Number of Positions : 1
Salary: $50,678—$71,564, commensurate with experience relevant to the position
Work Hours: Monday - Friday; 8: 00 AM-2:45P
Location: Some Travel Required Saratoga and Glens Falls Locations.
This is a professional position involving responsibility for evaluating, planning and providing occupational therapy treatment to students in accordance with written prescriptions or referrals from a physician who provides medical direction. The Occupational Therapist is responsible to their supervisor for administrative purposes. Does related work as required.
- Performs occupational therapy procedures upon the written prescription or referral from a physician, utilizing a creative activity which may be manual, industrial, recreational or educational, designed and/or adapted to correct or remedy any disability on school premises;
- Evaluates the degree of function and disability of students unless contra-indicated by professional judgment or a physician's admission notes, and recommends treatment(s);
- Develops a treatment plan based upon his/her findings, short and long-term rehabilitation goals and in accordance with the physician’s diagnosis, prescription or referral;
- Records on students’ charts: all evaluations, re-evaluations, progress notes, consultations and discharge summaries;
- Attends in-service workshops;
- Fabricates and applies hand splints, trains students in the use of adaptive assistive devices and/or self-help techniques to achieve maximum independence;
- Participates with parents, teaching personnel and others in the formulation of students’ total care plans and therapy schedules
- Confers periodically with physicians regarding all facets of student care and related activities;
- Develops or assists in the development of occupational therapy policies and procedures, priorities, caseloads and assessment tools;
- Supervises students, volunteers and assistants in scheduling and carrying out occupational therapy functions;
- Maintains program records including, but not limited to, the service budget and statistical reports of the frequency and types of treatment and number of students treated.
- Licensed and currently registered by the New York State Education Department as an Occupational Therapist.
- Diverse candidates are encouraged to apply.
Note: Vacancies are filled by a certified list provided by Washington County Civil Service. Should no certified list be available, candidates appointed to this position will serve in a provisional appointment in accordance with New York State Civil Service Law. The candidate must successfully complete a competitive examination and be eligible for appointment in accordance with Civil Service Law and the Civil Service Rules for Washington County to obtain a permanent appointment.
The Washington-Saratoga-Warren-Hamilton-Essex BOCES does not discriminate in its programs and activities, including employment and admission as applicable, on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, age, economic status, marital status, veterans' status, political affiliation, domestic victim status, use of a guide dog, hearing dog or service dog, disability, or other classifications protected under federal or state law, and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. The designated district compliance officer(s) will coordinate compliance with the nondiscrimination requirements of Title VI and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended, the Boy Scouts of America Equal Access Act, and the New York State Human Rights Law. The WSWHE BOCES Civil Rights Compliance Officers are: Katelynn Attanasio and David Ashdown, Washington-Saratoga-Warren-Hamilton-Essex BOCES, 267 Ballard Road, Suite 5, Wilton, NY 12831. phone: (518) 581-3372, email: compliance@wswheboces.org . Complaints may also be filed with the Office for Civil Rights, New York Office, U.S. Department of Education, 32 Old Slip, 26th Floor, New York, NY 10005- 2500, phone (646) 428-3800, fax (646) 428-3843, email: OCR.NewYork@ed.gov.