Cleveland Clinic
Occupational Therapist - Outpatient - Neuro OR Lymphedema
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, us, 44101
Occupational Therapist Outpatient - Neuro OR Lymphedema
Join the Cleveland Clinic team, where you will work alongside passionate and dedicated caregivers, receive endless support and appreciation, and build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.
Occupational Therapists provide many wide-ranging services to a variety of people who have been referred by a physician due to a problem with their ability to perform normal activities of daily living (ADLs). This may be due to physical injury, emotional or developmental problems, stroke, elective surgery, disease processes, aging, or birth defects, just to name a few. The goal of OT is to maximize the ability of everyone to perform self-care, work, and leisure activities to the best of their physical, emotional, and cognitive abilities. Ultimately, the goal is also to help people re-learn skills needed to live independent, productive, and satisfying lives.
A caregiver in this position works full time
7:00am-6:30pm. A caregiver who excels in this role, will: Evaluate and treat patients with physical, emotional, cognitive and/or psychosocial deficits which impact their abilities to successfully perform independent living skills.
Assess patient 's ability to safely and effectively perform independent living skills and designs the appropriate plan of care, including type and frequency of treatment.
Implement the treatment plan using appropriate modalities and documents subjective and objective findings of patient progress.
Educate the patient and family/caregiver about patient deficits.
Direct and supervises the activities of support personnel.
Act a clinical instructor or participates in the education and evaluation of students.
Minimum qualifications for the ideal caregiver include: Bachelor's Degree required.
Must be graduate of an Occupational Therapy Program accredited by the American Occupational Therapy Association.
Current Ohio Licensure as Occupational Therapist (OT).
Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare providers.
Preferred qualifications for the ideal caregiver include: Experience in Neurology or Lymphedema preferred.
Our caregivers continue to create the best outcomes for our patients across each of our facilities. Click the link and see how were dedicated to providing what matters most to you: https://jobs.clevelandclinic.org/benefits-2/ Physical Requirements: Ability to walk without assistive device and to maintain balance despite sudden load in order to support patient from falling.
Ability to meet physical demands characterized at the heavy level defined by 1993 Leonard Matheson and Ministry of Labor.
Ability to lift and reach with arms sufficiently to lift patient's arm and leg during therapeutic treatment program.
Sensation of touch and manual dexterity to be able to palpate muscle tension or to monitor patient pulse.
Visual acuity to observe patient's gross and fine motor movements in order to analyze these movements and to read all patient monitors.
Ability to speak clearly enough to instruct patients and families.
Ability to hear at a conversational level to understand patient's description of symptoms and response to treatment.
Personal Protective Equipment: Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.
Salaries [which may be] shown on independent job search websites reflect various market averages and do not represent information obtained directly from The Cleveland Clinic. Because we value each individual candidate, we invite and encourage each candidate to discuss salary/hourly specifics during the application and hiring process.
Join the Cleveland Clinic team, where you will work alongside passionate and dedicated caregivers, receive endless support and appreciation, and build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.
Occupational Therapists provide many wide-ranging services to a variety of people who have been referred by a physician due to a problem with their ability to perform normal activities of daily living (ADLs). This may be due to physical injury, emotional or developmental problems, stroke, elective surgery, disease processes, aging, or birth defects, just to name a few. The goal of OT is to maximize the ability of everyone to perform self-care, work, and leisure activities to the best of their physical, emotional, and cognitive abilities. Ultimately, the goal is also to help people re-learn skills needed to live independent, productive, and satisfying lives.
A caregiver in this position works full time
7:00am-6:30pm. A caregiver who excels in this role, will: Evaluate and treat patients with physical, emotional, cognitive and/or psychosocial deficits which impact their abilities to successfully perform independent living skills.
Assess patient 's ability to safely and effectively perform independent living skills and designs the appropriate plan of care, including type and frequency of treatment.
Implement the treatment plan using appropriate modalities and documents subjective and objective findings of patient progress.
Educate the patient and family/caregiver about patient deficits.
Direct and supervises the activities of support personnel.
Act a clinical instructor or participates in the education and evaluation of students.
Minimum qualifications for the ideal caregiver include: Bachelor's Degree required.
Must be graduate of an Occupational Therapy Program accredited by the American Occupational Therapy Association.
Current Ohio Licensure as Occupational Therapist (OT).
Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare providers.
Preferred qualifications for the ideal caregiver include: Experience in Neurology or Lymphedema preferred.
Our caregivers continue to create the best outcomes for our patients across each of our facilities. Click the link and see how were dedicated to providing what matters most to you: https://jobs.clevelandclinic.org/benefits-2/ Physical Requirements: Ability to walk without assistive device and to maintain balance despite sudden load in order to support patient from falling.
Ability to meet physical demands characterized at the heavy level defined by 1993 Leonard Matheson and Ministry of Labor.
Ability to lift and reach with arms sufficiently to lift patient's arm and leg during therapeutic treatment program.
Sensation of touch and manual dexterity to be able to palpate muscle tension or to monitor patient pulse.
Visual acuity to observe patient's gross and fine motor movements in order to analyze these movements and to read all patient monitors.
Ability to speak clearly enough to instruct patients and families.
Ability to hear at a conversational level to understand patient's description of symptoms and response to treatment.
Personal Protective Equipment: Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.
Salaries [which may be] shown on independent job search websites reflect various market averages and do not represent information obtained directly from The Cleveland Clinic. Because we value each individual candidate, we invite and encourage each candidate to discuss salary/hourly specifics during the application and hiring process.