Occupational Therapist - Subacute

CommonSpirit Health; Sacramento (CA); On-site; USD 84,000 - 94,000; Full time

Job summary

Dignity Health - Methodist Hospital is seeking an Occupational Therapist to help patients regain independence and quality of life, enabling safe daily activities. You will assess diverse patient groups, develop and revise treatment plans, and collaborate with interdisciplinary teams while maintaining thorough documentation and motivating care for a high volume of patients.

The role requires flexibility, exceptional organization, and strong communication skills to lead and educate both patients

Qualifications

• Current license as an Occupational Therapist.
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) from American Heart Association.
• Flexibility, organized and team-oriented mindset.

Responsibilities

• Provides effective and adequate treatment following department guidelines.
• Educates patients and families using varied teaching methods; education is timely.
• Leads by example with treatment plans; provides supervision and feedback to staff and students.
• Collaborates with interdisciplinary teams and documents thoroughly; handles high patient volume.
• Assesses diverse patients and develops and evaluates treatment plans and evaluations.

Skills

Licensure as OT

BLS

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Job description

*Job Summary and Responsibilities*

As an Occupational Therapist, you will help patients regain independence and quality of life so they can safely perform daily activities. Every day you will assess diverse patients (orthopedic, neurological, sensory, cancer recovery, etc.), develop treatment plans, and conduct evaluations/re-evaluations. You will be expected to collaborate with interdisciplinary teams, document thoroughly, and provide positive, motivating care to a high volume of patients. To be successful in this role, you must be flexible, adaptable, exceptionally organized, and a personable, motivating team player.

• Provides Effective and Adequate Treatment: Implements effective and adequate treatment following department guidelines
• Patient/Family Education and Training: Addresses patient/family education. Demonstrates a variety of teaching methods. Methods are appropriate to the level of understanding. Education is timely (initiated when patient/family capable of learning) and need is identified with action taken to initiate training
• Leads by example by providing necessary and appropriate treatment plan for support staff/student to perform treatment. Provides appropriate clinical supervision and feedback to support staff/students
• Job Requirements*Required
• Current license as an Occupational Therapist, within 6 - months.
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) from American Heart Association.
  

Preferred

• Previous experience as an Occupational Therapist.
  

Where You'll Work

The subacute occupational therapy services at Bruceville Terrace assist residents in rebuilding independence in essential daily tasks and instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs) over an extended period, promoting adaptation and participation in preparation to transition to a lower level of care.

Founded in 1973, Dignity Health - Methodist Hospital is a 158-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Sacramento, California. Serving over 80,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including a Level II NICU, heart care, cancer care, women’s health, and neurology. Additionally, Methodist Hospital of Sacramento has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation and is a Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center.

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*Pay Range*

$60.90 - $68.91 /hour