Occupational Therapist

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Full Time Position

Location: Powell/Cody, WY

Pay Rate Range: $35.00 - $48.00 per hour (DOE)

Are you a dedicated Occupational Therapist looking to make a lasting impact on patients' lives? At Gottsche Rehabilitation, our care is R.O.O.T.E.D. in values that guide everything we do:
Resilient, Open, Outcome-Focused, Tailored, Educated, and Distinctive. We provide a supportive and collaborative environment where you'll have the opportunity to grow your skills, serve diverse patient populations, and be part of a mission‑driven team committed to exceptional rehabilitation.

We make impossible experiences possible. Not by luck or chance, but through resilient, open, outcome‑focused, tailored, educated, and distinctive (ROOTED) care that's accessible to all, regardless of ability to pay.

To set a new standard for what's possible in rural rehabilitation and wellness through place‑based innovation and systems of care rooted in the strengths of people and places they live.

Resilient. Open. Outcome‑Focused. Tailored. Educated. Distinctive.

• Recognition of Expertise & Growth:
  Advancing as you pursue continuing education, certifications, specializations, and leadership.
• Reward for Contribution:
  Rewards for engagement, innovation, and contribution to our team and the broader field of physical therapy.
• Competitive Pay:
  Compensation that is consistently above regional averages.
• Progression & Retention:
  Pathways for progression and advancement, so you grow with us.
• Value for Experience & Effort:
  Placement that honors the breadth of your experience and dedication you bring to our shared goals.

• Sign‑on Bonuses that ease transitions and reward long‑term commitment.
• Comprehensive Benefits that support your health, security, and future through medical, dental, vision, disability, and retirement options.
• Professional Growth Support with time and cost assistance for continuing education and advanced training.
• A Mission‑Driven Culture to "Make Impossible Experiences Possible" as part of one of the oldest and only non‑profit rehabilitation organizations.
• Community Connection that enriches your practice by transforming lives, strengthening communities, and setting a new standard of care across rural Wyoming.

• Evaluates patients through medical records review as appropriate, utilizes appropriate evaluation techniques and clinical observation
• Applies skills learned during academic training, educational programs, and practical experience to evaluate patient/family needs and to develop appropriate treatment plans and goals to include discharge planning.
• Demonstrates competency in patient assessment, goal setting, and development and implementation of treatment plans to meet these goals. Maintains appropriate documentation in a timely fashion. Evaluates effectiveness of plan and modifies and/or terminates as indicated.
• Demonstrates good interpersonal skills when interacting with families, physicians, patients and others involved in a patient's care to promote an environment of cooperation and respect. Provides sensitivity to those aspects of human behavior which affect the balance of the working environment. Initiates appropriate behavior to affect change.
• Provides relevant information at meetings such as team and family conferences, home health conferences, rehab clinic meetings and others as necessary.
• Maintains current knowledge of therapy techniques appropriate to the patients at Gottsche Rehab Center through the attendance of in‑service classes and the appropriate amount of continuing education courses as required for licensure. The therapist will then share the knowledge with other staff in the form of informational discussions or as an in‑service.
• Assigns appropriate treatments or portions thereof to therapy assistants and aides, assess the accuracy, thoroughness and appropriateness of the care they provide and then provide feedback to the Department Head.
• Acts as a preceptor to therapy students, therapy assistant students and other students and provides feedback to the students and academic directors who are…