Occupational Therapist - Per Diem - Rehab Services, Stateline NV
About The Position
The Occupational Therapist provides safe, effective, patient- and family-centered care in alignment with the organization’s mission, vision, and values. The role serves patients across age populations from birth through older adulthood, working with a multidisciplinary care team and following established policies and procedures. The Occupational Therapist may provide services to acute care patients, outpatients, and skilled nursing, home health, and hospice clients. The role assesses patients, develops and implements treatment plans, evaluates outcomes, educates patients and families, and documents care. The Occupational Therapist may delegate portions of treatment plans to occupational therapy assistants and uses supportive personnel within their abilities and scope of service. The position involves routine hospital, healthcare, and office/administrative environments; contact with patients and guests; occasional travel among health system locations; and exposure to infectious and other workplace hazards. Physical demands include frequent walking, standing, sitting, and communicating; occasional handling of objects and equipment, reaching, climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling; patient lifting, positioning, pushing, and transferring; and occasionally lifting or moving up to 50 pounds.
Requirements
- Graduation from an accredited Occupational Therapy program.
- National Board Certified Occupational Therapist (NBCOT) certification required.
- Current American Heart Association CPR/BLS certification for the Healthcare Provider, or ability to obtain it before the start date.
- If California is the primary home department, California occupational therapy licensure is required, with Nevada occupational therapy licensure to be obtained within six months.
- If Nevada is the primary home department, Nevada occupational therapy licensure is required, with California occupational therapy licensure to be obtained within six months.
- Proficient computer skills for documenting patient care, communicating, and entering information into the electronic medical record system.
- Critical-thinking skills, decisive clinical judgment, and ability to work with minimal supervision.
- Ability to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Ability to collaborate with departments within and outside the Barton Health System to provide consistently exceptional care.
- Attention to detail to adhere to regulatory standards.
Nice To Haves
- At least one year of experience as an Occupational Therapist is preferred.
- Epic experience is preferred.
Responsibilities
- Provide consistently exceptional care.
- Provide occupational therapy services to acute care patients, outpatients, and skilled nursing, home health, and hospice clients.
- Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care in collaboration with the multidisciplinary care team and in accordance with CMS guidelines.
- Identify and meet the individualized needs of patients across the populations served.
- Provide direct patient care, evaluate outcomes, consult with others as needed, and adjust care plans to support optimal outcomes; perform as both a generalist and specialist.
- Conduct initial and repeat assessments at appropriate intervals and recognize disturbed physiology and abnormal parameters.
- Assess pain, evaluate its characteristics, use the approved pain scale, reassess after interventions, and report abnormal results to appropriate clinical nursing staff.
- Assess patients’ psychosocial needs, show interest in their progress and comfort, and educate them about treatment plans.
- Delegate portions of treatment plans to occupational therapy assistants when indicated and use supportive personnel within their abilities and scope of service.
- Educate patients and families about treatments and rehabilitation techniques in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team, and participate in patient care conferences.
- Design and fit adaptive devices, such as splints and braces, based on patients’ disabilities and rehabilitation needs.
- Perform treatment programs in accordance with established protocols.
- Ensure accurate and timely documentation of all aspects of care in patient medical records.
- Recognize conditions outside the scope of expertise and seek input from the interdisciplinary team.
- Keep patients and families informed about progress, procedures, and disposition.
- Maintain working knowledge of regulatory and licensing standards and ensure compliant practice.
- Perform other duties as needed to respond to departmental needs.
