Occupational Therapist - Acute Care Details

Occupational Therapist - Acute Care

Legacy Health - Portland, OR

Employment Type : Full-Time

Overview:
Your greatest reward is seeing patients get back to the work and life they enjoy. As an Occupational Therapist, you effectively assess, plan and implement specific treatment programs for individual patients to promote the best possible outcomes. If this is how you view your work, and if you enjoy being part of a multidisciplinary treatment team and supervising support personnel, we invite you to consider this opportunity.
This is an acute care positionResponsibilities: Assesses, plans, and implements specific occupational therapy treatment programs for individual patients. Collaborates with multi-disciplinary treatment team. Supervises work of support personnel.
Qualifications:
Education:Bachelor’s degree from an accredited Occupational Therapy program approved by the Occupational Therapy Association.
Skills:Able to render patient services and supervise Certified Occupational Therapy Assistants (OTA/COTA), Therapy Aides and students. Excellent organizational skills to facilitate program development. Demonstrates competency, as appropriate to the ages of patients served, in the ability to obtain and interpret information in terms of the patients needs; of knowledge of normal growth and development; and an understanding of the range of the treatment needed. Skilled in home program development and family training. Knowledge in appropriate selection and use of DME (adaptive equipment.) Computer skills.

LEGACY’S VALUES IN ACTION:

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Equal Opportunity Employer/Vet/Disabled

Licensure: Current applicable state Occupational Therapist License (OT) required. CPR certification required.