Inpatient Occupational Therapist - PRN - Float Pool

Inpatient Float Pool Position, NICU and Adult Experience Strongly Preferred. Must be willing to work at a minimum of 3 medical centers within the HonorHealth network.

About the Role

HonorHealth’s Network Float Pool supports inter-campus floating across multiple hospitals. This role embodies strong customer service skills and requires concise, tactful communication with physicians, co-workers, caregivers, family members, patients, and other healthcare providers.

Great care starts with great people. At HonorHealth, our culture is built on warmth and neighborly kindness, with a commitment to caring for the health and well-being of communities across the greater Phoenix area.

Responsibilities

• Implement an individualized treatment plan using skilled, evidence-based occupational therapy techniques, including therapeutic exercises, manual techniques, functional mobility training, activities of daily living training, and modalities as indicated.
• Provide verbal and written instructions to patients, caregivers, and family members.
• Maintain current knowledge of occupational therapy techniques through continuing education, professional journals, and compliance with DNV and Medicare standards.
• Evaluate patients per department policy, demonstrating sound clinical reasoning to synthesize data and identify treatment diagnoses.
• Establish a comprehensive plan of treatment with measurable, functional long- and short-term goals and a defined discharge plan.
• Perform ongoing evaluations of patient responses to treatment, adjusting care as needed.
• Maintain accurate and current documentation in patient medical records, including evaluations, daily treatment notes, updated treatment plans, progress reports, discharge summaries, and billing sheets.
• Complete billing and billing sheets according to department procedures and within established timeframes.
• Assume responsibility for financial stewardship by utilizing resources effectively and efficiently.
• Confer with the interdisciplinary team to clarify treatment plans and discuss patient status, providing timely feedback to case managers and key personnel regarding discharge needs.
• Participate in interdisciplinary rounds and communicate information to achieve optimal treatment outcomes.
• Delegate appropriate patients to occupational therapist assistants, supervise their care, and provide updated treatment plans and instructions.
• Act as a resource for therapy-related issues to assistive personnel and staff from other departments.
• Assist in identifying department needs and process improvements, contributing to recruitment and retention efforts.
• Participate in departmental and interdepartmental meetings, in-services, utilization reviews, committees, and student preceptor or mentor programs.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Therapy from an AOTA-accredited university (required prior to starting employment).
• Master’s or Doctorate degree in Occupational Therapy from an AOTA-accredited university (preferred).
• Six (6) months of recent experience in a network float position (preferred).
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification (required).
• Current, unrestricted license issued by the Arizona Board of Occupational Therapy Examiners (required prior to starting employment).

Schedule

• PRN (as needed), Day Shift: 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM.
• Rotating holidays and weekends.

Locations

HonorHealth hospitals supported by this role include:

• HonorHealth John C. Lincoln Medical Center
• HonorHealth Scottsdale Osborn Medical Center
• HonorHealth Scottsdale Shea Medical Center
• HonorHealth Scottsdale Thompson Peak Medical Center
• HonorHealth Deer Valley Medical Center
• HonorHealth Sonoran Crossing Medical Center
• HonorHealth Four Peaks Medical Center
• HonorHealth Tempe Medical Center
• HonorHealth Florence Medical Center