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.
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. Development of protocols and procedures for intervention programs based on current occupational therapy theory, recent research, and practice.
Has direct patient care and is involved with the planning and treatment programs for veterans with complex impairments (acute, sub-acute, chronic long term care, surgical, medical, orthopedic, neurological impairments, dementia, post acute, hospice/palliative care. Serves as role model for students and OT staff. Shows clinical knowledge of advanced specialized evaluation, interventions, and services to independently develop treatment strategies for specialty populations.
Evaluation to include client history, role and occupational profile, motivation, occupational performance skills, patterns and factors, functional abilities, mobility, process skills and communication/interaction skills. Performance skills and client factors will be identified and treatment priorities and targeted outcomes identified. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 7:30am- 4 pm Eastern Standard Time Telework: Ad-Hoc Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Statement #:512-260481-F Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
(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.
OR (b) Bachelor's degree in occupational therapy and two (2) full years of graduate education in a related field; NOTE: The baccalaureate degree must be from an approved program prior to the AOTA January 1, 2005 decision that ACOTE would only accredit master or doctoral degree programs in occupational therapy. OR (c) Master's Degree or higher in occupational therapy.
(2) Individuals must be a graduate of] a degree program in occupational therapy approved by the ACOTE or predecessor organizations. This is inclusive of an internship (supervised fieldwork experience required by the educational institution). ACOTE is the only accreditation agency recognized by the United States Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation.
Degree programs may be verified by contacting the American Occupational Therapy Association website or at their office address: American Occupational Therapy Association, P.O. Box 31220, Bethesda, MD 20824-1220. Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/.
If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.
melonese.martin@va.gov · (210) 617-5300 X110018
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $121785 – $158322/yr.
This position is eligible for telework.
Applications close on 2026-10-09.
This position is open under the 'Fed Internal Search' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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