Occupational Therapist

Orthoillinois; Rockford (IL); On-site; USD 83,907 - 125,881; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Quarterly Productivity bonus

Annual Patient Satisfaction bonus

Continuing education support

Job summary

OrthoIllinois is seeking an Occupational Therapist in Rockford, IL. This role involves performing thorough evaluations and creating individualized therapy plans aimed at empowering patients in their daily activities. A Bachelor's degree in Occupational Therapy is required, along with a passion for patient-centered care and collaboration. The position offers a competitive salary within the range of $83,907.20 to $125,881.60 annually, a productivity bonus, continuing education support, and a learning environment for both new and experienced therapists.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in outpatient therapy or orthopedic settings.
• Experience in splinting and treatment of hands.
• Knowledge of EMR systems.

Responsibilities

• Perform occupational therapy evaluations and treatments.
• Develop and monitor patient care plans.
• Educate patients and families on therapy processes.

Skills

Patient-centered care

Occupational therapy evaluation

Functional ability assessment

EMR documentation

Collaboration with healthcare teams

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Therapy or higher

Tools

Microsoft Suite

Google Suite

Physical Rehabilitation software

Job description

Salary Range: $83,907.20 USD to $125,881.60 USD

Locations

Roxbury
324 Roxbury Rd.
Rockford, IL 61107, USA

At OrthoIllinois we create an environment for our team of Rehabilitation professionals to provide the highest level of care possible for our patients. Collaborative communication with our referring sub‑specialty providers and teamwork throughout the organization allows seamless care for our patients all under one roof.

We offer a competitive compensation package tailored to your years of relevant experience, backed by a defined compensation structure informed by market data. This ensures that your skills and contributions are not only recognized but also aligned with industry standards.

We are committed to professional growth and development with a generous continuing education package annually. As a host location for numerous accredited CEU courses each year, we carve out time for all‑department in‑services and support advanced certifications, training, and the opportunity to observe surgery and shadow physician clinics fostering a collaborative team environment.

We offer a quarterly Productivity bonus that is achieved by an average of eighty percent of our clinicians each quarter. Staff is also eligible for an annual Patient Satisfaction Bonus, reflecting our belief in the team’s contribution to our patients’ success and satisfaction.

Whether a new graduate or an experienced therapist, we provide a learning environment that fosters growth for less experienced therapists as well as a challenge for seasoned graduates. New graduates receive an extensive one‑to‑two‑year Mentor Program and monthly one‑on‑one training in clinical reasoning, evidence‑based practice, and joint‑specific interventions. The collaborative team approach, along with working one‑on‑one with patients, has proven to be a formula for success and patient satisfaction.

Job Purpose

The Occupational Therapist (OT) performs occupational therapy evaluations and treatments to ensure quality continuity of patient care. The OT empowers patients to participate more fully in daily tasks when activities are compromised by a health condition, placing patients’ needs first.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Provides quality, efficient, patient‑centered occupational therapy treatment according to physician orders and plan of care.
• Evaluates patients referred for occupational therapy services by assessing functional abilities, including physical, emotional, cognitive, and sensory components, to determine the necessity of skilled occupational therapy intervention.
• Determines and develops a patient‑centered plan of care considering the patient’s history, context, and goals.
• Provides occupational therapy guidance, support, and education during patient sessions, monitoring and responding to verbal and nonverbal pain cues.
• Fabricates orthoses and utilizes various modalities according to physician orders or to support a patient’s plan of care.
• Ensures safety at discharge and continuation of progress by providing home exercise programs, family/caregiver instruction, recommendations for assistive equipment, and recommendations for continued therapy at home.
• Makes patient care decisions within the Occupational Therapy scope of practice.
• Conducts patient account management tasks such as logging patient statements, making outgoing calls, and taking incoming patient calls.
• Effectively documents daily treatments, evaluations, and completion of progress notes to support each patient’s individualized plan of care using EMR and other electronic formats; communicates verbally and collaborates with the healthcare team to provide efficient, effective, patient‑centered care.
• Maintains patient confidence by keeping information confidential, keeping the work environment safe and clean, and adhering to infection control and other safety policies.
• Interacts with a friendly demeanor with patients, caregivers and families, physicians, all clinic, therapy and practice staff, DME vendors, and nurse case managers.
• Communicates with fellow therapists/therapy team, physicians, and administrative staff for scheduling, verification of benefits, managing supplies and equipment, and coordination of patient care.
• Contributes to the department’s development and progress by attending continuing education, assisting with training new hires, mentoring new grads, collaborating with colleagues, and developing protocols; participates in research projects and specialty‑specific round tables.
• Provides input into the processes that occur in the occupational therapy department and in the rehabilitation department as a whole.
• Service: We align our actions and decision making with the organization’s guiding platform, keeping our patients at the center of all we do.
• Change Agent: We support and contribute to positive change in the organization.
• Communication and Interpersonal Relations: We communicate honestly and with compassion to build connections with our patients and each other.
• Effectiveness: We take ownership of work, doing the right thing for our customers and doing it well.

Education and Experience Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (B.A./B.S.) in Occupational Therapy or Master’s Degree, or Doctorate in Occupational Therapy required.
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience working in an outpatient therapy clinic or orthopedic setting required.
• Experience in splinting and working toward a specialty in the treatment of hands or CHT designation through the hand therapy certification commission required.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft and Google Suites.
• Familiarity with EMR and Physical Rehabilitation software.

Environmental/Working Conditions

Working environment is in an office/clinic setting.

Physical/Mental Demands

• Sit or stand for long periods of time, walk for periods of time, kneel, crawl, stoop, and climb stairs.
• Requires lifting, carrying, or moving heavier objects: pushing or pulling up to 100 pounds and lifting and carrying up to 50 pounds.
• Possess full range of motion in shoulders and arms, including reaching above or below the shoulder.
• Finger dexterity, the ability to twist hands/wrists repetitively, push/pull against stiff joints, use a variety of holds; demonstrating exercises, lifting/raising over shoulder height.
• Vision: possess close, distant, peripheral, and color vision and ability to adjust focus.
• Hearing: ability to detect high‑pitch, soft, or distant sounds in a clinic setting.
• OT staff must be able to hear patients’ potential verbalization of pain in response to care/treatment within (at times) a loud clinic. Operates modalities (e‑stim, NMES, whirlpool), sharps (scalpels, tweezers, scissors).

This description is intended to provide only basic guidelines for meeting job requirements. Responsibilities, knowledge, skills, abilities and working conditions may change as needs evolve.

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