Occupational Therapist - Novi, MI

Tenet • Detroit, MI

3d

About The Position

The Occupational Therapist evaluates and treats patients using standard occupational therapy procedures under general supervision and according to established policies and procedures. The role is responsible for complex and specialty cases at assigned sites. The therapist evaluates patients’ motor and neurological capabilities, documents findings, and plans and delivers occupational therapy programs. Treatment selection is guided by professional judgment and attending physicians’ prescriptions, with programs intended to enhance patients’ motor, sensory, cognitive, and interpersonal skills and promote independence and productivity.

The therapist works with attending physicians to establish therapy goals consistent with diagnoses, prepares treatment plans, and provides individual or group therapy using a variety of occupational therapy modalities. The role also documents evaluations, treatments, progress, and discharge summaries in accordance with departmental and service-line protocols. Additional duties include mentoring staff, developing and delivering educational in-services, participating in interdisciplinary conferences and meetings, and potentially overseeing and evaluating occupational therapy assistants, aides, students, or volunteers. The therapist maintains professional expertise and contributes to programs and services that support interdisciplinary care.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Occupational Therapy.
• Three years of clinical experience to acquire skills for independent patient treatment.
• Current license to practice as an Occupational Therapist in the State of Michigan.
• Initial certification with the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy (NBCOT).
• Minimum of 60 points on the professional growth and development criteria.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and treat patients using standard occupational therapy procedures, including complex and specialty cases at assigned sites.
• Assess patients’ motor and neurological capabilities and document findings.
• Direct, plan, organize, and carry out occupational therapy programs.
• Select treatment media using professional judgment consistent with attending physicians’ prescriptions.
• Implement programs to enhance patients’ motor, sensory, cognitive, and interpersonal skills and promote independence and productivity.
• Collaborate with attending physicians to establish therapy goals consistent with patients’ diagnoses.
• Prepare treatment plans and provide individual or group therapy using a variety of occupational therapy modalities.
• Document treatments, initial evaluations, progress notes, and discharge summaries according to departmental and service-line policies and protocols.
• Mentor staff and develop and implement educational in-services.
• Attend interdisciplinary team conferences and other meetings to consult on patient treatment and program development.
• As assigned, oversee, instruct, and evaluate occupational therapy assistants, aides, students, and/or volunteers.
• Co-sign notes written by occupational therapy assistants, aides, or students.
• Maintain professional expertise through workshops, lectures, in-services, conferences, and similar activities.
• Assist with implementing programs and services that foster interdisciplinary care and a service-line system of care.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match
• Paid time off (PTO)
• Career development and continuing education opportunities
• Health savings accounts and healthcare and dependent flexible spending accounts
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee discount program
• Voluntary pet insurance, legal insurance, accident and critical illness insurance, long-term care, elder and childcare, and auto and home insurance
• Sign-on bonus up to $20,000, based on relevant experience

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level