Upon referral and in collaboration with other members of the health care team, the OT uses clinical judgment skills to treat patients with actual or potential health problems.
The OT is responsible for implementing OT programs to prevent disability from immobilization, surgery, following disease, injury or loss of body part; to restore function and return patient to maximum potential. The OT will coordinate therapy activities with other health care disciplines.
Essential Functions:
- Delivers quality treatment programs to patients ranging in age from pediatric to geriatric in compliance with competency checklists.
- Evaluates the physical status, functional abilities and age-specific needs of patients to determine the current level of functioning, self-care, self-responsibility, independence, and quality of life.
- Develops and implements a treatment plan which involves the patient, family and social support systems:identifies interventions to reach reasonable goals; coordinate and collaborates on treatment options; advocates to enhance patient's social support systems, facilitates environmental modifications, and creates new support systems.
- Integrates discharge planning early in treatment based on continuing assessments and stated expectations for achieving treatment goals and objectives.
- Provides treatments based on established departmental guidelines and protocols; demonstrates competency in managing patients based on competency checklists.
- Utilizes all equipment appropriately and safely per established protocols, manufacturers' guidelines, and competency checklists.
- Completes all chart documentation according to the criteria of the record review checklist.
- Provides written documentation, departmental and interdepartmental, that is legible, complete, and timely.
- Provides patient handouts that are effective and appropriate for patient understanding.
- Maintains professional competency by attending continuing education applicable to the specific patient population treated.
Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications:
- Graduate of accredited program in Occupational Therapy.
- Licensed for Occupational Therapy in State of Oregon or Washington upon hire.
- CPR Certification within 60 days of hire.
- NPI.
- Basic knowledge of anatomy, physiology, pathology.
- Equipment operation.
- Basic to moderate computer skills to complete documentation.
- New graduate acceptable.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Knowledge of patient assessment and treatment specific to patient load.
- Orthopedic skills.
- Group dynamics.
- Equipment operation.
- CPR certification.
- Hand therapy and neuro occupational therapy experience prefferred.
Salary Range:
$39.14 - $51.91
External hires must pass a background check/drug screen.
We are proud to be an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.