Occupational Therapist PRN

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Promotes mission, vision, and values of Intermountain Health, and abides by service standards.

Essential Functions

• Competent Services: Provides skilled occupational therapy services, staying updated on standard practices for different patient groups.
• Counsels, educates, and trains patients, families, and caregivers.
• Collaborates with care teams and stakeholders to deliver quality, patient-centered care.
• Maintains thorough and timely patient records as required by regulations and facility policies.
• Completes patient billing accurately and promptly.
• Communicates effectively with patients, families, physicians, and healthcare providers about patient needs and goals.
• Manages all aspects of patient care and education, including supervising assistants, aides, office staff, and students to ensure high-quality care.
• Participates in and promotes continuing education opportunities for self and staff, seeking new learning opportunities according to licensure requirements.
• Engages in quality improvement processes, including safe equipment use, improving clinical outcomes, patient access, patient experience, and all aspects of the Intermountain Operating Model.
• Participates in utilization review audits.
• Participates in patient care conferences, interdisciplinary meetings, staff meetings, and necessary professional and work groups in collaboration/consensus with leader.
• Contributes to program development and marketing strategies to grow the physical therapy program and achieve department goals.

  Qualifications

  • Current Occupational Therapist license in states where you work.
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) for healthcare providers.
  • Basic Computer skills.
  • Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills.
  • Possess skill sets and experience with target population of job setting.
  • Current driver’s license, reliable transportation, and acceptable driving record.
  • Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy.
  • Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations.
  • Ability to lift and utilize full range of movement to transfer patients.
  • Ability to bend to retrieve, lift, and carry supplies and equipment.
  • Ability to push/pull gurneys and portable equipment, including heavy items.
  • Ability to navigate crowded and busy rooms (full of equipment, power cords on the floor, etc.).
  • Ability to stand in a stationary position for an extended period of time.

  Skills

  • Quality Improvement
  • Verbal and Written Communication
  • Patient Engagement
  • Critical Thinking
  • Time Management
  • Care Planning
  • Compassion

  Qualifications

  • Current Occupational Therapist license in states where you work.
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) for healthcare providers.
  • Basic Computer skills.
  • Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills.
  • Possess skill sets and experience with target population of job setting.
  • Current driver’s license, reliable transportation, and acceptable driving record.
  • Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy.
  • Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations.
  • Ability to lift and utilize full range of movement to transfer patients.
  • Ability to bend to retrieve, lift, and carry supplies and equipment.
  • Ability to push/pull gurneys and portable equipment, including heavy items.
  • Ability to navigate crowded and busy rooms (full of equipment, power cords on the floor, etc.).
  • Ability to stand in a stationary position for an extended period of time.

  Benefits

  We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged. Learn More About Our Comprehensive Benefits Package Here.

  About the Role

  This position is responsible for screening, testing, evaluating, diagnosing and treatment of injuries, diseases, and disabilities using occupational therapy procedures and modalities in accordance with standard occupational therapy practices. In addition, this position is responsible for consulting, educating, and training patients, families, and caregivers and for collaborating with care teams and stakeholders to deliver quality, patient centered care.

  Schedule

  Schedule Details: PRN (As-needed basis) Setting: Acute Care

  Pay

  The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience. $43.09 - $66.47

  Benefits

  We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged. Learn More About Our Comprehensive Benefits Package Here.

  Equal Opportunity Employer

  Intermountain Health is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.