Occupational Therapist - Oregon Burn Center

Legacy Health; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 101,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

Legacy Health in Portland, OR is seeking an Occupational Therapist to evaluate, plan, and implement personalized treatment for burn patients in the outpatient wound clinic, collaborating with a multidisciplinary team to ensure continuity of care.

You will supervise therapists and aides, develop home programs, and document care according to standards while educating patients and families on goals and prevention.

Qualifications

• OT license required for practice.
• BLS Provider certification required.
• Ability to supervise OTA/COTA and aides.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate patients' abilities and limitations.
• Establish goals based on evaluations and referrals.
• Assess home/work environments for adaptations.
• Administer therapy per plans and use appropriate techniques.
• Coordinate and deliver adaptive equipment and documentation.
• Re-evaluate progress and provide discharge recommendations.
• Collaborate with therapists from other disciplines.
• Fabricate splints as needed.
• Maintain timely patient care documentation.
• Educate patients and caregivers on goals, home programs, and injury prevention.
• Supervise care activities performed by aides and students.

Skills

Patient assessment

Treatment planning

Supervision of staff

Documentation

Home program development

Education

Occupational Therapy License

BLS Certification

Job description

Overview

Your greatest reward is helping patients return to the work and life they enjoy. As an Occupational Therapist, you will assess, plan, and implement personalized treatment programs designed to achieve the best possible outcomes for each patient. If you share this passion and enjoy working within a multidisciplinary team while supervising support personnel, we invite you to explore this rewarding opportunity.

Evaluates assesses, plans, and implements patient specific plan of care for burn patients in the outpatient wound clinic. Provides continuum of care for burn patients in outpatient settings. Participate in school reentry programs, research studies, and/or community support groups. Collaborates with the Legacy Burn and the Oregon Burn Center interdisciplinary treatment teams.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate patients' abilities and limitations.
• Establish treatment goals based on evaluation findings and referral reasons, considering neuromuscular movement and stability, sensation, activities of daily living (ADLs), perception, cognition, vocational and prevocational abilities, developmental status, dysphagia, manual muscle testing, range of motion, body mechanics, and other relevant assessments.
• Assess home and work environments, recommending physical barrier modifications or ergonomic adaptations as needed.
• Administer therapy according to established plans, utilizing appropriate procedures, equipment, and techniques within the scope of Occupational Therapy practice.
• Recommend adaptive equipment, complete justification documentation, and coordinate delivery.
• Re-evaluate patients regularly to assess progress and provide discharge recommendations when appropriate.
• Collaborate and co-treat with therapists from other disciplines.
• Fabricate splints as required.
• Maintain timely and accurate documentation of patient care in accordance with established standards.
• Educate patients and caregivers on therapy goals, treatment methods, home program execution, and injury prevention strategies.
• Supervise patient care activities performed by aides, assistants, attendants, and volunteers.

Qualifications

Education: As required by licensure.

• Able to render patient services and supervise Certified Occupational Therapy Assistants (OTA/COTA), Therapy Aides and students.
• Excellent organizational skills to facilitate program development.
• Demonstrates competency, as appropriate to the ages of patients served, in the ability to obtain and interpret information in terms of the patients needs; of knowledge of normal growth and development; and an understanding of the range of the treatment needed.
• Skilled in home program development and family training.
• Knowledge in appropriate selection and use of DME (adaptive equipment.)
• Computer skills.

Licensure: Occupational Therapist License required. BLS for Provider certification from the American Heart Association required.

Pay Range

USD $48.69 - USD $69.65 /Hr.

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