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Lamar County School District
Purvis, MS, United States
Position Type: Tutors/Other Date Posted: 7/1/2024 Location: Central Office Date Available: 07/17/2024 Closing Date: 07/08/2024 Job Title: Occupational Therapist Reports to: Josette Sirmon; Director of Special Education Receives Guidance From: Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent, District Administrator, District Directors Overtime S
Job Source: Lamar County School DistrictDelta Companies
Hattiesburg, MS, United States
LOCATION: YAZOO CITY, MS CLIENT: Vertis Therapy - Martha Coker Green House Homes, 2041 Grand Avenue, Yazoo City, MS 39194 SETTING: SNF/AL/IL START DATE: ASAP GUARANTEE: 36 hours ASSIGNMENT LENGTH: 13 Weeks REQUESTED EXPERIENCE: Prefers SNF experience but open to new grads who will be comfortable with SNF setting and can pick up the caseload
Job Source: Delta CompaniesWesley Medical Center
Hattiesburg, MS, United States
As a Occupational Therapist , at Merit Health Wesley, you'll play a vital role in doing what you do best-providing quality care to our patients! Duties Include: Evaluates patients and develops patient-specific occupational therapy treatment program. Monitors, reassesses and modifies treatment program to meet patient needs in an ongoing manner. Co
Job Source: Wesley Medical CenterCommunity Health Systems
Hattiesburg, MS, United States
Description As a Occupational Therapist , at Merit Health Wesley, you'll play a vital role in doing what you do best-providing quality care to our patients! Duties Include: Evaluates patients and develops patient-specific occupational therapy treatment program. Monitors, reassesses and modifies treatment program to meet patient needs in an ongo
Job Source: Community Health SystemsForrest General Hospital
Hattiesburg, MS, United States
Job Summary: Under the direction/supervision of the Program Director of Inpatient Therapy Services, the Clinical Therapist (LIC) provides group, individual, and family therapy services, participates in daily treatment team meetings, and functions as a member of the interdisciplinary treatment team. The Clinical Therapist (LIC) participates in the
Job Source: Forrest General HospitalCommunity Health Systems
Hattiesburg, MS, United States
**Description** **As a Speech Therapist, at Merit Health Wesley, you'll play a vital role in doing what you do best-providing quality care to our patients!** **Requirements:** + Master's degree in speech-language pathology. + Certificate of clinical competence in speech-language pathology (CCC). + Also expected to meet MS state licensing requiremen
Job Source: Community Health SystemsYouth Villages
Hattiesburg, MS, United States
Who is Youth Villages? Youth Villages is a nonprofit organization striving to help troubled youth and families live successfully. We are a team of 2,900 individuals who’ve come together across 12 states to change the landscape of child welfare and juvenile justice across the country. Our work involves providing an array of counseling and treatment
Job Source: Youth VillagesWesley Medical Center
Hattiesburg, MS, United States
As a Speech Therapist, at Merit Health Wesley, you'll play a vital role in doing what you do best-providing quality care to our patients! Requirements: Master's degree in speech-language pathology. Certificate of clinical competence in speech-language pathology (CCC). Also expected to meet MS state licensing requirements. PRN-as needed (must be a
Job Source: Wesley Medical CenterHattiesburg, MS, United States
Job Summary:
The Occupational Therapist (OT) is responsible for the implementation of the physician's order for Occupational Therapy services. The Occupational Therapist should provide all necessary aspects of Occupational Therapy within an interdisciplinary environment in order to facilitate the return of the patient to as independent and as safe of a lifestyle as possible. The Occupational Therapist must utilize a growth and development knowledge base in the care of children (pediatric), adolescent, and geriatric patients. The OT demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served and also demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development. The OT possesses the ability to assess data reflective of the patient's status and interprets the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his/her age specific needs, and to provide the care needed.
Performance Expectations:
Able to perform patient evaluations with use of appropriate functional tests/measures and demonstrates the ability to assimilate objective measures along with social factors, medical stability, activity restrictions, participation limitations or other relative comorbidities to determine functional deficits and construct short term goals, long term goals and patient/family goals with an appropriate frequency and duration in order to establish the therapy diagnosis and appropriate plan of care
Demonstrate the ability to tolerate physically demanding tasks of moving equipment and patients utilizing safety measures for self and patients per the physical and environmental demands specified below
Demonstrates proper and secure documentation in the Electronic Medical Record
Demonstrates the ability to use critical thinking with patient evaluation and treatment planning
Demonstrates understanding of moist heat, paraffin, and other physical agent modalities commonly used as they apply to each area of practice
Demonstrates understanding of the cardiopulmonary, musculoskeletal, nervous and integumentary system utilizing age-specific patient care indicators as it relates to each structure and system in the provision of care
Appropriately identifies learning needs of patient or family members
Works as a team member to assist patient/family at all points of entry into the acute therapy care system and along the continuum of care as appropriate
This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive; the employee will also perform other reasonably related job duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
Education/Skills
The incumbent shall, at a minimum, be a graduate of an approved four year bachelor's degree or
master's degree occupational therapy program. Acute care therapists and therapy assistants will
complete a minimum of 2 hours of stroke education annually.
Work Experience:
May be a recent graduate.
Certification/Licensure-DUE UPON HIRE
Permanent or temporary license as an Occupational Therapist from the Mississippi State Department of Health.
Additional Certification/Licensure - Obtained based on required timeframe below
Basic Life Support
Within 30 Days of Employment
Required
Mental Demands:
Must interpret and follow physician's orders, cooperate with co-workers and leadership, be
responsive to patient needs and demands, and demonstrate initiative towards completion of
treatment goals.
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