OT Therapist PRN

What You Will Do In This Role

• Physiological Knowledge, Health Promotion and Maintenance
• Creating a Safe, Effective Environment
• Motivating Others
• Legal Compliance
• Quality Focus
• Bedside Manner
• Clinical Skills
• Pain Management
• Persistence
• Energy Level

Meet the patient's goals and needs

• Assess and interpret evaluations and test results
• Determine occupational therapy treatment plans
• Consult with physicians or by prescription
• Implement programs involving manual arts and crafts
• Practice in functional, prevocational, vocational, and homemaking skills
• Direct aides, technicians, and assistants
• Select and construct therapies according to individual's physical capacity, intelligence level, and interest
• Rehabilitate patients to return to employment
• Consult with employers, determine potential employee difficulties, retrain employees, help employers understand necessary physical and job result accommodations
• Evaluate results of occupational therapy
• Recommend and implement adjustments and modifications
• Complete discharge planning
• Contribute to patient care conferences
• Design and instruct patients, families, and caregivers in home exercise programs
• Recommend and/or provide assistive equipment
• Recommend outpatient or home health follow-up programs

Document patient care services

• Chart in patient and department records

Maintain patient confidence and protect hospital operations

• Keep confidential information

Maintain a safe and clean working environment

• Comply with procedures, rules, and regulations
• Adhere to infection-control policies and protocols

Ensure operation of equipment

• Complete preventive maintenance requirements
• Follow manufacturer's instructions
• Troubleshoot malfunctions
• Call for repairs

Develop and conduct in-service training programs

• Establish personal networks
• Participate in professional societies

Comply with federal, state, and local legal and certification requirements

• Study existing and new legislation
• Anticipate future legislation
• Enforce adherence to requirements
• Advise management on needed actions

Contribute to team effort

• Achieve related results as needed

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited school of Occupational Therapy
• Unrestricted and current state of Texas licensure required
• Master’s Degree preferred
• BLS required
• 3-5 years experience in an acute care setting preferred

Your Shift

• PRN (shifts will be Mon-Fri 8am-5pm as needed)
• LHSH Incentives
• Flexible Scheduling
• No mandatory overtime

About the Role

Lubbock Heart & Surgical Hospital specializes in the care of cardiac, orthopedic, nephrology, urology, and general medical patients. We are also a highly active inpatient center mainly centered on surgical procedures that include cardiothoracic, orthopedic, urology, and general surgery. We have a 24-hour Emergency Department with 5 fully equipped ED rooms, 4 fully operating OR rooms, 4 cardiac catherization labs with 1 electrophysiology room, 11-day surgery rooms, 58 acute care beds spread over three units, and 16 cardiac critical care rooms. We pride ourselves on giving the best overall care possible to our patients and on our family style atmosphere that includes everyone: patients and their families, physicians, and our employees.