OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST IHousing for Health

Position / Program Information

TYPE OF RECRUITMENT

Open Competitive Job Opportunity - EMERGENCY

EXAM NUMBER

Y5856J-EA

FILING START DATE

Applications will be accepted starting on Tues day February 4 2025 at 12 : 00 P.M. (PT)

This opportunity will remain open until the needs of the services are met and is subject to closure without prior notice.

The LA County Board of Supervisors recently declared a local state of emergency for homelessness and the County is working to revise and expand our response to help all who are affected. We are looking for qualified and passionate individuals to help us in the mission of addressing issues like housing mental health and substance use. If you are looking for a new career that will directly benefit the population of LA County this may be the opportunity for you.

Department of Health Service s (Community Programs) is seeking qualified candidates to fill emergency Occupational Therapist I vacancies related to the homelessness crisis.

Under the emergency order applicants who meet the requirements may be hired for an initial period of up to 90 days with an opportunity for permanent County employment.

Before your initial work period ends you will be assessed on your work performance. This assessment will be weighted 100%.

Those who successfully pass the assessment will be considered for permanent appointment to

Occupational Therapist I

ABOUT LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES :

The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (DHS) is the second largest municipal health system in the nation. Through its integrated system of 25 health centers and four acute care hospitals and expanded network of community partner clinics DHS annually provides direct care for 600000 unique patients employs over 23000 staff and has an annual budget of over $6.9 billion. For additional information regarding DHS please visit .

Through academic affiliations with the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) the University of Southern California (USC) and the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Sciences (CDU) DHS hospitals are training sites for physicians completing their Graduate Medical Education in nearly every medical specialty and addition to its direct clinical services DHS also runs the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Agency and the Countys 911 emergency response system as well as Housing for Health and the Office of Diversion and Re-entry each with a critical role in connecting vulnerable populations including those released from correctional and institutional settings to supportive housing.

THE MISSION :

To advance the health of our patients and our communities by providing extraordinary care.

DEFINITION :

Provides professional occupational therapy services to assist patients with mental or physical disabilities to attain regain or maintain physical or mental functioning or to adjust to their disabilities.

CLASSIFICATION STANDARDS :

Positions allocable to this class receive administrative and clinical supervision from a higher-level occupational therapist or in California Childrens Services receive supervision from either a higher-level physical or occupational therapist. Incumbents provide occupational therapy services to patients in a range of settings such as acute medical psychiatric or rehabilitation hospitals out-patient clinics or in California Childrens Services Medical Therapy Units. Incumbents may supervise subordinate therapists students and other support staff in performing delegated and assigned treatment and exercise procedures. Incumbents work within the framework of established procedures professional standards and practice acts and receive additional direction and consultative guidance from instructors higher-level therapists and physicians.

Essential Job Functions

• Reviews physicians referrals for occupational therapy services and utilizes information obtained from patients records relative to their medical history social and emotional disorders and prognoses in order to select appropriate evaluation procedures for identifying patients functional limitations / disabilities / problems and their level of performance.
• Administers a variety of evaluation tests to assess the nature and extent of impaired function capacities and limitations such as range of motion muscle coordination cognition developmental stage and life roles.
• Performs evaluation procedures to determine patients performance capacities and deficits such as functional cognitive visual and perceptual abilities; assesses patients interests goals environment and psychological and emotional conditions including interpersonal and social attitudes and behaviors.
• Analyzes evaluation test results to establish realistic treatment goals predict anticipated level of functioning and time to achieve it; plans and develops sequential treatment programs; assesses patients progress; communicates test results and measurements to physicians members of allied health disciplines and patients families; develops and modifies initial and subsequent treatment programs consistent with the changing needs of the patient.
• Selects treatment methods and techniques that are compatible with patients needs and capacities by assigning activities of interest which will develop desired motions responses attitudes behaviors or mental function; treatment programs may include individual and group activities such as manual arts crafts games music exercises and sensory-motor integration and practice in functional pre-vocational homemaking skills and activities of daily living.
• Performs complex treatment modalities interventions and techniques requiring special precautionary measures such as post-operative activities manual stretching positioning extremities with splints and braces designed to prevent or correct deformities and special facilitation techniques to increase muscle strength and develop control and coordination.
• Confers with physicians interdisciplinary treatment providers or a health team and families regarding evaluation treatment progress and disposition of patients; makes recommendations such as for splinting and bracing and considers suggestions made by physicians other allied health personnel and / or families.
• Coordinates patient treatment and results with other professionals and agencies such as physicians nurses social workers rehabilitation and school personnel families and vendors to provide total care to the patient.
• Supervises patient treatments and procedures delegated to other occupational therapy personnel and student occupational therapists and provides technical guidance on problem cases.
• Supervises maintains and / or modifies patients treatment plan and documents progress notes relative to the therapy.
• Participates in continuing education / staff development programs and other medical facility departmental and professional licensing requirements as directed.
• May serve as clinical instructor to new employees interns and / or students; participates in quality assessment and improvement activities.

Requirements

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS :

Graduation from an occupational therapy curriculum

LICENSE :

Physical Class III - Moderate :

This class requires that the incumbent stand or walk most of the time with bending stooping squatting twisting reaching working on irregular surfaces occasional lifting of objects weighing over 25 pounds and frequent lifting of 10-25 pounds.

You MUST meet the above requirement(s) in order to be appointed to fill any vacancy related to this recruitment. No withholds are allowed for this examination. Applicants must meet the Minimum Requirements at the time of filing.

Additional Information

OUR ASSESSMENT PROCESS :

Beforethe end of your initial work period the appointing department will evaluate your performance. Those who achieve a passing score on this evaluation will be considered for permanent appointment.

ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION :

Please note that ALL information included in the application materials is subject to VERIFICATION at any point during the hiring process including after an appointment has been made. FALSIFICATION of any information may result in DISQUALIFICATION.

VACANCY INFORMATION :

The current vacancies are to be filled within the Department of Health Services (Community Programs).

AVAILABLE SHIFT :

Appointees may be required to work any shift including evenings nights weekends and holidays.

APPLICATIONS & FILLING INFORMATION :

Applications must be filed online only and will be reviewed for interview consideration on an ongoing basis. If you have not been contacted within 60 days and the recruitment remains open or reopens for filing we encourage you to submit a new application. This will allow you to reaffirm your interest and update any relevant information.

Many important notifications will be sent electronically to the email address provided on the application so it is important that you provide a valid email address. Please add the following email addresses to the list of approved senders to prevent email notifications from being filtered as spam / junk / clutter mail.

You can opt out of emails from LA County. If you unsubscribe you will not receive email notifications for any examination you apply with Los Angeles County.

Regardless of whether you choose to unsubscribe you can always check for notifications by logging into and viewing your profile inbox which saves a copy of all emailed notices. Plan to submit your online application in a timely manner as you may be required to verify your email address. This only needs to be done once per email address and if you already have a job seeker account on you can verify at any time by logging in and following the prompts. This will enhance the security of your online application and ensure you do not enter an incorrect email address.

SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER :

Please include your Social Security Number for record control purposes. Federal law requires that all employed persons have a Social Security Number.

NO SHARING OF USER ID AND PASSWORD :

All applicants must file their application online using their own user ID and password. Using a family members or friends user ID and password may erase a candidates original application record.

COMPUTER AND INTERNET ACCESS AT PUBLIC LIBRARIES :

For candidates who may not have regular access to a computer or the internet applications can be completed on computers at public libraries throughout Los Angeles County.

FAIR CHANCE INITIATIVE :

The County of Los Angeles is a Fair Chance employer. Except for a very limited number of positions you will not be asked to provide information about a conviction history unless you receive a contingent offer of employment. The County will make an individual assessment of whether your conviction history has a direct or adverse relationship with the specific duties of the job and consider potential mitigating factors including but not limited to evidence and extent of rehabilitation regency of the offense(s) and age at the time of the offense(s). If asked to provide information about a conviction history any convictions or court records which are exempted by a valid court order do not have to be disclosed .

ANTI-RACISM DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION (ARDI) :

The County of Los Angeles recognizes and affirms that all people are created equal and are entitled to all rights afforded by the Constitution of the United States. The Department of Human Resources is committed to promoting Anti-racism Diversity and Inclusion efforts to address the inequalities and disparities amongst race. We support the ARDI Strategic Plan and its goals by improving equality diversity and inclusion in recruitment selection and employment practices.

ADA COORDINATOR PHONE :

CALIFORNIA RELAY SERVICES PHONE :

DEPARTMENT CONTACT :

Jessica Hernandez Gutierrez Exam Analyst

COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

Employment Information

Any language contained in the job posting supersedes any language contained below.

This document is intended to provide general information about the recruitment process of the County of Los Angeles. Applicants with questions about a specific job posting should contact the exam analyst listed on the posting.

Equal Employment Opportunity / Non-Discrimination Statement :

The County of Los Angeles is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and is committed to non-discrimination in the County workforce regardless of age (40 and over); ancestry; color; ethnicity; religious creed; protected family or medical leave status; disability; marital status; medical condition; genetic information; military and veteran status; national origin; race ; sex; gender; sexual orientation; or any other characteristic protected by State or federal law. For more information please visit : Accommodations for Applicants :

The County of Los Angeles complies with all federal and state disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for qualified applicants and employees with disabilities. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application process please contact the testing accommodation coordinator listed on the job posting. Hearing impaired applicants with telephone teletype equipment may leave messages by calling the teletype phone number on the job posting. For more information on accommodations please visit : Chance :

The County of Los Angeles is a Fair Chance employer. Except as otherwise permissible under applicable laws you will not be asked to provide information about conviction history unless you receive a conditional offer of employment. The County will make an individualized assessment of whether your conviction history has a direct and adverse relationship with the specific duties of the job and will also consider potential mitigating factors which may include but is not limited to evidence and extent of rehabilitation recency of the offense(s) and age at the time of the offense(s). If asked to provide information about conviction history any convictions or court records which are exempted by a valid court order do not have to be disclosed. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with County Fair Chance Policies and the Fair Chance Act (Gov. Code Section 12952).

Employment Eligibility :

Final appointment is contingent upon verification of U.S. citizenship or the right to work in the United States.

Career PathFinder :

Resources to help current and prospective employees plan a career with Los Angeles County are available. To explore career paths to and from nearly all job titles please visit our interactive Career PathFinder application at .

Veterans Credit :

Pursuant to the County Charter and County policy in all open competitive examinations (i.e. examinations open to everyone) the County of Los Angeles will add a credit of 10 percent of the total credits specified for such examination to the final passing score of an honorably discharged veteran as well as the spouse of a deceased or disabled veteran who served in the Armed Forces of the United States under specific conditions.

For more information on veterans credit please visit : September 2025

Key Skills

Body Mechanics,Early Intervention,Acute Care,Communication skills,HIPAA,Autism Experience,Computer Literacy,Pediatrics Experience,Home Care,Heavy Lifting,Patient Service Experience,Medicare

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

Yearly Salary Salary : 114219 - 130814