Come join a team of passionate therapists providing excellent pediatric therapy to children throughout the United States! Achieve Beyond was founded in 1995 and is continuously growing to meet the needs of developmentally disabled children through our ABA, speech, occupational, and physical therapy. We currently offer our services in the entire metro New York area (including the five boroughs of NYC, Hudson Valley and Long Island) and Albany, New Jersey, Connecticut, Delaware, California (within in the greater Los Angeles and San Francisco areas), Florida, and the Virginia/ Maryland/ DC area. We specialize in conducting initial evaluations and providing ongoing services in home, community and clinic settings. Achieve Beyond is centered around a culture of collaboration and support to ensure our services are of the highest quality and adhere to our strong ethical standards.
All of our clinicians will have access to the following benefits:
- Training and use of our paperless billing and data collection system
- Full practice management – we take care of intake, staffing, billing, tracking authorizations, insurance correspondence and maintenance of your certifications, so you are able to focus on providing our children with the best services!
- Access to continuing education workshops and trainings (we are an ASHA and BACB ACE provider)
- Team-building meetings, events, and trainings
Achieve Beyond's Mission
We believe that all children have potential. We are guided by the mission to support children with special needs to Achieve Beyond their current abilities. We are always striving for continuous improvement by setting goals and measuring performance. It is the reason we will succeed together.
Position: Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant
Location: Part Time and Full Time Caseloads available in our clinic located in Fairfax, VA
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
- The individual in this position is responsible for the implementation of occupational therapy services under the direction of a Licensed Occupational Therapist to achieve desired patient outcomes.
- Provides goal directed and activity oriented treatment to promote optimum independence in self-care, functional mobility and daily life tasks.
- Ensures continuation of performance through effective education of the patient, family or support system.
- Provides adaptive methods and equipment as appropriate to enhance performance.
- Administer treatment focusing on activities of daily living, cognition, social skills, sensory motor, fine motor development, and problem solving.
- Determine appropriateness of patient’s response to treatment and consult with licensed
- occupational therapist concerning modifications to plan of care.
- Identifies patient/family needs for other services and refers accordingly.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Graduate of an accredited occupational therapy assistant program and hold a current license to practice occupational therapy assistant in the state of Virginia
- 1-2 years of experience working in pediatrics is preferred but open to train new graduates. Must be able to work with some degree of independence within established policies, procedures, and professional guidelines
Physical Requirements:
- Must be able to travel to and from assigned cases including but not limited to driving personal vehicle, walking, and/or use of public transportation such as a bus or train.
- The ability to climb and descend staircases
- The ability to lift 10 pounds regularly
- The ability to sit on the floor, kneel, and/ or crawl for extended periods
Compensation depends on experience and will be discussed during the interview process.