Occupational Therapist - Arlington Heights DayRehab Center

Shirley Ryan AbilityLab • Arlington Heights, IL

17h • $82,800 - $120,000

About The Position

The Occupational Therapist selects appropriate evaluation procedures and directs patients’ participation in tasks to restore or maximize independence in daily living skills. The role facilitates learning of skills and functions essential for adaptation and productivity and participates in the department’s clinical education program.

The Occupational Therapist supports Shirley Ryan AbilityLab’s mission, vision, and core values by contributing to team efforts and demonstrating excellence, respect, and compassion toward patients, families, colleagues, and others. The role also demonstrates the organization’s core attributes of communication, accountability, flexibility and adaptability, judgment and problem solving, and customer service, along with its values of hope, compassion, discovery, collaboration, and commitment to excellence.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Occupational Therapy from an accredited college or university.
• Current Illinois license to practice as an Occupational Therapist.
• Current CPR certification.
• Understanding of the growth and development of infant, child, adolescent, and geriatric patients.
• Ability to interpret growth- and development-related information to assure patient needs are met.
• Analytical ability to gather and interpret patient-chart data and recommend solutions to treatment-related problems.
• Interpersonal skills to communicate with other health care professionals and establish therapeutic relationships with patients and families.
• Ability to transfer and position patients.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate, assess, and plan treatment, including orienting patients and significant others to the purposes and processes of occupational therapy evaluation and treatment.
• Evaluate patient impairments, disability, and handicap in relation to diagnosis, life roles, age and development, functional status, and medical condition.
• Facilitate patient participation in therapy and collaborate with others to advocate for patients and families and achieve desirable outcomes.
• Identify how abilities and impairments affect function and establish goals with the patient, family, and other team members.
• Implement patient treatment plans using occupational therapy approaches, selecting activities to achieve outcomes, transferring and positioning patients, and modifying treatment as needed.
• Participate in patient care conferences to coordinate treatment and educate patients and families.
• Document patient care activities according to department protocols using RICIS and appropriate manual report forms.
• May supervise affiliated occupational therapy students.
• May teach in department and Education and Training courses.
• Perform other duties that may be assigned in the best interest of Shirley Ryan AbilityLab.
• Develop professional skills through development plans, continuing education, in-service offerings, and written resources on advancements.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits program competitive with industry peers in the organization’s geographic locations; benefits and eligibility may vary by position.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time