Occupational Therapist (OT)
Job Summary:
An OT provides professional services within the scope of occupational therapy practice standards in collaboration with primary care physicians and other members of the health care team and teaches and educates patients and their families. OT in the home is performed under the supervision of the RN case manager, Administrator, DCS. If Nursing has opened the case, Occupational Therapy is a secondary discipline and therefore works collaboratively and professionally with the RN case manager to provide necessary services.
Qualifications:
- Graduated after successful completion of an OT education Program accredited by the Accreditation Council for OT Education (ACOTE) of the American OT Association (AOTA) or successor organizations and is eligible to take or has successfully completed the entry level certification exam for OTs from the NBCOT
- A currently licensed in MA
- Will have a minimum of two (2) year experience as a OT, preferably in a homecare setting
- Criminal check & Current CPR certification
- If educated outside of the United States must meet both of the following:
- Graduated after successful completion of an OT education program accredited as substantially equivalent to OT entry level education in the US by one of the following: Accreditation Council for OT Education (ACOTE), successor organizations of ACOTE, the World Federation of OTs, a credentialing body approved by the American OT Association, successfully completed the entry level certification exam for OTs developed & administered by the National Board for Certification in OCC Therapy (NBCOT)
- On or before December 31, 2009, is licensed or otherwise regulated, if applicable, as an OT by the state in which practicing