Occupational Therapist

About the role

Harborview Medical Center – Rehab Therapies has an outstanding opportunity for a Occupational Therapist 1 - Inpatient.

Position highlights

• Assess, plan, administer, evaluate and provide safe occupational therapy. This will include progression of treatment goals and patient and family education.
• Assess and treat a patient caseload ranging from routine to complex patient problems and situations and utilize training in the evaluation and treatment process.
• Collaborate with other disciplines as appropriate to coordinate continuity of patient care.
• Implement treatment programs, which include addressing sensorimotor deficits, daily living skills, cognition and therapeutic adaptations. This may include use of therapeutic exercise, physical agents, manual therapy, and splinting.

Primary job responsibilities

• Demonstrate working knowledge of the disease process, precautions, typical medical treatment and diagnostic procedures, functional abilities, complications and implications of long term deficits related to primary diagnoses treated in service area.
• Plan treatment programs with the patient and treatment team.
• Document intervention and strategies for treatment in required organizational systems. Documentation is to include assessment, measurable criteria, goals method of treatment, home programs and adapting plan according to patient's response to intervention.
• Provide home programs and other educational information to patient and support systems prior to termination of therapy intervention.

Required qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited occupational therapist university and successful completion of the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy examination.
• Active Washington State license to practice as an Occupational Therapist.
• OR Equivalent education/experience will substitute for all minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license/certification/registration.

Work schedule

Per Diem Day Shift