Occupational Therapist

CommonSpirit Health • Lakewood, CO

13d • Onsite

About The Position

Where You’ll Work The Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility department at St. Anthony Hospital is a 17-bed unit with a dedicated focus on providing intensive rehabilitation services to maximize return to independence and function at home and in the community. The unit offers Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech Language Pathology, and Case Management services, as well as consultation services by wound care, nutrition, patient educators, orthotists and integrative healing specialists. Specialized rehabilitation nursing care is provided 24 hours a day to ensure medical monitoring. Medical team members including Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, and Physician Assistants see patients daily to ensure patients are meeting rehabilitation and medical goals for discharge. All patients that come to this department must go through a qualification process to be accepted into the program. We do not get overflow from other departments. The IRF provides services to adults across the lifespan for both typical and non-typical rehabilitation diagnoses, including but not limited to patients following stroke, traumatic or non-traumatic spinal cord injury and major multiple trauma including multiple injured extremities, traumatic or non-trauma brain dysfunction, neurological impairments such as Parkinson’s Disease or Multiple Sclerosis, and for significant deconditioning following a complicated medical hospitalization. The team has a significant amount of experience in rehab as well as support from therapy partners for patient care and collaboration. A physician is on the unit daily for rounding, medical collaboration, and patient meetings. We are a close-knit group of very compassionate caregivers and are all dedicated to our practice, have a strong interest in rehab medicine and we seek candidates who like seeing success and improvements in their patients. Job Summary and Responsibilities You have a purpose, unique talents and NOW is the time to embrace it, live it and put it to work. We value incredible people with incredible skills – but your commitment to a greater cause is something we value even more. Join our Occupational Therapist team! As an Occupational Therapist you will be is responsible for a continuum of services providing care to patients with neuromuscular, orthopedic and other physically related disorders requiring mobility training, strengthening, modalities, specialized manual therapy and neuromuscular reeducation. In this position you will utilizes rehab process to promote and restore optimal health and well-being of the patient. Assumes personal accountability for organizational mission and core values

Requirements

• Bachelor Degree in Occupational Therapy required
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) from American Heart Association required
• Current Colorado state licensure in occupational therapy upon hire or within 3 months required
• Physical Requirements - Medium Work - (Exert up to 50lbs force occasionally, and/or up to 20lbs frequently, and/or up to 10lbs constantly)
• The minimum commitment is 5 shifts a month.
• For this role there is a requirement of two weekend days per month, one required summer holiday, and one required winter holiday.

Nice To Haves

• Previous work experience providing direct patient care in outpatient, inpatient or inpatient rehab unit preferred
• Prior use of electronic medical records (EMR), preferred
• Master's degree preferred

Responsibilities

• responsible for a continuum of services providing care to patients with neuromuscular, orthopedic and other physically related disorders requiring mobility training, strengthening, modalities, specialized manual therapy and neuromuscular reeducation
• utilizes rehab process to promote and restore optimal health and well-being of the patient
• Assumes personal accountability for organizational mission and core values

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees