Certified Occupational Therapist - Oakland Heights Nursing and Rehabilitation

Job Description for OT

Oakland Heights Nursing & Rehabilitation is looking for a Occupational

Therapist to join the rehab team! This is an in-house job opportunity. Oakland

Heights Nursing & Rehabilitation is a beautiful facility in Oakland, CA

here to serve our local community. We offer excellent benefits and provide

supportive administration.

Our mission is to provide compassionate professional dedication in serving others,

nurturing life, and promoting an individual's ability to thrive. We are hoping

to find an individual that will carry on this mission as we help to provide

exceptional quality of care to the patients here at the facility.

Website: http://www.oakland-rehab.com/ or visit us Google!

Occupational Therapy Requirements:

• Must pass a state-administered exam and have a license need to pass a national certification examination administered by the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy.
• Valid BLS Certification

Occupational Therapist Job Responsibilities: 

This job generally requires the ability to do the following:

• Review patients’ medical history and asses their condition and needs
• Evaluate patients' ability to do certain tasks
• Confer with physicians, patients and their families, nurses, therapists, social workers, and other members of a patient's care team
• Develop a treatment plan for patients with specific goals and tasks that will help them meet those goals
• Guide patients to perform tasks to meet their goals
• Demonstrate exercises that can help patients better perform everyday tasks and relieve pain
• Evaluate a patient’s home or workplace and identify potential improvements based on their needs
• Educate a patient’s family about how to help care for and accommodate them
• Recommend and teach patients how to use adaptive equipment that will help them with daily living, such as wheelchairs and eating aids
• Assess patients' progress against goals and prepare reports for healthcare providers and insurance agencies·        

As the facility is always open to provide care for our patients you may be needed occasionally work on the weekend or Holidays.

Occupational

Therapist Qualifications / Skills:

• Physiological knowledge
• Health promotion and maintenance
• Creating a safe, effective environment
• Motivating others
• Organization skills
• Bedside manner
• Patient services
• Health care administration
• Documentation skills
• Listening and verbal communication

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Masters degree for Occupational Therapy
• All states require a license or certification

COVID-19 considerations:

All patient rooms have gloves available, patients under PUI have gowns at the

rooms in addition to gloves. Employees are screened daily. Testing for COVID

occurs every Tuesday. Employees are also given face-shields and new N95

daily.

Oakland Heights Nursing and Rehabilitation is a 5-Start Rehabilitation facility located on a beautiful gated Senior Living campus. Our nurses, therapists and other healthcare professionals are dedicated to educating and empowering patients to take charge of their own care, so they can achieve the highest possible level of health and independence.
We are committed to clinical excellence and determined to continually raise the bar by setting new industry standards for quality care and personalized service. We are professionals committed to serving other, nurturing life, and promoting an individual's ability to thrive.

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