Occupational Therapist - TriMED HealthCare, LLC

The Occupational Therapist provides occupational therapy treatment and patient care according to hospital, state, professional and federal regulations and guidelines. In addition, the position:

• Requires effective communication skills for working with patients, families, caregivers, and departmental and interdepartmental relationships.

• Requires competency in occupational therapy evaluation, assessment, care planning and treatment.

• Requires task delegation and supervision of occupational therapist assistants and technicians.

• Maintains open and on-going communication with hospital departments to ensure patient, staff, and hospital needs are met.

The Occupational Therapist creates an environment and culture that enables the hospital to fulfill its mission by providing patient safety and patient-centered treatment

Benefits

Who will you treat? Typically our therapist can expect to spend an average of 2-4 weeks with our autism consumers treating a wide caseload such as: stroke, spinal cord injury, brain injury, various neurological disorders, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, amputation, joint replacement, fractures, multiple trauma, cardiac conditions, and pulmonary conditions. in the comfort of their homes.

We use evidence-based practice guidelines to treat our consumers.  We utilize our clinical outcomes to asses and improve our treatment interventions and programs. We participate in a national outcomes database, which provides benchmarks and sophisticated outcome reports to help us continually analyze and improve our patient outcomes.

Helping you become a better therapist is critical to our success. Our cautism consumers come mainly from the DPW - jointly with the Bureau of Autism.

License or Certification:

• Must be in possession of current state license or certification on or before the first day of employment.

• CPR certification preferred unless otherwise required by hospital policy.

Education, Training and Experience:

•  Successful completion of a degree from an accredited therapy program or one that is determined to be substantially equivalent to a U.S. accredited program by an appropriate certifying agency preferred.

Physical Requirements:

• Good visual acuity and ability to communicate

• Ability to lift, lower, push, pull, and retrieve objects weighing a minimum of 30 pounds of medical supplies and equipment and the transferring and repositioning of patients. Reasonable assistance may be requested when lifting, pushing, and/or pulling are undertaken which exceeds these minimum requirements

Company Description:

To learn more about this opportunity, please submit your online application at www.trimedhealthcare.net. We are an equal opportunity employer (EOE).