Community Occupational Therapist - Behavioral Health - FT (Mon-Fri, 8:00am - 4:30pm)
University Health
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- Location
- Kansas City, MO
- Work style
- On-site
- Job type
- Full time
- Posted
- Oct 20
- 2 days ago
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About the company
University Health
Hospital & health care · 1,001 to 5,000 employees
What you'll do
- Deliver services to clients with a mental illness in the community
- Facilitate learning of pre-vocational, cognitive, sensorimotor, independent living, and social skills
- Assess client’s functional deficits
- Develop treatment interventions
- Coordinate care with other team members
- Assist clients to increase community integration and use of community resources
- Contribute information for the annual assessment and treatment plan
- Supervise Occupational Therapy students
What you need
- Bachelor’s degree and graduation from an accredited Occupational Therapy program
- Current Missouri license in Occupational Therapy, or acquired within 6 months of employment
- Physical ability to teach and demonstrate skill building, coordination, and motor skills
- Verbal and written communication skills to discuss and document treatment programs and work issues
- Ability to maintain a professional and empathetic demeanor with all clients
- Good time management and self-motivation skills
- Master’s degree (preferred)
- Two years experience as an Occupational Therapist (preferred)
- Education: a bachelor's degree or a postgraduate degree
Key skills
Occupational Therapyhigh-level coordinationgross/fine motor skillstime managementself-motivation skillsprofessional and empathetic demeanor
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Community Occupational Therapist - Behavioral Health - FT (Mon-Fri, 8:00am - 4:30pm)
101 Truman Medical Center
Job Location
UH Behavioral Health
Kansas City, Missouri
Department
Community Mental Health Center
Position Type
Full time
Work Schedule
8:00AM - 4:30PM
Hours Per Week
40
Job Description
Work as a part of a multidisciplinary team delivering services to clients with a mental illness in the community. Facilitate the learning of pre-vocational, cognitive, sensorimotor, independent living skills, and social skills to restore or improve the client’s level of functioning. Primary duties include assessing client’s functional deficits, developing treatment interventions, coordinating care with other team members, assisting client’s to increase community integration and use of community resources and contributing information for the annual assessment and treatment plan. Supervise Occupational Therapy students.
Minimum Requirements
1. Bachelor’s degree and graduation from an accredited Occupational Therapy program.
2. Current Missouri license in Occupational Therapy, or acquired within 6 months of employment. Must maintain current license to retain position.
3. Physical ability to teach and demonstrate skill building , high-level coordination and gross/fine motor skills, etc.
4. Verbal and written communication skills to discuss and document treatment programs and work issues.
5. A bility to maintain a professional and empathetic demeanor with all clients.
6. G ood time management and self-motivation skills.
7. Completion of training as directed through orientation and/or by Leadership, Management or Educators in the established timeline for continued employment
8. If driving is a requirement for the employee, he/she must meet the requirements specified in the Fleet Driving Safety and Compliance Policy and must continue to meet these requirements as a condition of employment.
Preferred Qualifications
1. Master’s degree.
2. Two years experience as an Occupational Therapist.