student's ability and formulates
  the student's occupational profile, providing written reports that reflects
  strengths and barriers to student participation in the educational environment
  and guides evidence-based intervention.
• Symbol">Participates in the development of
  Individualized Education Programs.
• Symbol">Provides targeted, evidence-based therapeutic
  intervention to facilitate student participation and occupational performance
  within the school environment.
• Symbol"> Assesses the need for assistive technology and
  equipment and makes recommendations for its use at school to help students
  function as independently as possible.
• Symbol">Documents occupational therapy services, and
  maintains records in accordance with school district policies, as well as state
  and federal laws and regulations.
• Symbol">Supervises Occupational Therapy Assistants as
  needed.
• Symbol">Plans, coordinates, and conducts continuing education
  for school staff, parents, and students.
• Symbol">Continues to acquire professional knowledge and
  learn of current developments in the educational field by attending seminars,
  workshops or professional meetings, or by conducting research, and by
  maintaining professional relationships.

Additional Duties

• 12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
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  other related tasks as assigned by the Director of Pupil Services and other
  administrators as designated by the Superintendent.

margin-left:.25in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Note: The above description is illustrative of
tasks and responsibilities. It is not
meant to be all inclusive of every task or responsibility.

Equipment

• 12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
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  standard office equipment such as personal computers, printer, copy and fax
  machines, and telephone.

Travel Requirements

• font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol">Travels
  to school district buildings and professional meetings as required.

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windowtext;layout-grid-mode:line">Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Symbol">Knowledge and use of occupational therapy
  theories, models of practice, principles, and evidence-based practice to guide
  intervention decisions.
• Symbol">Knowledge of human development throughout the
  life span and integrates with student's unique developmental status.
• Symbol"> Knowledge of the influence of disabilities,
  socio-cultural and socioeconomic factors on student's ability to participate in
  occupations.
• Symbol">Knowledge of Family Educational Rights and
  Privacy Act (FERPA), Section 504, and other federal and state laws and
  regulations regarding education and students and physical therapy practice in
  schools.
• Symbol">Effective verbal and written communication
  skills.
• Symbol">Skill in selecting and providing a wide range of
  intervention strategies and monitoring their effectiveness.
• Symbol">Effective computer skills as needed for work
  (e.g., ability to effective use Microsoft Office suite).
• Symbol">Ability to determine the need for an
  occupational therapy evaluation and to select and administer appropriate
  assessment tools to evaluate the student.
• Symbol">Ability to organize and coordinate work.
• Symbol">Ability to engage in self-evaluation with regard
  to performance and professional growth.
• Symbol">Ability to establish and maintain cooperative
  working relationships with others contacted in the course of work.

Physical and Mental Demands, Work Hazards

• 12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
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  standard office and school building environments.

Note: 12.0pt">Also see the Summary of Physical, Sensory and Environmental
Requirements Needed to Perform Essential Functions for this position.

Qualifications Profile

Certification/License:

• mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol">State Certification to practice as evidenced by
  current state licensure as an Occupational Therapist.
• yellow">Initial certification by National Board for Certification of
  Occupational Therapy.
• mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol"> Motor Vehicle Operator's License or ability to
  provide own transportation.

Education12.0pt">:

• 12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
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  from an accredited college or university in related field.
• 12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
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  from an accredited program of occupational therapy recognized by NBCOT.

Experience12.0pt">:

• 12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:
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  prior experience working as an Occupational Therapist, preferably in an
  educational or other pediatric practice setting.

FLSA Status: Nonexempt