Occupational Therapist PRN

Occupational Therapist

The Occupational Therapist provides direct patient services that may include identifying, evaluating, diagnosing, and treating. This position also provides indirect services including consulting, advising, teaching, and training patients and their caregivers.

Shift Details: PRN; as needed

Unit/Location: Good Samaritan Hospital and Platte Valley Hospital; Acute Care

Are you interested in advancing your career while helping people live the healthiest lives possible? As an Acute Care Occupational Therapist at Intermountain Health, you will play a vital role in supporting our clinical team, ensuring our patients receive the best care. At Intermountain, you will be part of a team that values career advancement, innovation, and collaboration, where your skills are valued and your contributions make a lasting impact.

As an Acute Care Occupational Therapist at Intermountain Health, you will play a vital role in supporting our clinical team, ensuring our patients receive the best care by:

• Providing Patient Care: Evaluating a patient upon initial encounter to determine need for occupational therapy intervention and making referrals to other treatment team members as deemed appropriate. Planning occupational therapy treatment program for each patient, based upon interpretation of evaluation results; interpreting evaluation findings for patient, family, and treatment team members. Developing realistic goals with patient input; explaining treatment plan and goals to patient. Implementing treatment or supervising treatment provided by Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant, or occupational therapy student. Delegating routine care to supportive personnel as appropriate. Terminating occupational therapy services when patient has attained maximum benefit from occupational therapy; providing in-service education to members of treatment team to ensure follow-through of treatment program.
• Effective Communication: Evaluating, recording, and reporting on a patient's progress for review by other members of the rehabilitative team. Communicating effectively with physician, other members of rehabilitation team, and others as indicated regarding treatment plan and patient response to plan. Completing all required documentation thoroughly and in a timely manner.
• Team Collaboration: Promoting the mission, vision, and values of Intermountain Health, and abiding by service behavior standards. Performing other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Occupational Therapy from an accredited school of Occupational Therapy
• Current license as an Occupational Therapist in the State of practice
• Current BLS certification endorsed by the American Heart Association

Preferred Qualifications:

• At least one (1) year of experience in a setting serving the same age/type of patient population served by this facility or department
• Critical Care Experience, strongly preferred

Physical Requirements:

Hearing/listening, lifting, manual dexterity, pulling/pushing, seeing, sitting, speaking, squatting/kneeling, standing, and walking.

Location: Good Samaritan Hospital, Platte Valley Hospital

Work City: Lafayette

Work State: Colorado

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 0

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.

$42.66 - $65.82

Intermountain Health is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.