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Occupational Therapist, Per Diem

Plymouth, Massachusetts

Organization Facility: Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital Plymouth Category: Therapy & Rehabilitation Job ID: JR57140 Date posted: 07/30/2024
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Job Type: Per Diem

Time Type: Part time

Work Shift: Day (United States of America)

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.

Varied hours based on department needs

Job Description:

Duties/Responsibilities:

  • Perform evaluations of patient’s status utilizing clinical skills to address range of motion, strength, coordination, sensation, perception, cognition, independence in ADLs, mobility and transfers.
  • Determine patient’s need for splints, adaptive equipment and/or assistive devices.
  • Establish appropriate treatment goals with input from patient/family based on evaluation findings.
  • Develop a plan of care based on results of the evaluation and treatment goals.
  • Assess a patients potential for rehabilitation based upon the patient/family’s attitude toward rehabilitation.
  • Maintain medical records with daily documentation of all evaluations and treatment with periodic reevaluations of progress and modification of treatment programs and goals accordingly.
  • Provide education to patients, their families, nurses, other hospital staff and the general public on ADL=s, energy conservation, ergonomics and the role of Occupational Therapy

It is understood that this is a summary of key job functions and does not include every detail of the job that may reasonably be required.

Education/Experience Required:

  • B.S. in an Occupational Therapy program accredited by the American Occupational Therapy Association.
  • One to two years of experience in an acute care setting.

Registration/Certification:

  • Occupational Therapy license.
  • AHA BLS certification.

As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) and COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Learn more about this requirement.

More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients' lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

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