Senior Occupational Therapist, Inpatient, Per Diem

Essential Responsibilities

• Evaluates patients and interprets evaluation findings to determine the nature and extent of dysfunction.
• Establishes treatment goals and plans treatment to achieve established goals.
• Initiates discharge planning for occupational therapy.
• Implements the treatment plan through direct treatment of the patient, delegates a portion of the treatment plan to appropriate supportive personnel, and coordinates the treatment program with other health care personnel as appropriate.
• Provides advice and education to patient and family.
• Evaluates need for and trains patient/family in the use of special equipment or devices and adapts as necessary e.g., splints, slings, prosthesis, A.D.L equipment or refers to other disciplines as necessary for effective treatment.
• Regularly reassesses clinical signs and symptoms to determine effectiveness of treatment, progress of patients towards goals, and the need for modifying goals and treatment.
• Discharges patient from occupational therapy when the patient has received maximum benefit from occupational therapy.
• Provides accurate, timely documentation of occupational therapy patient management.
• Participates in appropriate and approved educational and clinical research activities in occupational therapy.
• Participates in specialized patient care clinics outside the department.
• Affords assistance in the development, implementation, and review off departmental patient care programs.
• Performs other duties as needed in the areas of staff education, departmental operations, and departmental projects.

Qualifications

• Minimum two (2) years of experience as an occupational therapist required.
• Graduate of an accredited occupational therapy curriculum with a bachelors or masters degree with certification in occupational therapy or foreign-trained equivalent.
• Occupational Therapist License (California) required at hire.
• National Provider Identifier required at hire.
• Basic Life Support required at hire.
• Ability to perform both routine and complicated therapy under general supervision.
• Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.

Pay

• 20% per diem differential on top of base pay.
• $75 weekend shift bonus.

Schedule

• Per diem schedule.