What are the responsibilities and job description for the Occupational Therapist position at Bear Lake Memorial Hospital?
Welcome to Montpelier, Idaho, where history meets opportunity! Our town of approximately 2500 residents boasts a rich heritage and small-town charm. Nestled in Bear Lake County, we offer a range of outdoor activities such as hunting, fishing, skiing, camping, and hiking, all just minutes away.
Bear Lake Memorial Healthcare remains a stand-alone CAH hospital. In addition to offering the typical hospital services, e.g. inpatient, surgery, obstetrics, ER, swing beds, lab, diagnostic imaging, physical therapy, etc. Bear Lake Memorial Hospital also owns and operates: a Skilled Nursing Facility, an assisted living center, a dialysis center, a mental health clinic, a home health agency, and multiple physician clinics across Montpelier, ID and Garden City, UT.
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Bear Lake Memorial Healthcare is seeking a full time Occupational Therapist to provide exceptional development and rehabilitation of patients with mental, emotional, and physical disabilities by planning and administering medically prescribed occupational therapy.
RESPONSIBILITIES (This is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and duties required):
- Meets the patient's goals and needs and provides quality care by assessing and interpreting evaluations and test results; determining occupational therapy treatment plans in consultation with physicians or by prescription.
- Helps patient develop or regain physical or mental functioning or adjust to disabilities by implementing programs involving manual arts and crafts, practice in functional, prevocational, vocational, and homemaking skills, activities of daily living, and sensorimotor, educational, recreational, and social activities; directing aides, technicians, and assistants.
- Promotes maximum independence by selecting and constructing therapies according to individual's physical capacity, intelligence level, and interest.
- Prepares patient for return to employment by consulting with employers; determining potential employee difficulties; retraining employees; helping employers understand necessary physical and job result accommodations.
- Evaluates results of occupational therapy by observing, noting, and evaluating patient's progress; recommending and implementing adjustments and implementing adjustments and modifications.
- Completes discharge planning by consulting with physicians, nurses, social workers, and other health care workers; contributing to patient care conferences.
- Assures continuation of therapeutic plan following discharge by designing and instructing patients, families, and caregivers in home exercise programs; recommending and/or providing assistive equipment; recommending outpatient or home health follow-up programs.
- Documents patient care services by charting in patient and department records.
- Maintains patient confidence and protects hospital operations by keeping information confidential.
- Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures,
- Complies with federal, state, and local legal and certification requirements by studying existing and new legislation; anticipating future legislation; enforcing adherence to requirements; advising management on needed actions.
- Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
- Must be able to complete all job duties with or without reasonable accomodation.
- Must have the ability to contribute to the vision/culture of the most caring hospital.
Expiration: Applications will be accepted until July 31, 2024 or until filled.
Bear Lake Memorial Hospital is an equal opportunity employer and all applicants will be given fair consideration based on their academic credentials and applicable work experience.