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OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSISTANT

FCM Group, LLC dba Nurse Next Door - Pearland & Kingwood

HOUSTON, TX

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JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Activities of Daily Living (ADLs), Consulting, Discharge Plans, Healthcare, Healthcare Quality, Home Care, Home Economics, Hospital, Medical Records, Needs Assessment, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Outpatient Care, Patient Assessment, Patient Care, Patient Education, Prescription Drugs, Regulations, Safety/Work Safety, Social Work, Special Needs, Testing, Treatment Plan
LOCATION
HOUSTON, TX
POSTED
30+ days ago
Job description

  • Facilitates development and rehabilitation of patients with mental, emotional, and physical disabilities by planning and administering medically prescribed occupational therapy.
  • Meets the patient’s goals and needs and provides quality care by assessing and interpreting evaluations and test results and determining occupational therapy treatment plans in consultation with physicians or by prescription.
  • Helps patient develop or regain physical or mental functioning or adjust to disabilities.
  • Implements programs involving manual arts and crafts, practice in functional, pre-vocational, vocational and homemaking skills and fosters activities of daily living.
  • Promotes maximum independence by selecting and constructing therapies according to individual’s physical capacity, intelligence level, and interest.
  • Prepares patient for return to employment by consulting with employers; determining potential employee difficulties; retraining employees; and helping employers understand necessary physical and job accommodations.
  • Evaluates results of occupational therapy by observing, noting, and evaluating patient’s progress and recommending and implementing adjustments and modifications.
  • Completes discharge planning by consulting with physicians, nurses, social workers, and other health care workers.
  • Assures continuation of therapeutic plan following discharge by designing and instructing patients, families, and caregivers in home exercise programs, recommending and/or providing assistive equipment and recommending outpatient or home health follow-up programs.
  • Documents patient care services by charting in patient and department records.
  • Maintains patient confidence and protects hospital operations by keeping information confidential.
  • Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations.


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FCM Group, LLC dba Nurse Next Door - Pearland & Kingwood

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