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Certified Driving Rehabilitation Specialist - CDRS

Overview

Position: Certified Driving Rehabilitation Specialist CDRS (COTA)

Location: West Orange, NJ

Schedule: Full-Time 40 hours weeklyCompensation: $30-45 hourly depending on years of experience 

 

At Kessler, we take pride in creating an exceptional patient experience, helping our patients get back to athletics, work, life, and the things they love. 

 

Our benefits package supports your career growth and personal well-being:

  • Start Strong: Our mentorship and orientation programs ensure a successful transition
  • Ease the Burden: Our student debt benefit program helps alleviate the financial pressure of student debt
  • Recharge & Refresh: Generous PTO to maintain a healthy work-life balance
  • Your Health Matters: Comprehensive benefits packages
  • Invest in Your Future: Company matching 401(k) retirement plans
  • Advance your Career: We offer a tuition reimbursement program 
  • Go Anywhere with Us: 1900 centers in 39 states, offering internal movement

 

Responsibilities

Specific Duties:

Performs comprehensive driving evaluations with clients of varying abilities, follow-up driving sessions, along with marketing and program development. Provides clinical and service excellence.  Through their actions, consistently demonstrates best practice while performing initial evaluations, treatment planning, treatment progression, ongoing assessments, goal setting, alternative referrals and discharge planning for the clients referred to the driver rehabilitation program. Through comprehensive history taking and utilization of appropriate objective measures and standardized tests is able to establish an action plan that addresses the clients’ specific needs and goals. Is able to understand and comply with diagnosis specific medical instructions, restrictions and precautions. Demonstrates ability to utilize appropriate clinical decision making to maximize client outcomes. Identifies client barriers, such as accessibility, language, age specific needs, culture and learning differences that may impede functional progress, follows best practices established by Association of Driver Rehabilitation Specialists (ADED) and works with rehab team to collectively resolve issues.

 

Qualifications

Minimum Education & Experience (Including Licenses)

  • Bachelor’s Degree or Associate’s Degree in health related field required.
  • Eligible to obtain valid New Jersey State licensure as a driving instructor.
  • Previous experience teaching persons with disabilities preferred.
  • Experience with neurologic patients preferred
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    Requires a current and valid COTA license and CDRS. Licensed experience in a neuro outpatient setting is also required. 

     

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    Equal Opportunity Employer/including Disabled/Veterans

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