Occupational Therapist Skilled Nursing Facility

Commonspirit-Health; Santa Maria (CA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Commonspirit-Health seeks an Occupational Therapist to provide in-home OT services under physician orders in Santa Maria, CA. You will evaluate home safety, assess functional needs, and implement tailored treatment to promote independence and safety for patients in their homes.

Responsibilities include planning, implementing, and coordinating OT care, interpreting evaluations for families and care teams, and supervising assistants when needed.

Qualifications

• Licensed to practice in California.
• CPR certification within 30 days of hire.
• Experience in home health OT preferred.

Responsibilities

• Responds to service requests and initiates referrals after screening.
• Assesses patients to inform treatment planning per physician orders.
• Interprets evaluation findings to patients, family, and care team.
• Develops and implements individualized OT treatment plans with goals.
• Coordinates and may supervise treatment with assistants as needed.
• Provides in-home OT services to promote independence and safety.

Skills

In-home care

Assessment

Treatment planning

Patient education

Education

Active California OT license

CPR certification

Job description

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Occupational Therapist, you will provide essential in-home occupational therapy services under physician's orders. Your role involves evaluating home safety, assessing functional needs, and implementing tailored treatment to promote independence.
Every day you will evaluate home safety, assess functional needs of physically disabled patients, then develop, plan, and implement individualized occupational therapy treatment procedures.
To be successful, you will demonstrate strong assessment, treatment planning, and implementation skills for in-home care. Excellent communication for patient education and a commitment to promoting independence and safety are essential.

• Responds to requests for service and initiates referrals when appropriate. Following screening to determine need for intervention.
• Assesses patients/residents to obtain and interpret data necessary for treatment planning and implementation per physician's orders.
• Interprets evaluation findings to patients/residents, family, significant others and care team.
• Develops treatment plans, including goals and methods to achieve identified goals.
• Coordinates treatment plans with patients/residents, family, significant others and care team. I
• Implements treatment directly or supervises treatment by a certified Occupational Therapy assistant and/or an Occupational Therapy aide.

Job Requirements

Required

• Occupational Therapist: CA, upon hire and
• American Heart Association Basic Life Support - CPR, within 30 Days
• Two (2) or more years of experience as a Registered Occupational Therapist.

Where You'll Work

Founded in 1940, Dignity Health - Marian Regional Medical Center is a 191-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Santa Maria, California. Serving over 250,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including Level II Trauma Center, Level III NICU, cancer care, orthopedics, and stroke care. Additionally, Marian Regional Medical Center has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality High Performer by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. It is a Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center, and the only healthcare facility on the Central Coast to offer ECMO.

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