Occupational Therapist

Ilocatum; Miles City (MT); On-site; USD 76,000 - 114,000; Full time

Job summary

Ilocatum seeks an Occupational Therapist in Miles City, MT to provide diagnostic evaluations and comprehensive treatment for assigned patients.

The role emphasizes planning, documentation, and collaboration with schools, nursing homes, home care, and hospital settings; licensure in Montana is required, with AOTA registration current. The position offers a day shift with full benefits and relocation/sign-on options.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in occupational therapy required.
• Current registration with the American Occupational Therapy Association required.
• Licensed within the State of Montana

Responsibilities

• Provide diagnostic evaluations and treatment to assigned patients, helping them reach maximum function.
• Administer comprehensive evaluations and document patient data per standards; advise on environmental design and adaptive equipment.
• Maintain timely, accurate patient records and reports.
• Design and administer treatment programs to increase functioning; use therapeutic exercises to improve strength, range of motion, and fine-motor skills.
• Train patients in the use of adaptive equipment and upper-extremity devices to resume daily routines.
• Conduct home assessments and participate in care planning and patient support activities.

Education

Bachelor's degree in occupational therapy

Job description

TITLE: Occupational Therapist
LOCATION: Miles City, MONTANA

Now is your chance to join a top hospital where career growth and opportunity await you.

They are committed to building healthcare teams whose care exceeds the expectations of their patients and community and are looking for individuals who share the same values.

You could live in an area with a low cost of living work at a medical center which is a progressive rural healthcare organization located in the picturesque Badlands of Eastern Montana might be the place.

What they’re looking for:

• Bachelor’s degree in occupational therapy required.
• Current registration with the American Occupational Therapy Association required.
• Licensed within the State of Montana

Hours and compensation potential:

• Position is day shift.
• The range is between $36.41hr-$54.62hr plus full benefits and relocation/sign on bonus.

What you’ll be doing:

• The Registered Occupational Therapist will provide diagnostic evaluations and treatment to assigned patients, and help patients reach maximum performance level and to use skills learned to the fullest to function in the community within the limits of their capabilities.
• Administers comprehensive evaluations and documents of assigned patients in accordance with departmental standards and procedures. Provides consultation in areas such as environmental design, adaptive equipment, proper positioning of patients to prevent contractures and splinting, and to agencies such as local schools, nursing homes, home care agencies, and hospital settings.
• Maintains timely and accurate patient records and reports.
• Designs and administers treatment programs to increase patients’ levels of functioning. Uses therapeutic exercises and activities to improve or maintain strength, range of motion, and fine-motor coordination. Instructs patients in adapted techniques and the use of adaptive equipment for meal preparation, home management, dressing, feeding, and other self-care skills. Trains patients in the use of upper-extremity prosthetic devices to resume previous daily routines. Participates in home assessments.
• Provides therapy for neurological integration; administers sensor-motor integration treatment techniques and visual perceptual-motor remediation programs. Uses activities to increase developmental levels of patients. Designs and provides individualized therapy for adult learning-disabled patients.
• Designs and fabricates splints as specified by doctors’ prescriptions; designs and/or fabricates slings and adaptive equipment to meet the needs of patients and/or their families.
• Administers treatment programs to traumatic brain-injured patients. Uses activities to improve judgment skills, reality orientation, and organizational skills.
• Provides prevention therapy to maintain functional skills; instructs patients in energy conservation, joint protection, safety techniques for sensory loss, and transferring and visual field deficits; instructs patients’ families in personal care for patients, especially proper transfer techniques to avoid back strain.
• Provides activities to assess patients’ organizational skills, attention spans, cognitive abilities, coordination (fine and gross-motor), and adaptive-equipment needs.
• Designs home programs and instructs patients or families in carrying out such programs.
• Participates in patient support groups with other team members.
• Provides evaluations and develops a plan of care.

Additional Info:

Facility is a 25 bed critical access hospital. Great team environment and it’s a great place to work.