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Occupational Therapist (Low Vision Specialist)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 54 days ago
On-site Philadelphia, PA $125K – $162K Apply by Jul 30, 2026 Occupational Therapist ENFJESFJINFPISFP Healthcare
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This position is for an Occupational Therapist (OT) Low Vision Clinical Specialist in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), located in CMCVAMC within the Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Medicine Service (RMS). Licensed occupational therapists collaborate across the continuum of care. They ensure that services are coordinated, including ordering studies of value and being consumer-centered by referring, co-managing, engaging consultants, and independently supervising care.
What You'll Do
- →Serves as a consultant for all health care providers regarding Vision therapy management, especially within the rehabilitation service line. 2.
- →Educates/orients staff regarding Occupational/Physical Therapy in general and specifically as it relates to Low Vision Therapy.
- →Mentors Occupational/Physical Therapy staff and orients occupational/physical therapy students in Advanced Low Vision management. 3.
- →Guides the work of the multidisciplinary rehabilitation team members who are participating as clinicians.
- →Ensures that all new cases are assigned to an occupational therapist and/or physical therapist if collaborative treatments are indicated.
- →Organizes and attends multidisciplinary care team rounds and program planning meetings 4.
- →In conjunction with the Chief of Rehabilitation and Low Vision Optometrists who have experience with Blind and Visually Impaired Veterans, maintains and updates standard orders.
- →Frequently reviews and updates relevant assessment and treatment protocols and programs; manages the ordering and issuing of patient/program equipment including working closely with the facility-wide telehealth program and the PM&R telerehabilitation clinical specialist. 5.
- →Provides a minimum of one (1) in-service education program per year to the Physical/Occupational Therapy departments. 6.
- →Plans, implements, and reports on performance improvement activities relating to Low Vision management. 7.
- →Maintains, updates Low Vision therapy monitoring data. 8.
- →Provides consultation and teaching for Low Vision management research projects. 9.
- →According to department policies, incumbent is authorized to perform complex examinations and treatment of patients representing a wide scope of ages, and, as well as offering diagnoses, and rendering varied modalities inherent in their profession. 10.
- →Patient Evaluation: Demonstrates the advanced knowledge and skills necessary to provide and guide treatment appropriate to patients across a range of complexities.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job.
- ✓To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process.
- ✓In addition to the application and questionnaire, this position requires an online assessment.
- ✓The online assessment measures critical general competencies required to perform the job.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1 or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
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Job ID: 443b483d-8e07-4d67-9d79-82a00d1a3c41
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