Acute Care Occupational Therapist PRN

**Job Description:**

The Occupational Therapist provides direct patient services that may include identifying, evaluating, diagnosing, and treating. This position also provides indirect services including consulting, advising, teaching, and training patients and their caregivers.

Schedule: PRN (As needed)

As an Occupational Therapist you need to know how to:

+ Evaluate a patient upon initial encounter to determine need for occupational therapy intervention and make referrals to other treatment team members as deemed appropriate.
+ Plan occupational therapy treatment program for each patient, based upon interpretation of evaluation results; interpret evaluation findings for patient, family, and treatment team members.
+ Develop realistic goals with patient input; explain treatment plan and goals to patient.
+ Implement treatment or supervise treatment provided by Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant, or occupational therapy student. Dele...