Responsible for the occupational therapy of patients under the direction and supervision of the Rehabilitation Services.
Essential Functions:
- Evaluates patients, interprets evaluation findings to determine the nature and extent of dysfunction.
- Establishes treatment goals and plans treatment to achieve established goals.
- Initiates discharge planning for occupational therapy.
- Implements the treatment program through direct treatment of the patient.
- May delegate a portion of the treatment program to the appropriate supportive personnel.
- Coordinates the treatment program with other health care personnel as appropriate.
- Provides advice and education to patient and family.
- Regularly assesses clinical signs and symptoms to determine effectiveness of treatment, progress of patient towards goals, the need for modifying goals and treatment.
- Discharges patient from occupational therapy when the patient has received maximum benefit from occupational therapy.
- Provides accurate, timely documentation of occupational therapy patient management.
- Demonstrates progress toward meeting the criteria for professional practice.
Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications:
- Graduate of an accredited occupational therapy curriculum with a bachelor's or master's degree with certification in occupational therapy or foreign-trained equivalent.
- License to practice occupational therapy by the State of California.
- BLS required.
- Must have a Nat'l Provider Identifier (NPI), or obtain an NPI, prior to employment start date.
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.
Applicant must be willing and able to accept all assignments to departments and facilities willingly and with positive behaviors. Must also maintain reliable transportation to assure ability to float to either Antioch Medical Center or Walnut Creek Medical Center or both. Base facility will be Antioch Medical Center.
External hires must pass a background check/drug screen.
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