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Occupational Therapist - Acute Care

Memorial Hospital in Belleville has a full-time Occupational Therapist position opportunity. If you have experience with acute care with a diverse caseload in ortho, neuro, general med, and ICU, this position is for you! Typical schedule is 4 9-hour days with weekend rotation. CEU budget annually.

Memorial Hospital Belleville is an acute care hospital offering medical and surgical services plus critical and emergency care including Childrens at Memorial for pediatric emergency care. It provides patients a full complement of diagnostic and treatment services as well as heart and vascular care. Memorial offering medical and surgical services plus critical care is an accredited Chest Pain Center with PCI by the Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care and is designated as an Acute Stroke Ready Hospital by the Illinois Department of Public Health. In addition, Memorial Belleville recently was accredited by the American College of Radiology as a designated Lung Cancer Screening Center. Since 2008, it has been designated as a Magnet-recognized organization for nursing excellence by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

Occupational Therapy provides therapy services for persons who have experienced a disruption in life roles because of illness or injury and assists the individual with health maintenance and community re-entry by assisting the individual to achieve maximum functional ability.

Role Purpose

The licensed or registered Occupational Therapist (OT) provides skilled occupational therapy services to patients including all aspects of evaluation and treatment.

Responsibilities

• Establishes treatment plan and provides treatment considering discharge needs, expected discharge functional status, and appropriate equipment and supplies.
• Educates, collaborates with, and conferences with patients, families, and other health care providers making recommendations for referrals to specialists as needed.
• Delegates to assistants, techs, and students through written and verbal communication including determining the skill level or competency required to provide interventions to best meet the needs of the patient.
• Completes documentation in accordance with departmental policies.
• Provides assessment, reassessment, and/or consultations for Occupational Therapy Services.

Minimum Requirements

• Education: Bachelors Degree - Occupational Therapy (OT)
• Experience: No Experience
• Supervisor Experience: No Experience
• Licenses & Certifications: Occupational Therapist Lic

Preferred Requirements

• Education: Masters Degree - Occupational Therapy (OT)

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Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date

Disability insurance* paid for by BJC

Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution

401(k) plan with BJC match

Tuition Assistance available on first day

BJC Institute for Learning and Development

Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts

Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays, and personal time

Adoption assistance

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*Not all benefits apply to all jobs