Job Summary: Responsible for the occupational therapy of patients under the direction and supervision of the Rehabilitation Services. Essential Responsibilities: • Evaluates patients, interprets evaluation findings to determine the nature and extent of dysfunction. • Establishes treatment goals and plans treatment to achieve established goals. • Initiates discharge planning for occupational therapy. • Implements the treatment program through direct treatment of the patient. • May delegate a portion of the treatment program to the appropriate supportive personnel. • Coordinates the treatment program with other health care personnel as appropriate. • Provides advice and education to patient and family. • Regularly assesses clinical signs and symptoms to determine effectiveness of treatment, progress of patient towards goals, the need for modifying goals and treatment. • Discharges patient from occupational therapy when the patient has received maximum benefit from occupational therapy. • Provides accurate, timely documentation of occupational therapy patient management. • Demonstrates progress toward meeting the criteria for professional practice.