Occupational Therapist

McLaren Health Care; Bad Axe (MI); On-site; USD 75,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

McLaren Health Care in Michigan is seeking an Occupational Therapist for a rural healthcare setting. You will assess ADL and IADL deficits and develop patient-centered treatment plans to help patients regain daily living skills.

Responsibilities include comprehensive evaluations, individualized care plans, ongoing progress reassessments, discharge planning, and supervision of staff. Required: OT degree, state licensure, and BLS; NBCOT and 1 year experience preferred.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited OT program.
• Current State OT licensure.
• BLS certification.
• NBCOT certification preferred.
• One year OT experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Performs patient evaluations to establish goals.
• Develops individualized plan of care and selects interventions.
• Conducts ongoing reassessment of patient progress.
• Initiates discharge planning from first visit and maintains it.
• Supervises and delegates to ancillary staff and students as allowed.

Skills

ADL assessment

IADL assessment

Patient-centered care

Team collaboration

Education

OT degree

Job description

The McLaren system includes 12 hospitals across the state, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, a 730-member employed primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs covering more than 242,000 Michigan lives, home health, infusion and hospice providers, pharmacy services, a clinical laboratory network, and a wholly owned medical malpractice insurance company. McLaren operates Michigan’s largest network of cancer centers and providers, anchored by the Karmanos Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center. McLaren has 20,000 full-, part-time and contracted employees and more than 93,000 network providers throughout Michigan.

Exciting opportunity for experienced professional and/or new grad looking for strong mentorship from a skilled and knowledgeable team! This position in a rural healthcare setting offers a unique opportunity to work in many areas of practice across the continuum of care.

Highlights:

1:1 patient care

Dynamic team environment

Strong mentorship with expert clinicians

Continuing education strongly encouraged

Highly competitive pay

Opportunities for career advancement

Position Summary: The occupational therapist accurately assesses and identifies deficits in a patient’s ability to perform activities of daily living (ADL) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) relative to physical, cognitive, and/or psychological impairments.Develops an individualized treatment plan with patient-centered goals that will be accomplished by therapeutic interventions and the use of ADLs.This may include adaptation or modification of the environment or objects within the environment to facilitate engagement and participation.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

1. Performs patient evaluations by establishing an occupational profile, analyzing occupational performance and collaborating with the patient to establish goals geared toward the experiences, values, priorities, and desired outcomes of the client. This process may also include performing relevant systems review and selecting and administering specific tests and measures to obtain data.

2. Establishes an individualized plan of care and selects therapeutic interventions that address the specific impairments identified in the evaluation and in accordance with physician orders.

3. Conducts ongoing reassessment of the patient and their response to treatment.

4. Initiates and manages the discharge plan beginning at the first visit and continuing throughout treatment.

5. Supervises and delegates to ancillary staff and students consistent with state laws and department policy.

Required:

Graduate of an accredited program of occupational therapy.

Current State Board of Occupational Therapy licensure.

BLS certification.

Preferred:

One year of occupational therapist experience.

Registration through accrediting body National Board Certificate for Occupational Therapy (NBCOT).

Additional Information

• Schedule: Full-time
• Daily Work Times: 8AM - 5PM Variable
• On Call: Yes

McLaren Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identification, age, sex, marital status, national origin, disability, genetic information, height or weight, protected veteran or other classification protected by law.

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McLaren Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employmentwithout regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identification, age, sex, marital status,national origin, disability, genetic information, height or weight, protected veteran or other classificationprotected by law.