OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST

Occupational Therapist

Expected pay for this position is $37.59-$56.38. Actual pay will be determined by experience, skills and internal equity. MDH Benefits package includes: Medical, Dental, Vision 457B and employer match, Company paid STD and LTD.

Job Summary: Plans and implements specific treatment programs for individual patients (in- and outpatients; children and adults) and patient groups according to the principles and practices of occupational therapy. Collaborates with interdisciplinary treatment team. Provides treatment activities in functional pre-vocational and homemaking skills and activities of daily living to allow the patient to become as independent as possible within the scope of his/her disability. Provides contractual services to MDH Home Health, MDH Hospice, and outside skilled nursing facilities.

Job Specifications

Education and Experience: Graduate of an accredited program in Occupational Therapy. Licensure in Illinois or eligibility for licensure is required. Certification by the Board of Registry of the American Occupational Therapy Association also required. Hospital experience in the position of Occupational Therapist is preferred. Advanced postgraduate training is desirable. Must have a valid drivers license if applicable. Current CPR certification is required.

Job Knowledge: Emphasis in physical disabilities, geriatrics consultation, arthritis, cardiac and stroke rehabilitations. NDT and sensory integration background is helpful. Splinting experience is beneficial, but not required. The patient population must be considered when assessing job knowledge required from the employee.

Abilities, Interests and Temperaments: Verbal ability is necessary to communicate with departmental and hospital staff and patients. Verbal ability is also necessary to establish policies and reporting procedures. A preference for working with people, as in developing programs of greatest therapeutic benefit to each patient, instructing in craft techniques, watching patients progress carefully, and adjusting programs to continue challenging the patient. A preference for people and for communicating ideas, for encouraging creativity, initiative, ingenuity, and resourcefulness. A preference for abstract and creative activities, such as developing specific therapeutic programs, sometimes involving novel combinations of activities, creating designs and models for guidance, and instructing patients. Must successfully complete departmental specific orientation(s) and ongoing hospital wide CBLs (Computerized Based Learning), participate in departmental inservices, and demonstrate competency by completing departmental specific competency testing/evaluation program. Must have the ability to work with a variety of patients of all populations (e.g. developmentally appropriate care, cultural diversity, patients with pain, victims of abuse or neglect, and diagnosis or procedure specific such as patient with congestive heart failure or cesarean delivery).