Occupational Therapist

Saint Luke's South Hospital is seeking a part-time Occupational Therapist to join our Team! The staff Occupational Therapist (OT) evaluates and regularly assesses the ongoing effects of the occupational therapy intervention for clients after accident, injury, disease, or condition across the lifespan. The OT addresses physical, emotional, and environmental needs. The OT advises on adaptive equipment and techniques to help clients resume or develop skills needed for day-to-day life and work.

The goal of OT is to improve or maintain the client’s ability to perform activities of daily living and reach goals to return to highest level of functional independence. This is a part time OT position that will float between acute care and inpatient rehab. The hours will be 9-5 and Wed/Thur/Fri. This is a benefit eligible position.

• Evaluates clients after impairment, injury, or disease.
• Creates an individualized treatment plan and selects appropriate interventions based on evidence-based practice and selects appropriate interventions based upon evaluation and assessment of client.
• Re-evaluates and provides periodic reassessment of client progress and contributes to discharge planning.
• Supervises treatment provided by students and occupational therapy assistants.
• Participates and makes recommendations for client care interventions to the interdisciplinary health care team.
• Delegates and instructs supportive personnel in services to be provided.
• Performs all other duties as requested by the manager.
• Provides timely documentation per department and/or entity policy and as required by insurance provider to meet licensing, certification, regulatory, reimbursement requirements, and physician treatment plan.
• Uses professional judgment to ensure safety to self, clients, and others at all times.
• Completes at minimum a department level project.
• Serves as a clinical resource for department.
• Participates in quality initiatives.

• Applicable
  
  Experience:
  
  1 year Basic Life Support
  - American Heart Association or Red Cross
• Occupational Therapist
  - Various Bachelor's Degree

Part Time Day (United States of America)

Saint Luke’s Health System includes 18 hospitals and campuses across the Kansas City region, home care and hospice, behavioral health care, dozens of physician practices, a life care senior living community, and more.

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