Outpatient Occupational Therapist Half Time

Creating Life Better Here starts with you. At San Juan Regional Medical Center, we're more than a healthcare provider—we're a values-driven organization dedicated to delivering exceptional care. As a team member, you help fulfill our mission to make life better here for our community.Occupational Therapists are dynamic, fun, patient focused professionals who use their knowledge, skills and energy to carry out the sacred task of helping others to improve their ability to function – thereby bettering lives.RequiredBehaviors:As you go about fulfilling this mission, your work habits and work relationships should embody SJRMC's values. These values are our culture, our identity as an organization:Sacred Trust, Personal Reverence, Thoughtful Anticipation, Team Accountability, and Creative Vitalityask more of us than merely completing some list of tasks. Our values ask for a deeper level of commitment, and what is asked of us we freely give because we believe in our mission.RequiredQualifications:Current NM O.T. LicenseMust meet all physical demands - please refer to “Physical Demands” belowBLS, CPRPreferredQualifications:Sufficient previous experience to perform dutiesDuties and Responsibilities:Interpretation of referrals& orders to check for appropriateness, indications and contraindicationsInitial evaluations/ Discharge summaries/ Re-evaluations/ Daily treatments:Are performed & documented in timely manner, may include but are not limited to:Medical diagnosis, medical history, objective physical/cognitive findings, measurable / functional/ behavioral based patient goals, treatment plan, discharge plan, education and communication as indicated.Determination of which tasksrequire the expertise and decision-making capacity of the occupational therapist and must be personally rendered by the occupational therapist and which tasks may be delegated to other (family, nursing, rehab tech etc.)Delegationand instruction of the services to be rendered by the occupational therapy assistant or other supportive personnel, including but not limited to specific treatment program with patient goals/ plan, precautions, special problems or contraindicated procedures.Education and instructionas indicated, including, but not limited to: patient, family, other staff, follow up facilities.Transportationof patients as needed.Maintain, gather, clean, set up allequipmentper facility policiesDaily recordkeeping, including (but not limited to) evaluations, daily treatment notes, discharge notes and daily charges, all communication/education provided (per facility / department policy)Each employee is responsible for implementing SJRMC’s Service Standards into their daily work:Safety, Courtesy, Effectiveness, and StewardshipPhysical Demands and Environmental Work Conditions:ALL Rehab Department jobs may place heavy physical demands on the employee. The amount of time that the employee is exposed to these demands will fluctuate, as there are uncontrollable variables inherent in healthcare: patient’s height and weight, patient’s level of cooperation and strength, specific clinical needs, etc.Physical Activities:All Rehab Department jobs may require lifting / pushing / pulling varying weights, may exceed two hundred (200) poundsActivities may include intermittent or prolonged: standing, walking, sitting, talking, hearing, using the hands to finger and feel, pushing, pulling, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, reaching with arms, and smellingRepetitive motions may also be required, such as: wrist / hand movements, grasping, and finger dexterity (as in typing, writing, faxing, filing papers, etc.)Work Environment:The job requires exposure to the following environmental conditions: wet, humid conditions (not the weather), working near moving or mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, risk of electrical shock, risk of vibrationThe noise level will vary from very quiet to very loudSensory Requirements:The employee will need to be able to hear:alarms on equipment / fire alarms / overhead announcementspatients / families verbal discussionsinstructions / feedback from other healthcare providersThe employee will need to be able to:See and focus on close-up and distant objectsDistinguish colorsHave intact: peripheral vision and depth perception