Occupational Therapist - Outpatient Lymphedema

Join Cleveland Clinic’s Main Campus where research and surgery are advanced, technology is leading-edge, patient care is world class and caregivers are family. Here, you will work alongside a passionate and dedicated team, receive endless support and appreciation, and build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.

Occupational Therapists provide many wide-ranging services to help patients improve their ability to perform normal activities of daily living. Whether from a physical injury, stroke, cognitive differences, surgery or general aging, your work as an OT helps maximize their confidence in performing self-care, working and managing life responsibilities. 

This is a full-time role. A caregiver in this position will work Monday through Friday from 8:30am to 5:00pm for the first 90 days. After the first 90 days there will be a late day working 10:00am to 6:30pm and one day from 9:15pm to 5:45pm. No weekends or holidays required.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:  

• Evaluate and treat patients with physical, emotional, cognitive and/or psychosocial deficits which impact their abilities to successfully perform independent living skills. 

• Assess patient ability to safely and effectively perform independent living skills and design the appropriate plan of care, including type and frequency of treatment. 

• Implement the treatment plan using appropriate modalities and document subjective and objective findings of patient progress. 

• Educate the patient and family/caregiver about patient deficits. 

• Direct and supervise the activities of support personnel. 

• Act a clinical instructor or participate in the education and evaluation of students. 

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:  

• Bachelor’s Degree 

• Graduate of an Occupational Therapy Program accredited by the American Occupational Therapy Association 

• Current Ohio licensure as an Occupational Therapist (OT) 

• Basic Life Support (BLS), Healthcare Provider Certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross  

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include: 

• Experience in clinical area  
• Experience working with lymphedema, certification with lymphedema also preferred.

Physical Requirements:  

• Ability to walk without assistive device and to maintain balance despite sudden load in order to support patient from falling. 

• Ability to meet physical demands characterized at the heavy level defined by 1993 Leonard Matheson and Ministry of Labor. 

• Ability to lift and reach with arms sufficiently to lift patient's arm and leg during therapeutic treatment program. 

• Sensation of touch and manual dexterity to be able to palpate muscle tension or to monitor patient pulse. 

• Visual acuity to observe patient's gross and fine motor movements in order to analyze these movements and to read all patient monitors. 

• Ability to speak clearly enough to instruct patients and families. 

• Ability to hear at a conversational level to understand patient's description of symptoms and response to treatment.