STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
HUMAN RESOURCES
CLASSIFICATION: OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST II
Class Code: 6661-21
Date Established: 07-25-67
Occupational Code: 7-4-7
Date of Last Revision: 8-20-04
BASIC PURPOSE: To provide occupational therapy review
and evaluation and to develop and implement occupational treatment programs in
order to enhance the physical, social, psychosocial and cognitive capabilities
of patients, in order to promote self-sufficiency in daily living, vocational
and leisure activities.
CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
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Assesses and
determines occupational therapy treatment needs, including the use of adaptive
equipment and other group and individual media, to improve the functional
abilities of patients.
·
Documents the
functional abilities of patients according to established standards and develop
individual treatment plans.
·
Trains and supervises
other Occupational Therapists, Occupational Therapy Assistants, and students
and volunteers to ensure that occupational therapy treatment standards are
achieved.
·
Assesses the overall
results of occupational therapy programs to determine that appropriate work
procedures are in accordance with treatment objectives.
·
Assists co-workers in
dealing with unusual or difficult cases and improvises techniques to meet
special needs and implements in-service training sessions for staff.
·
Coordinates and
integrates therapy treatment programs with other related programs to ensure a
consistent and comprehensive occupational therapy program.
·
Recommends purchase
of supplies or design of equipment to be incorporated into the program. Assists in budget preparation as
required.
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DISTINGUISHING FACTORS:
Skill: Requires skill in recommending routine
changes in standardized operating procedures OR in retrieving, compiling, and
reporting data according to established procedures OR in operating complex
machines.
Knowledge:
Requires logical or scientific understanding to analyze problems of a
specialized or professional nature in a particular field.
Impact: Requires responsibility for achieving
direct service objectives by assessing agency service needs and making
preliminary recommendations for the development of alternative short-term
program policies or procedures.
Errors at this level result in incomplete assessments or misleading
recommendations causing a disruption of agency programs or policies.
Supervision: Requires direct supervision of other
employees doing related or similar work, including scheduling work,
recommending leave, reviewing work for accuracy, performance appraisal, or
interviewing applicants for position vacancies.
Working Conditions: Requires performing regular job
functions in an environment which includes exposure to continuous physical
elements or a number of disagreeable working conditions with frequent exposure
to minor injuries or health hazards.
Physical Demands: Requires medium work, including
continuous strenuous activities such as frequent reaching, bending, or lifting
as well as performing work activities which require fine manual dexterity or
coordination in operating machines or equipment.
Communication: Requires summarizing data, preparing
reports, and making recommendations based on findings which contribute to
solving problems and achieving work objectives. This level also requires presenting information for use by
administrative-level managers in making decisions.
Complexity: Requires coordinating a combination of
diverse job functions in order to integrate professional and technical agency
goals. This level also requires
considerable judgment to implement a sequence of operations or actions.
Independent Action: Requires objective assessment in
analyzing and developing new work methods and procedures subject to periodic
review and in making decisions according to established technical, professional
or administrative standards.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: Bachelor’s degree from an accredited
college or university with major study in occupational therapy. Courses of study must be approved by
the Committee on Allied Health Education and Accreditation/American Medical
Association in cooperation with the American Occupational Therapy Association.
Experience: Three years’ of work experience as a
professional Occupational Therapist associated with a health care facility or
program six months of which shall have been fieldwork experience.
Completion of an
alternative method as outlined in New Hampshire RSA 326-C:II and approved by
the American Occupational Therapy Association.
License/Certification:
Licensure as an Occupational Therapist by the NH Board of Registration in
Medicine and certification by the American Occupational Therapy Certification
Board, Inc.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
FOR New Hampshire Hospital:
Satisfactory
completion of specified written and physical components of the Mental Health
Worker Training Program within first four weeks of Employment at New Hampshire
Hospital. Knowledge and experience
with psychiatric population is considered. Must possess New Hampshire driver’s license and successful
completion of Defensive Driving Course.
RECOMMENDED WORK TRAITS: Considerable knowledge of the
principles, practices, and techniques and equipment of professional
occupational therapy. Knowledge of
the role of occupational therapy in a psychiatric or geriatric or
developmentally disabled program.
Ability to plan and supervise training in occupational therapy. Ability to apply the principles of
occupational therapy to the treatment
of mentally and physically ill patients/clients/residents. Ability to establish and maintain
effective working relationships with other employees and
patients/clients/residents.
Ability to understand, interpret and adapt physician’s referrals to
occupational therapy treatment.
Ability to maintain records and reports of treatment administered and
its effect upon patients. Must be
willing to maintain appearance appropriate to assigned duties and
responsibilities as determined by the agency appointing authority.
DISCLAIMER STATEMENT: This class specification is descriptive
of general duties and is not intended to list every specific function of this
class title.
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