Occupational Therapist

Summary This position is in the Therapy Section of the Spinal Cord Injury / Disorders (SCI/D) Service of the VA New Jersey Health Care System. The SCI/D Occupational Therapist provides rehabilitative services to persons with mental, physical, emotional, or developmental impairments that improves and/or prevents the loss of acute and chronic physical and psychosocial dysfunction and promotes wellness. THIS IS AN INTERMITTENT POSITION. Responsibilities Duties include but are not limited to: Clinical Provides comprehensive assessment of functional and occupational roles using standardized and non-standardized evaluation tools. Selects and provides direct occupational therapy interventions and procedures with varying degrees of complexity to enhance safety, wellness, and performance in ADL, instrumental IADL, education, work, play, leisure, and social participation. Demonstrates a full professional understanding of the theories of treatment in occupational therapy and their proper applicat...