Outpatient Occupational Therapist

Duties include but not limited to: Clinical Functions - Patient Care: Performs Patient Evaluations: Veterans are scheduled for evaluation considering caseload complexity and acuity of medical condition. Coordinates Veteran schedule with other interdisciplinary team members. Recognizes the appropriateness of treatment based on indications, precautions and contraindications (e.g. pharmacological) and uses professional judgement to initiate consultation to the appropriate provider. Evaluations reflect the complexity through Occupational profile and client history; Assessments of occupational performance; Clinical decision-making and development of a patient centered plan of care. Evaluations include medical history, results and interpretation of relevant evidence based methods and appropriate functional tests and measurements. Complex or unusual evaluations may be conducted independently or in consultation with clinical specialist. Demonstrates the skilled ability to evaluate client facto