Occupational Therapist - Acute Care Hospital
Cottonwood, Arizona
Verde Valley Medical Center

Inpatient Occupational Therapist

Overview

• Travel/Contract assignment in Cottonwood, Arizona
• Inpatient Occupational Therapist
• Short Term Acute Care facility
• Teaching, Level IV trauma
• Average daily census: 14-16
• 87 staffed beds
• Shift: Sunday-Thursday, 5x8s, 0730-1600
• Guaranteed hours: 40 hours/week
• Blocked scheduling: Yes
• Locals accepted: Yes
• On-call: No
• Floating: No
• Weekend requirement: a weekend day will be required to work

Required Qualifications

• Valid Occupational Therapist license in Arizona
• Occupational Therapist (1 year of experience)
• Occupational Therapist experience within the last year
• BLS - Basic Life Support issued by American Heart Association

Preferred Qualifications

• Generalist who is confident with medical diagnosis
• Ability to manage mod-max A patients
• Ability to co-treat
• Ability to work with ventilated patients
• Ability to pivot easily and pick up additional evaluations throughout the day

Additional Notes

• First-timers accepted: Yes
• RTO requires unit manager approval
• Cerner charting
• Scrub color: Eggplant
• Free parking
• Candidate must complete a facility-specific job description form before start
• Candidate must complete a fingerprint clearance card application to obtain an AZ OT license
• Fingerprint clearance turnaround is estimated at 4-6 weeks
• OT application turnaround is estimated at 3-6 weeks; total process can take 7-12 weeks