Occupational Therapist Cover Letter Example

Within 12 weeks, 82% of my patients reach the goals we agreed at their first assessment. That figure rests on measurable goals set with each person and reviewed every two weeks, and it is the main thing I would offer the hand therapy clinic Fernstone Rehabilitation Clinic is opening. I am a licensed occupational therapist, OTR/L, applying for your Occupational Therapist post.

On an adult outpatient team I see about ten patients a day, mostly after hand injuries, strokes and orthopedic surgery. At assessment I set two to four measurable goals with each patient and review them every two weeks. I make splints and write home exercise plans that patients can follow, then call after one week to check how they are managing. I complete notes the same day and keep documentation audit scores above 95%. I hold NBCOT certification and a current Oregon license.

Hand therapy has been the direction of my last five years, and a clinic built around it, with its own splinting room, is the setting I have been working toward since my splinting course. Fernstone Rehabilitation Clinic also asks me to supervise fieldwork students and support newer therapists. I supervise one occupational therapy student on fieldwork each year, and because I began as an occupational therapy assistant, running group sessions for up to eight patients while I studied part time, I know what newer staff need early on: a clear caseload and someone who reviews their goals with them. In a new clinic, habits set in the first months tend to stay, and goal reviews are the habit I would most want to set.

Bringing two anonymized goal sheets to an interview would show how I write and review goals with patients. My question for you is how referrals will be split between the new clinic and your existing three.