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Supervisory Occupational Therapist
Veterans Health Administration · Posted today
Hybrid Baltimore, MD $122K – $158K Apply by Oct 9, 2026 Occupational Therapist ENFJESFJINFPISFP Healthcare
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The incumbent serves as a Supervisory Occupational Therapist for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&RS) for the VA Maryland Health Care System. The Supervisory Occupational Therapist serves as a therapy supervisor, independently providing technical and administrative supervision for the Occupational Therapy program and staff in several programs including acute rehabilitation, sub-acute rehabilitation, long term care, hospice/palliative care in both inpatient and outpatient services.
What You'll Do
- →ADMINISTRATIVE: Responsible for the planning, direction, organizing, coordination, implementation, controlling and evaluation of the clinical and administrative operations of Occupational Therapy.
- →Responsible for the day-to-day activity in all identified treatment areas and will reassign workload as needed to meet the daily workload demands.
- →Oversee the daily scheduling of patients as well as the coordination of scheduling with other therapies and departments within the facility.
- →Responsible for ensuring that all OSHA standards as well as facility safety guidelines and infection control policies are being met in the treatment areas.
- →Responsible for assuring confidentiality compliance as defined in the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act.
- →Represent VA/OT to the external stakeholders through lectures, education and training.
- →Assures that ongoing treatment in provided in all clinical areas, which may be required by performing duties of subordinates.
- →Provides orientation and training of new staff members.
- →Contributes to the development and monitoring of the PM&RS quality assurance program to monitor quality of care and effectiveness of treatment.
- →Contributes to the development and completion of performance evaluations for the OT staff.
- →CLINICAL: Reassessment/re-evaluation will determine need for continuation, discontinuation or referral Develop and coordinate educational materials for the person served and the caregiver.
- →Monitor currently used assessment/treatment methods and revises said documents as necessary to reflect current methodology.
- →Provide consultation to other health care practitioners and outside groups about occupational therapy score of practice and areas of expertise.
- →Processing of durable medical needs through Prosthetics.
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.
- ✓(a) Bachelor's degree in occupational therapy and two (2) years of experience as an occupational therapist; NOTE: The baccalaureate degree must be from an approved program prior to the AOTA January 1, 2005 decision that the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE) would only accredit master or doctoral degree programs in occupational therapy.
Personality Fit
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