Occupational Therapist (Home Based Primary Care)

Summary The Occupational Therapy (OT) position is to promote veterans' safety and independent function in their everyday activities in the home and community environments. The position includes strategies to manage self-care in the home, recommendations for access into and out of the home, and prescription, fitting, and training in the use of wheeled mobility where appropriate using OT principles and techniques consistent with current clinical standards based on OT theory and evidence-based practice. Responsibilities Clinical Duties: Evaluations take place primarily in the veterans' homes. The OT conducts an evaluation that gathers information from the medical record, interview of the veteran and other appropriate people such as family and caregiver or other providers, observation, and standardized and non-standardized testing, including body measurements, patient and significant other personal goals, and analyzes the demands of the occupation, inclusive of: a. Areas of occupation: ADL...