Occupational Therapists (OT)

Job ID: 66552

Client: TN DDA

Position: Occupational Therapist

Location: 275 Stewarts Ferry Pike, Nashville, TN 37214 

Duration: 8+ Months (Possibility of Extension)

Working hours: 20 Hours/ week and 30 Hours/Week

Shift Timings: 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Position Summary

THIS IS FOR A OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST

The Department of Disability & Aging is looking for a licensed Physical Therapist (PT) to serve individuals in Middle TN Homes and MF- IDD Medically Fragile Foster Home. 

Roles and responsibilities:

·        Include, but not limited to the following.  PT needed to work in a collaborative, interdisciplinary environment to meet the physical gross motor needs, mobility and ambulation needs, alternative positioning, balance, and adaptive equipment needs of children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.  

·        No insurance billing required! All PT services are state funded through the Tennessee Department of Disability and Aging.  

·        Provide consultation-based physical gross motor, mobility, ambulation, transfers, wound care, and adaptive positioning equipment services to adults with IDD in Middle Tennessee Homes with direct services as needed.  

·        Provide intensive transfer and positioning, mobility, ROM and strengthening, balance and ambulation, as well as adaptive equipment services to children currently in DCS custody being served through the MF- IDD Medically Fragile Foster Home.  

·        Complete an annual assessment pertaining to gross motor development, transfers and positioning, mobility, balance, ambulation, and adaptive equipment needs for each resident.  

·        Provide recommendations for action steps for person centered support plans (PCSPs)/individualized support plans (ISPs).  

·        Request orders for splinting/AFOs, adaptive equipment (custom and/or commercial), and wound care as indicated. 

·        Order alternative positioning and wheelchair (manual or power) equipment as needed.  

·        Complete monthly and quarterly monitoring to ensure fidelity of staff-implemented plans. 

·        Initiate and facilitate staff training to ensure proper implementation of transfer and alternate positioning interventions.  

·        Provide onboarding training for new staff/nurses.  

·        Provide assessment consultation for residents at the Harold Jordan Center as needed and provide treatment/discharge recommendations. Hours/week = 20.