Local Contract - Occupational Therapist

Description

Job Title : Local Contract Occupational Therapist

N umber of positions : 1

Years of experience : One to three years

Shift : Day shifts 40 hours

Duration : 13 weeks

Start Date : 05 / 05 / 2024

Hourly pay : $58.97

OT : 1.5

Weekly Pay : $2,211.38

JOB DESCRIPTION

Summary

Department : Occupational Therapy

Shift Timings : 07 : 00 - 15 : 30 Hours - Monday to Friday (5 days / 8 hours).

Per week : 40 Hours

Responsibilities

• Conducting physical and psychological assessments of clients and developing or following a treatment plan.
• Assessing home and work environments of clients and deciding what adjustments are needed.
• Advising on adaptive equipment to help clients with daily activities.
• Developing physical rehabilitation programs to help clients regain lost skills.
• Preparing clients for a return to work.
• Educating caregivers and family members of clients on patient care.
• Evaluating results and progress of occupational therapy on clients.
• Maintaining professional knowledge and the technical progress in order to provide clients with the best treatment program available.
• Complying with federal, state, and local certification requirements.
• Evaluating patient condition regarding physical and basic mental health.

Qualifications

• Inpatient Rehab; performing evaluations and treatments for primarily neurological conditions including stroke, brain injury, multi-trauma, post spine surgery;
• electronic medical record - Cerner / Onechart; typically assigned
• 4-6 patients per day with expectation of billing 24 units per day.
• Work schedule Monday - Friday with rotating weekends.
• BLS and ACLS
• National Institutes of Health (NIH)
• Sound knowledge of anatomy, physiology, pathology, and medical terminology.
• The ability to stand for extended periods.
• Strong technical skills.
• Knowledge of medical terminology
• Passionate about patient care
• Requires a minimum of two years of current Occupational Therapist experience.
• Graduate from a fully accredited Occupational Therapist program
• Active unencumbered California state license
• One year of Cerner experience

Requirements

COVID vaccine with 2 Shots & Booster.

SKILLS / ABILITIES / COMPETENCIES REQUIRED :

• Maintains and updates clinical knowledge and skills.
• Participates in relevant continuing education programs.
• Knowledge of and dedication to the highest patient care and provide the utmost service excellence to all patients.
• Ability to take initiative and to exercise independent judgment, decision-making and problem-solving expertise.
• A can-do, team oriented attitude is essential, as the ability to work independently and to interact easily with physicians, other managers and staff throughout the department and hospital.
• Effective interpersonal / communication, organizational, and the flexibility to handle multiple tasks.

Full-time Position

Fresno, California, United States / Onsite

Onsite

Entry (0-2 yrs)

English

ASAP

Local time zone