Occupational Therapist; OT

Position: Occupational Therapist (OT)

Occupational Therapist (OT) at Avera Health summary:

An Occupational Therapist (OT) at Avera St Mary's Hospital provides individualized therapy services to patients across various age groups, utilizing assessment, treatment planning, and interdisciplinary collaboration to promote recovery and maintain health. The role involves developing and implementing treatment programs, documenting progress, and participating in department program development and education. This position requires an active state license and offers benefits including sign-on bonuses, student loan repayment, and career development opportunities.

Location:

Avera St Mary's Hospital

Worker Type:

Regular

Work Shift:

Primarily days with possible weekends/evenings/holidays (United States of America)

Pay Range:

The pay range for this position is listed below. Actual pay rate dependent upon experience.

$34.00 - $51.25

Position Highlights

Sign-On Bonus! New Grads may be eligible for up to $15,000 or $20,000 with 2 or more years of experience.

Student Loan Repayment:
This position may be eligible for Avera’s Student Loan Repayment Program, which helps you pay off your loans and save money. Each month an extra payment of $167 (up to $10,000) from Avera will help pay down your principal balance faster.

Able to work in a variety of areas including acute care, TCU/LTC, swing bed, pediatrics, outpatient adult.

You Belong at Avera

Be part of a multidisciplinary team built with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter.

A Brief Overview
Responsible for the daily coordination and delivery of occupational therapy services that focus on conditions and health diagnosis, implementing specific treatment program for individual patients and patient groups according to the principles and practices of occupational therapy and established objectives of the department.
What you will do

• Demonstrates knowledge of age-specific factors and performs satisfactorily related to patients age infant through geriatrics as noted on unit specific guidelines and competencies.
• Develops and implements individualized treatment programs for the patients needing services. Evaluates assigned patients, gathering data from a variety of sources, such as patient records, interviews, observations and team members.
• Uses selected activities and/or tasks to promote and maintain health, and to achieve treatment goals. Establishes and modifies intervention goals and strategies for patients/ treatment program based on on-going evaluations.
• Provides direct therapy services to patients using various functional settings and strategies.
• Plans therapy with in the patient’s individual physical, emotional and intellectual capabilities as indicated and coordinated with the rehabilitation, medical, and nursing care plans.
• Prepares documentation as required by the profession and the department, such as evaluation results, individualized treatment plans, progress notes, and other such reports.
• Communicates effectively with patient, family, physician, and other disciplinary team members regarding the patient status, progress, and needs.
• Establishes rapport and work cooperatively with interdisciplinary team members (including family/physician) throughout the patient’s intervention program.
• Enhances professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, current literature, in-service meetings, workshops, etc. Shares new knowledge with co-workers. Evaluates and monitors clinical internship with students affiliating in various universities/colleges.
• Participates in program development of the department.

Essential Qualifications
The individual must be able to work the hours specified. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily including having visual acuity adequate to perform position duties and the ability to communicate effectively with others, hear, understand and distinguish speech and other sounds. These requirements and those listed above are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform the essential job functions.

Reasonable…