What are the responsibilities and job description for the Occupational Therapist position at Melmark?
Melmark Overview
Melmark is a nonprofit organization providing clinically-sophisticated evidence-based special education, residential, vocational, and therapeutic services for children and adults diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders, developmental and intellectual disabilities, acquired brain injuries, medical complexities, and other neurological and genetic disorders.
Occupational Therapist Overview
The Occupational Therapist is responsible for providing clinical occupational therapy to Melmark students. Additional clinical duties of therapists include management of treatment delivered through direct therapeutic services, tracking information and consultative services as needed.
Schedule and Salary Information
- Monday- Friday 7:30a-4p
- Year-round School
- Starting Salary: $62,820.00 ( ) based on years of experience
Requirements
- Graduate of an approved Occupational Therapy program with a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree.
- Current North Carolina license for occupational therapy and NBCOT registration.
- A valid U.S. state driver’s license and a minimum age of twenty-one (21) years old. Must be capable of obtaining approved Melmark driver status.
- A minimum of two (2) years occupational therapy experience preferred. A minimum of one (1) year experience in related field preferred.
Occupational Therapist Responsibilities
- Evaluates the client’s ability and formulates the individual’s occupational profile through a variety of functional, behavioral, and standardized assessments, skilled observations, checklists, histories, and interviews.
- Adapts and modifies the environment including assistive technology and training instructional staff to meet the individual needs and to help the client function as independently as possible.
- Records progress of each individual receiving occupational therapy in approved systems in accordance with the Melmark Model. Evaluates information and makes appropriate recommendation for continued, modified and revised occupational therapy treatment.
- Provides targeted, evidence-based therapeutic intervention to facilitate client participation and occupational performance.
- Develops occupationally based intervention plans based on client needs and evaluation results.
- Participates in multidisciplinary meetings to review evaluation results, integrate findings with other disciplines, offers recommendations, and develops plans and interventions to achieve IEP goals.
- Collaborates with other disciplines to ensure team understanding of client’s occupational performance strengths and needs, through evaluation, educational program planning and service delivery.
- Teaches, monitors and collaborates with education staff to increase understanding of the client’s occupational performance.
- Implements IEP objectives as written and designed (each program must be implemented a minimum of one time per biweekly period per each objective per child); ensures maximum independence growth.
Benefits
- Work with a nationally known leader in quality-driven initiatives
- Generous Paid Time Off Benefits including Vacation, Holiday and Sick!
- Melmark Sponsored Pension Plan AND 403(b) with employer matching
- Health, Dental, Vision Insurance
- Flexible Spending Accounts for Health and Dependent Care
- Life, AD&D, and Disability insurance
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Generous Student Loan Reimbursement
- Professional Conference and Research Opportunities
- Onsite CEUs at no cost to employees
Salary : $62,820
