Occupational Therapist

St Anthony North Hospital; Westminster (CO); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

St. Anthony North Hospital is seeking an outpatient Occupational Therapist to provide comprehensive rehab services for neuromuscular and orthopedic conditions.

You will deliver mobility training, strengthening, manual therapy and neuromuscular re-education, creating individualized plans to maximize patient function and recovery. You will evaluate patients, develop goals, and implement evidence-based interventions while coordinating with the care team to ensure optimal outcomes and patient

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Evaluates patients referred to occupational therapy per department protocol.
• Applies diagnostic and prognostic testing for musculoskeletal, neurological, and neuromuscular conditions.
• Develops and modifies treatment plans with specific goals to maximize function.
• Uses sensorimotor, neuromuscular reeducation, recreational and social activities to promote independence in ADLs.
• Delivers a range of therapeutic interventions including ADL training, home safety education, and hand therapy techniques.
• Performs best-practice interventions addressing rehabilitation needs of each patient.

Skills

Assessment skills

Treatment planning

Patient-centered care

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.