Inpatient Occupational Therapist
Salinas, California
Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital

Job Opportunity: Occupational Therapist

Job Description

• Provide Occupational Therapy interventions per referral, including assessment, care planning, patient and family education, scheduling, documentation, and issuing adaptive equipment.
• Deliver care appropriate to the age of patients served.
• Assess patients and administer care plans aligned with physician, patient, and family goals.
• Provide high-quality and safe patient care.
• Assist in efficient and effective patient return to the highest degree of independence possible.
• Maintain cost-effective treatment plans.
• Assist in orientation of new employees and volunteers.
• Instruct and evaluate therapy and therapy assistant students during clinical affiliations.
• Regularly assume duties of Charge Therapist.
• Adhere to hospital safety standards and ensure department objectives are met.
• Coordinate with CCS Case Manager for referrals for ongoing occupational therapy services post-discharge.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Valid Occupational Therapist license in California.
• Minimum 1 year of Occupational Therapist experience within the last year.

Contract Length

• Approximately 13 weeks (90 days).