Occupational Therapist

St. Anthony Hospitals; Westminster (CO); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

St. Anthony North Hospital in Westminster, CO, seeks an outpatient Occupational Therapist to deliver comprehensive rehab services for neuromuscular and orthopaedic patients, promoting optimal health and recovery.

Located in Westminster, our hospital delivers patient-centered care and a continuum of services. You will assess patients, develop individualized treatment plans, and use modalities, manual therapy, and neuromuscular re-education to maximize independence in daily activities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Occupational Therapy is required.
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) from the American Heart Association is required.
• Current state licensure in occupational therapy upon hire or within three months as required by the state of practice.

Responsibilities

• Evaluates patients referred to occupational therapy by completing initial evaluations within department time standards.
• Applies diagnostic and prognostic testing for musculoskeletal, neurological and neuromuscular conditions.
• Evaluates patients and develops treatment plans with specific goals, reassessing as needed and making disposition recommendations.
• Utilizes sensorimotor, neuromuscular reeducation, recreational and social activities to foster independence in activities of daily living.
• Applies ADL training, home safety assessment, compensatory techniques and equipment, neuromuscular and sensory reeducation, motor coordination, energy conservation, functional mobility, positioning, splinting and hand therapy techniques.
• Performs evidence-based therapeutic interventions tailored to each patient.

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Occupational Therapy

Job description

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our outpatient Occupational Therapist, you will provide a continuum of services for patients with neuromuscular, orthopedic, and other physically-related disorders, utilizing the rehab process to promote and restore optimal health and well-being.

Every day you will deliver specialized care including mobility training, strengthening, modalities, manual therapy, and neuromuscular re-education, developing and implementing individualized treatment plans to maximize patient function and recovery.

To be successful in this role, you will possess expertise in occupational therapy interventions for diverse physical disorders, strong assessment and treatment planning skills, and a commitment to patient-centered care.

• Evaluates patients, presenting or referred to occupational therapy, by completing initial evaluation within time standards per department protocol.
• Applies appropriate diagnostic and prognostic testing for musculoskeletal, neurological and neuromuscular conditions.
• Evaluates assigned patients and develops treatment plans including specific goals and activities, reassessing and modifying plans as necessary based on patient's current level of function and makes appropriate disposition recommendations.
• Utilizes a variety of sensorimotor, neuromuscular reeducational, recreational and social activities to foster patients' achievement of maximum independence in activities of daily living.
• Applies technical knowledge in rehabilitative activities tailored to patient's needs including, but not limited to: ADL training, home safety assessment and education, use of compensatory techniques and equipment, neuromuscular and sensory reeducation, gross and fine motor coordination, evaluation and training, energy conservation, functional mobility, positioning, splinting and hand therapy techniques.
• Performs a variety of best practice and evidencebased therapeutic interventions to address the unique rehabilitation needs of each patient.

Job Requirements

Required

• Bachelor's Degree in Occupational Therapy
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) from American Heart Association
• Current state licensure in occupational therapy upon hire or within three (3) months as required by the state of practice

Preferred

• Master's Degree
• Previous work experience providing direct patient care in outpatient
• Prior use of electronic medical records (EMR)

Where You'll Work

For more than 50 years, St. Anthony North Hospital has delivered optimal health care to the communities of Westminster, Erie, Brighton, Broomfield, Northglenn and Thornton. Highlights of our campus include 60,000 square feet of integrated primary and specialty care physician clinics, ambulatory surgery center, birthing center with private birthing suites, Level III Trauma Center with 24/7 emergency services, over 150 inpatient beds and an outpatient diagnostics center with lab and imaging services. In 2023, we received our prestigious Magnet designation! We are so proud of our nursing staff for this achievement, which is awarded to less than 6 percent of hospitals in the United States. Built on the pillars of convenience, wellness and person-centered care, we offer inpatient and outpatient care at one site, with an emphasis on preventive health, wellness and health education.