Occupational Therapist

Management Performance Associates; Miles City (MT); On-site; USD 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full benefits

Relocation assistance

Sign-on bonus

Job summary

Management Performance Associates seeks an Occupational Therapist in Miles City, MT to join a progressive rural healthcare setting. The role focuses on delivering diagnostic evaluations and comprehensive therapy to help patients reach maximum independence within community contexts.

The position offers a day shift, competitive hourly pay, full benefits, relocation assistance, and a sign-on bonus, reflecting commitment to quality patient care and team collaboration in the Badlands region of

Qualifications

• Must have a bachelors degree in occupational therapy.
• Current registration with the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) is required.
• Montana state licensure is required.

Responsibilities

• Provide diagnostic evaluations and therapy to assigned patients to maximize functioning.
• Document evaluations and coordinate with schools, nursing homes, home care, and hospital settings.
• Maintain timely patient records and reports.
• Design and administer treatment programs to improve strength, range of motion, and fine-motor coordination.
• Instruct patients in adaptive techniques and equipment for daily living activities.
• Train patients in upper-extremity prosthetic use to resume routines.
• Provide neuromotor integration therapy and cognitive development activities.
• Develop home programs and educate families on transfer techniques and safety.
• Participate in patient support groups and collaborate with the care team.
• Develop plans of care and provide ongoing evaluations.

Education

Bachelor's degree in occupational therapy

Current registration with the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA)

Licensed within the State of Montana

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.