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Occupational Therapist
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 4 days ago
On-site Los Angeles, CA $119K – $154K Apply by Jun 11, 2026 Occupational Therapist ENFJESFJINFPISFP Healthcare
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This position is in the Occupational Therapy Section within Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Services (PM&RS) at the Greater Los Angeles VA Health Care System.
What You'll Do
- →Duties include, but are not limited to: Conducts independent and specialized evaluation of patients by using a variety of standardized and non-standardized tests to determine occupational therapy needs.
- →Performs OT examinations and evaluations, interpret findings, establishes a diagnosis and prognosis within the scope of OT.
- →Implements appropriate OT intervention plans for all patients referred via face-to-face, telerehabilitation, and/or telephone sessions.
- →Provides age-specific care that is appropriate to the cognitive, emotional, cultural, and chronological maturation needs of the patient.
- →Develops client-centered rehabilitation objectives for individual patients, creates and implements treatment plans to restore independence, maximizes function, and improves engagement in meaningful occupations.
- →Develops and implements individualized client centered occupational therapy treatment programs for patients.
- →Manages patient caseload at a productive standard and addressing minor, routine problems which may arise.
- →Recognizing contraindications, precautions, and parameters of treatment prescribed by referring providers and consulting with referring provider/care team if these are questionable.
- →Work Schedule: Full-time, Sunday-Thursday, 7:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
- →Compressed/Flexible: Not Authorized.
- →Telework: Not Authorized.
- →Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
- →Functional Statement #: 00000 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized.
- →Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this 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.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
- ✓Upon completion of your trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 746cf073-eb59-426d-9cf2-733bacb8f7e1
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