OT: Acute & Outpatient Rehab with Weekend Rotations

Essentia Health; Brainerd, Northern (MN, KY); Hybrid; USD 75,000 - 105,000; Part time

Job summary

Essentia Health offers an Occupational Therapist position providing evaluation, treatment planning, and education across inpatient and outpatient settings. The role involves a full caseload, collaborating with OTs and PTs, and ensuring documentation and administrative duties are handled efficiently.

The ideal candidate holds an OT degree and state licensure, with the ability to cover weekday and weekend shifts as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's/Master's/Doctorate in Occupational Therapy from accredited program.

Responsibilities

• Provides therapy evaluation, treatment planning, treatment, patient education, and discharge planning for a full caseload of patients.
• Treat patients in both the inpatient and outpatient setting.
• Work with patients ranging from pediatrics to geriatrics, from neuro rehab to ortho rehab, and perform wheelchair assessments and cognition evaluations.
• Work closely with a team of OTs and PTs in the inpatient setting and OTs in the outpatient setting.
• Provides all ancillary/administrative requirements for a full caseload of patients, including documentation, billing, scheduling management, and other administrative duties.
• Demonstrates appropriate communication, professionalism and supervision of support staff and complies with all organization policies.
• Work where the patient need is highest when home department schedule allows.
• Provide staff education, participate/lead committee groups, participate in staff onboarding/orientation.
• May serve as a clinical instructor, participate in department or therapy discipline committees, and complete credential/certification that would benefit patient care.
• Weekday and weekend coverage needed.

Education

OT Degree

Job description

Essentia Health offers an Occupational Therapist position providing evaluation, treatment planning, and education across inpatient and outpatient settings. The role involves a full caseload, collaborating with OTs and PTs, and ensuring documentation and administrative duties are handled efficiently.

The ideal candidate holds an OT degree and state licensure, with the ability to cover weekday and weekend shifts as needed.