Location Address:2400 Unser BlvdRio Rancho, NM 87124
Compensation Pay Range:Minimum Offer $39.15Maximum Offer $59.77
Summary:Presbyterian is seeking a Occupational Therapist (OT) to evaluate patients regarding the application of a wide variety of therapeutic interventions for rehabilitation of physical and developmental disorders
Sign-on Bonus & relocation available for qualified candidates.
Type of Opportunity: Full timeFTE: 1.00Job Exempt: NoWork Shift: Days (United States of America)
Responsibilities:- Evaluates and treats patients regarding the application of a wide variety of therapeutic interventions for rehabilitation of function/occupation and developmental disorders.
- Must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span of patients served
- Oversees and insures a comprehensive rehabilitation program designed to meet the physical, cognitive, psychosocial, and immediate environmental well-being of the patient
- Promotes patient/caregiver self-determination by optimizing outside resource utilization to achieve the highest level of independence.
- Coordinates and communicates with various disciplines or services involved in patient care.
- Coordinates efforts toward discharge goals established at initial evaluation and during episode of care.
- Other duties as assigned.
- Pediatric Occupational Therapist the following also apply:
- Provide direct patient care and/or consultative services for children, teens, and infants in the PICU, PEDs oncology unit and the premature and/or medically complex infants in the Neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).
- Must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span of babies and children served.
- Oversees and ensures a comprehensive rehabilitation program designed to meet the physical, neurodevelopmental outcomes, supports infant/child mental health and immediate environmental well-being of the infant/child.
- Promotes infant/caregiver/parent self-determination by optimizing outside resource utilization to achieve the highest level of independence.
- Nurture the infant-family dyad.
- Coordinates and communicates with various disciplines or services involved in the infants/child's care.
- Coordinates efforts toward discharge goals established at initial evaluation and during episode of care.
- Is an infant, child, and family advocate.
- This is an advanced practice area and not appropriate for COTA or New graduate OT.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:- Bachelors Degree in Occupational Therapy required
- Masters degree preferred.
- NM Occupational Therapist License
- BLS certification REQUIRED at time of hire
- Occupational Therapist requires detailed knowledge of occupational therapy in terms of what and how work is to be done as well as why it is done, this level includes interpretation of data.
- Less than one year experience in occupational therapy.
- Basic computer skills required.
- Basic understanding of the rules and regulations of the specific
setting
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