PRN Occupational Therapist - Acute Care, Logan Regional Hospital Job Opening

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Job Description

The Occupational Therapist provides direct patient services that may include identifying, evaluating, diagnosing, and treating. This position also provides indirect services including consulting, advising, teaching, and training patients and their caregivers.

As part of the Acute Care team, this Occupational Therapist will provide care throughout Logan Regional Hospital. This may include working in surgical, medical, intensive care, transitional care, emergency, among other units.

Essential Job Duties

• Assesses and evaluates a patient's condition according to the physician order and current standards of practice. Provides appropriate intervention including treatment related to the established plan of care with appropriate duration and intensity. Educates and trains patients and their caregivers.
• Accepts assignments from Director or Team Lead including case load, productivity standard, education and in-servicing others, orienting and training new employees, supervising and training students, and supervising COTAs and Aides.
• Actively participates in the quality improvement process for the team and the clinical setting and then follows through with the improvements.
• Communicates through written chart notes, evaluations, progress reports, and discharge summaries regarding patient's status, any complications, prognosis, and plans for follow-up care.
• Records daily charges and submits for payment according to department billing guidelines.
• Participates in regularly scheduled or special clinical meetings related to patient care and clinic management.
• Maintains appropriate team and interdisciplinary relationships.

Posting Specifics

• Benefits Eligible: No
• Shift Details: PRN or as-needed
• Department: Inpatient Occupational Therapy
  

Minimum Requirements

• Degree in Occupational Therapy. Education must be obtained from an accredited program. Degree will be verified.
• Current license in the State of practice.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers.

Physical Requirements

• Hearing/listening, lifting, manual dexterity, pulling/pushing, seeing, sitting, speaking, squatting/kneeling, standing, and walking.

Preferred Requirements

• Certified Occupational Therapist through the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy (NBCOT).
• Clinical or fieldwork experience in an inpatient setting.

Please Note

All positions subject to close without notice. Intermountain Healthcare prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, veteran status, disability and/or genetic information.

Location: US-UT-Logan
Activation Date: Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Expiration Date: Wednesday, June 26, 2019