Occupational Therapist I

The Position

CONTINUOUS Bargaining Unit: Local 856 - Health Services Unit Contra Costa County Health Services Department is recruiting individuals on a continuous basis to fill entry level Occupational Therapist positions. Therapists may be assigned to the Contra Costa Regional Medical Center and its Health Centers or the California Children Services Programs located throughout the County.

Occupational Therapist I is an entry level classification requiring no experience. Incumbents in this classification perform a full range of general therapy treatments while developing and learning the skills and knowledge necessary to apply more advanced and/or specialized treatments.

To read the complete job description, please visit the website www.cccounty.us/hr

The eligible list established from this recruitment may remain in effect for six months.

Typical Tasks

• Evaluates, plans and implements treatment including but not limited to the following areas:
• Self-care including feeding, oral bulbar function, dressing, grooming, bathing, skin inspection and toileting
• Functional mobility including positioning, transfers, wheelchair prescription and mobility training, topographic orientation, joint motion and muscle function
• Upper extremity function, including prehension, coordination, range, strength, sensation, pain, joint protection and hand function
• Adaptive/assistive equipment and splints including prescription, design, fabricating or applying selected orthotics or equipment
• Home management including energy conservation and work simplification, budgeting, meal preparation, household tasks and group living skills
• Community skills including shopping, use of transportation, safety, pre-vocational/vocational assessment and work skills, social behaviors, play and leisure pursuits
• Visual-perceptual ability including visual scanning, figure-ground discrimination, vision, fields, spatial relations and visual-motor integration
• Motor and sensory/motor development
• Functional cognition including orientation, attention, memory, analysis discrimination, seriation, organization, categorization, integration, judgement and problem-solving
• Learns to perform specialized and advanced therapy treatments
• Explains occupational therapy recommendations to patients and their families and provides patient and family education and training
• Provides consultation and education relative to therapy treatment considerations
• Collaborates with other care providers to ensure proper patient treatment and follow-up
• Secures and returns clinic supplies and equipment and maintains required records and statistics
• Prepares reports of patient treatment, treatment and discharge, planning and evaluation of treatment services
• Provides training and work direction to aides, assistants, interns and volunteers
• Consults with other therapists as needed

Minimum Qualifications Certificate: Possession and maintenance of a valid License or limited Permit to practice as an Occupational Therapist issued by the California Board of Occupational Therapy.

Certification: Must possess and maintain a current Basic Life Support (BLS) certificate issued by the American Heart Association or a CPR certification issued by the American Red Cross.

Experience: None Required

OTHER REQUIREMENTS: A background investigation/fingerprint and/or physical exam may be required prior to the start of employment.

Applicants must submit a copy of a valid License or limited Permit to practice as an Occupational Therapist issued by the California Board of Occupational Therapy AND a completed supplemental questionnaire. An application submitted without a valid License or limited Permit and supplemental questionnaire will be considered incomplete and will therefore be disqualified. Selection Process

• Application Filing: All applicants must apply on-line at www.cccounty.us/hr and submit the information as indicated on the job announcement by the final filing date.
• Application Evaluation: Depending on the number of applications received, an Application Evaluation Board may be convened to evaluate and select the best-qualified candidates for invitation to the next phase of the examination.
• Training and Experience Evaluation: Consists of an evaluation of each candidate's relevant education, training and/or experience as presented on the application and supplemental questionnaire (Weighted 100%).

The Human Resources Department may change the examination steps noted above in accordance with the Personnel Management Regulations and accepted selection practices.

CONVICTION HISTORY After you receive a conditional job offer, you will be fingerprinted, and your fingerprints will be sent to the California Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The resulting report of your conviction history (if any) will be used to determine whether the nature of your conviction conflicts with the specific duties and responsibilities of the job for which you have received a conditional job offer. If a conflict exists, you will be asked to present any evidence of rehabilitation that may mitigate the conflict, except when federal or state regulations bar employment in specific circumstances. Having a conviction history does not automatically preclude you from a job with Contra Costa County. If you accept a conditional job offer, the Human Resources department will contact you to schedule a fingerprinting appointment.

DISASTER SERVICE WORKER All Contra Costa County employees are designated Disaster Service Workers through state and local law. Employment with the County requires the affirmation of a loyalty oath to this effect. Employees are required to complete all Disaster Service Worker-related training as assigned, and to return to work as ordered in the event of an emergency.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY It is the policy of Contra Costa County to consider all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender, gender identify, gender expression, marital status, ancestry, medical condition, genetic information, military or veteran status, or other protected category under the law.

To find more information on Benefits offered by Contra Costa County, please go to https://www.contracosta.ca.gov/1343/Employee-Benefits

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A completed supplemental questionnaire is required for this position. An application submitted without the supplemental questionnaire will be considered incomplete and will therefore be disqualified. Your supplemental questionnaire responses will be used to evaluate your education, training and experience as it relates to this position and will determine your score and rank on the employment list. You will receive a rating of 70% for meeting the minimum qualifications. Additional points will be awarded to candidates who possess job-related education, training, and experience beyond the minimum qualifications.

DO NOT answer any of the questions by indicating 'see resume'. Although you may submit a resume or additional information, such items may not be substituted in lieu of the questionnaire. Please be concise, limiting your response to the information that is relevant to each question.

I have read and fully understand the above information.

• Yes
• No

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Do you possess a current license to practice as an Occupational Therapist issued by the California Board of Occupational Therapy?

• Yes
• No

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If yes, how long?

• I have no experience as a California Licensed Occupational Therapist
• At least one (1) month but less than one (1) year of experience
• At least one (1) year or more of experience

04

If no, do you possess a Limited Permit to practice as an Occupational Therapist issued by the California Board of Occupational Therapy?

• Yes
• No

05

Are you scheduled to take the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy (NBCOT) exam?

• Yes
• No

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If yes, when?

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As an Occupational Therapist, or during your training, have you had experience in any of the following patient care services?

(Please check the appropriate box(es) if yes)

• Dressing training (including specialized techniques)
• Train patients in transfer and mobility techniques
• Feeding training (including evaluation of oral functioning and self-feeding skills)
• Treat patient with problems in swallowing, lip control, breath control and proper body position?
• Instruct patients in hygiene and grooming to include specific self-care techniques for: bathing, oral hygiene, shaving, hair care and skin care
• Provide training to patients in use of sliding boards, tub seats, shower chairs, raised toilet seats, toilet rails, commodes and lifts
• Fit patients for wheelchairs
• Instruct patients in homemaking, group living, and community skills
• Train patients in energy conservation and work simplification techniques?Train patients in energy conservation and work simplification techniques
• Provide to patients graded activities/exercise to improve coordination/strength
• None of the Above

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Please give the name, address and phone number of persons who may be contacted to verify the above information.

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TYPES OF EMPLOYMENT: Indicate the types of employment you desire. Your name will be referred only for those you check.

• PERMANENT FULL-TIME POSITION: Regularly scheduled 40 hours per week, full fringe benefits.
• PERMANENT PART-TIME POSITION: Regularly scheduled less than 40 hours per week; prorated vacation and sick leave; medical benefits on a shared cost basis if position is 16 hours or more per week. Retirement on a shared cost basis if position is 20 hours or more per week.
• PERMANENT INTERMITTENT: Irregular, unscheduled employment on an on-call or per diem basis, paid hourly; must be available to work every other weekend; scheduled for one major and three minor holidays; prorated vacation and sick leave.
• All Types of Employment

10

Assignment Preference

• California Children Services
• Rehabilitation Therapy - Hospital

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I certify that I meet the announced requirements for this examination and understand that I will be eliminated at any stage in such examination if it develops that, in fact I do not meet them. I further certify that all statements made in this supplemental questionnaire and the application, are true and I agree and understand that misstatements or omissions of material facts will cause forfeiture of my rights to employment with Contra Costa County.

• Yes
• No
• Required Question