Occupational Therapist

FILING START DATE

2/18/2016

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OPEN COMPETITIVE JOB OPPORTUNITY Until the needs of the service are met and is subject to closure without prior notice.

Due to the Manpower Shortage Recruitment, new appointments and current incumbents shall be compensated at Step 5 of the applicable salary range. This is in effect until June 30, 2026 or until it is determined that a shortage no longer exists, whichever is sooner.

The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (DHS) is the second largest municipal health system in the nation. Through its unified system of 23 health centers and four hospitals—and expanded network of community partner clinics—DHS annually provides direct care for over 500,000 patients, employs over 23,000 staff, and has an annual budget of over $8.4 billion. For additional information regarding DHS please visit (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).

Through academic affiliations with the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), the University of Southern California (USC), and the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Sciences (CDU), DHS hospitals are training sites for physicians completing their Graduate Medical Education in nearly every medical specialty and subspecialty. In addition, to its direct clinical services, DHS also runs the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Agency and the County's 911 emergency response system, as well as Housing for Health and the Office of Diversion and Re‑entry, each with a critical role in connecting vulnerable populations, including those released from correctional and institutional settings, to supportive housing.

To advance the health of our patients and our communities by providing extraordinary care.

Provides professional occupational therapy services to assist patients with mental or physical disabilities to attain, regain or maintain physical or mental functioning or to adjust to their disabilities.

• Reviews physicians’ referrals for occupational therapy services and utilizes information obtained from patients' records relative to their medical history, social and emotional disorders and prognoses in order to select appropriate evaluation procedures for identifying patients' functional limitations/disabilities/problems and their level of performance.
• Administers a variety of evaluation tests to assess the nature and extent of impaired function, capacities and limitations such as range of motion, muscle coordination, cognition, developmental stage and life roles.
• Performs evaluation procedures to determine patients’ performance capacities and deficits such as functional, cognitive, visual and perceptual abilities.
• Assesses patients’ interests, goals, environment, and psychological and emotional conditions, including interpersonal and social attitudes and behaviors.
• Analyzes evaluation test results to establish realistic treatment goals, predict anticipated level of functioning and time to achieve it.
• Plans and develops sequential treatment programs; assesses patients’ progress; communicates test results and measurements to physicians, members of allied health disciplines, and patients' families.
• Develops and modifies initial and subsequent treatment programs consistent with the changing needs of the patient.

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with a curriculum in Occupational Therapy accredited by the American Occupational Therapy Association Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE).

Current license or a limited permit for license issued by the California Board of Occupational Therapy as an Occupational Therapist. All required licenses and certifications must be active and unrestricted.

A valid California Class C Driver License or the ability to utilize an alternative method of transportation when needed to carry out job‑related essential functions.

Includes standing or walking most of the time, with bending, stooping, squatting, twisting, and reaching; includes working on irregular surfaces, occasionally…