Senior Occupational Therapist

St Johns Regional Medical Center•Oxnard, CA

5d•$52 - $78

About The Position

The Senior Occupational Therapist provides essential in-home occupational therapy services under physician orders. The role evaluates home safety and patients’ functional needs, then develops, plans, and implements individualized treatment procedures to promote independence and safety. The therapist evaluates physically disabled patients’ functional deficits through interviews, skilled observation, and testing across activities of daily living, work and productive activities, play and leisure activities, sensorimotor skills, cognitive integration, and psychosocial skills. The position accurately interprets physician orders and communicates regularly with the healthcare team about treatment goals, patient progress, and rehabilitation potential. It also includes identifying and reporting suspected patient abuse or neglect and, when assigned, conducting annual employee performance reviews and helping employees improve their performance.

Requirements

Minimum of five years of clinical experience.
Evidence of extensive training in a specialty area.
Occupational Therapist license in California, required upon hire.
Basic Life Support (CPR), required upon hire.

Nice To Haves

Specialty training may be in neuro rehabilitation, orthopedics, pediatrics, hand rehabilitation, pain management, or work hardening.

Responsibilities

Provide in-home occupational therapy services under physician orders.
Evaluate home safety and assess patients’ functional needs.
Develop, plan, and implement individualized occupational therapy treatment procedures to promote independence and safety.
Identify patients’ functional deficits through interviews, skilled observation, and testing across activities of daily living, work and productive activities, play and leisure activities, sensorimotor skills, cognitive integration, and psychosocial skills.
Accurately interpret physician orders.
Communicate regularly with healthcare team members regarding goals, progress, and rehabilitation potential.
Collaborate as a member of the treatment team.
Attend appropriate patient-care meetings, including mini rounds, rehabilitation weekly conferences, and discharge meetings.
Identify and report patient abuse and neglect, including physical assault, domestic abuse, and abuse or neglect of elders and children.
Conduct annual performance reviews as assigned by the Therapy Manager or Supervisor and help employees improve job performance.