Occupational Therapist - Acute Care | Bethesda, Maryland | Contract

Quick Look

  • Weekly Gross Pay: Not specified
  • Shift: Day
  • Start Date: 09/01/2026
  • Duration: 52 weeks
  • Number of Openings: Not specified
  • Facility Type: Research

GLC On-The-Go is seeking an Occupational Therapist with experience in Physical Disabilities for a full-time contract. This position is located at a leading acute-care hospital dedicated to translational clinical research in Bethesda, Maryland. The facility maintains a 200-bed inpatient capacity with 18 outpatient clinics to support various intramural research programs.

WORK SCHEDULE

The schedule is Monday-Friday 8a-4:30p (hours can be somewhat flexible) for a total of 40 hours per week. On rare occasions, the Occupational Therapist may need to work on a holiday or weekend.

MAJOR DUTIES

  • Participates in the development of occupational therapy methodologies and techniques, including assessment tools and experimental or nonstandard occupational therapy interventions.
  • Evaluates effectiveness of new and established treatments and modifies as necessary to meet the requirements of constantly changing, complex biomedical and psychosocial research participants.
  • Serves as an Associate Investigator (AI) on institute-generated protocols or as a Principal Investigator (PI) for occupational therapy originated protocols.
  • Serves as a mentor to occupational therapists to identify needs for occupational therapy research.
  • Collaborates with other disciplines and occupational therapists in the evaluation of occupational therapy research projects.
  • Provides specialized occupational therapy care to individual patients or patient groups, particularly with terminal illnesses, cancer, autoimmune disorders, and arthritis diagnoses.
  • Assesses the actual and probable physical and psychosocial condition of the patient/patient group according to the Model of Human Occupation.
  • Uses standardized tests and outcome measurements to document clinical findings or research interventions.
  • Plans for patient care utilizing multi-disciplinary and intra-disciplinary approaches and integrating data from a variety of sources.
  • Predicts behavior of clients in response to illness, its treatment, and occupational therapy interventions.
  • Implements the occupational therapy care plan and collaborates with other health care professionals.
  • Provides for continuity of patient care through the occupational therapy process, including discharge planning.
  • Ensures all required information and activities are properly documented utilizing standardized methods.
  • Acts as a consultant within the organization to solve complex and/or ambiguous problems.
  • Serves as a consultant and guest lecturer to academic institutions and consumer organizations.
  • Works closely with rehabilitation medicine physicians and other disciplines in achieving functional goals for patients.
  • Provides counseling to and education for patients and their families.
  • Conducts informal teaching with patients and/or families in response to identified needs.
  • Evaluates the responses of patients and/or significant others to teaching efforts, identifying impediments to learning.
  • Collaborates with occupational therapy chief, occupational therapists, and research coordinator to set goals for service units.
  • Reviews and interprets goals and objectives set by higher management and provides input to determine specific goals for the service.
  • Ensures that goals are met and makes recommendations for change.

Requirements

  • A minimum of 2 years’ experience working with Physical Disabilities.
  • Experience working with patient diagnoses including terminal illness, cancer, autoimmune deficiencies, infectious diseases, and arthritis.
  • Experience in splinting.
  • Active State License.
  • Active BLS certification.
  • Previous research experience preferred.

GLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

If you are a dedicated Occupational Therapist looking to make a difference in a research-focused environment, we encourage you to apply today!