Occ Therapist (Clinic Special)

Duties include but are not limited to the following: Incumbent coordinates, develops or over-sees the development of the Hand Therapy Clinic for all patients referred to Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Services. Serves as a resource to co-workers in area of Hand Therapy. b. Employee works closely with the Plastic Surgeons in the Bay Pines VAHCS to develop protocols for the treatment of patients undergoing Xiaflex injections/manipulations for Dupuytren's Disease. c. The incumbent functions as a Hand Therapist Clinical Specialist in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Services under the general supervision of the Occupational Therapy Supervisor. Assigned responsibilities fall primarily in the following areas: techniques for highly complex cases in hand rehabilitation, including but not limited to: arthroplasty, contractures, fusions, ligament/tendon repairs, nerve compression syndrome, and RSD/CRPS. In the capacity of a Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist within an interdiscipli