- Location
- SANTA MARIA, CA, US
- Department
- Healthcare
- Closing date
- Today
- Source
- iCIMS
Description
Job Summary and Responsibilities
As our Occupational Therapist, you will provide essential in-home occupational therapy services under physician's orders. Your role involves evaluating home safety, assessing functional needs, and implementing tailored treatment to promote independence.Every day you will evaluate home safety, assess functional needs of physically disabled patients, then develop, plan, and implement individualized occupational therapy treatment procedures.To be successful, you will demonstrate strong assessment, treatment planning, and implementation skills for in-home care. Excellent communication for patient education and a commitment to promoting independence and safety are essential.
- Responds to requests for service and initiates referrals when appropriate. Following screening to determine need for intervention.
- Assesses patients/residents to obtain and interpret data necessary for treatment planning and implementation per physician's orders.
- Interprets evaluation findings to patients/residents, family, significant others and care team.
- Develops treatment plans, including goals and methods to achieve identified goals.
- Coordinates treatment plans with patients/residents, family, significant others and care team. I
- Implements treatment directly or supervises treatment by a certified Occupational Therapy assistant and/or an Occupational Therapy aide.
Job Requirements
Required
- Occupational Therapist: CA, upon hire and
- American Heart Association Basic Life Support - CPR, within 30 Days
- Two (2) or more years of experience as a Registered Occupational Therapist.
Where You’ll Work
Founded in 1940, Dignity Health - Marian Regional Medical Center is a 191-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Santa Maria, California. Serving over 250,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including Level II Trauma Center, Level III NICU, cancer care, orthopedics, and stroke care. Additionally, Marian Regional Medical Center has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality High Performer by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. It is a Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center, and the only healthcare facility on the Central Coast to offer ECMO.
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