Job Description:
Spectrum Healthcare Resources has a potential opportunity for a civilian Occupational Therapist supporting Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage, AK. This contract position offers:
- Full-time opportunity
- Monday through Friday, 7:30am - 4:30pm or approved flex shifts
- Outpatient setting
- No night, weekend, holiday, or on-call responsibilities
- Paid time off, medical, dental, vision insurance and 401(k) option
Job Requirements:
The Position will have the following requirements:
- Master's degree in occupational therapy. Graduate from a program in occupational therapy accredited at the time of graduation by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE) or predecessor organization, to include an internship prescribed by the education institution
Two years of experience in the area of inpatient and/or outpatient hand therapy and physical disabilities
A current, unrestricted license to practice Occupational Therapy in any one of the fifty states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, or the U.S. Virgin Islands
Possess credentials appropriate for prescription of physical agent modalities in treatment of various musculoskeletal disorders
- Ability to provide oversight to the Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant(s) (COTA) as required by the Standard of Practice of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA)
- Active BLS (Basic Life Support) certification
Core Duties:
- Provide full spectrum of occupational therapy services in accordance with the scope of clinical privileges granted by the MTF
- Evaluate and treat deficits in occupational performance components that include motor, neuromusculoskeletal, cognitive, social, and psychological dysfunction. Treatment includes individual and groupbased purposeful activity, exercise, physical agent modalities, fabrication and training in the use of temporary functional orthotics, splints and adaptive devices, counseling, and education.
- Provide assessment, education, and training in the areas of health promotion and disease/injury prevention, to include prevention of psychological dysfunction and stress management.
- Administer and interpret occupational therapy assessment and evaluation tools.
- Interpret evaluation findings to develop and coordinate intervention plans, including goals and methods to achieve stated goals.
- Implement the intervention plans directly or in collaboration with others.
- Monitor the individual’s response to interventions and modify treatment plan and reevaluate as necessary.
- Communicate and/or collaborate with the patients, family members, caregivers, interdisciplinary professionals or other individuals verbally and in writing.
- Provide supervision to Occupational Therapy Assistants and Certified Occupational Therapy Assistants.
Company Overview:
Spectrum Healthcare Resources (SHR) was established in 1988 to deliver systems and processes designed to meet the unique needs of Military and VA Health Systems. SHR is a leading organization that provides physician and clinical staffing and management services to United States Military Treatment Facilities, VA clinics and other Federal Agencies through various contracting vehicles. A Joint Commission Health Care Staffing Services firm, SHR is the military staffing division of TeamHealth, a Nationwide organization that serves 850 civilian and military hospitals with a team of 9,600 affiliated health care professionals.
Spectrum Healthcare Resources is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
