Acute Occupational Therapist
Urbana, Illinois
Carle Foundation Hospital

OT Therapy Acute

Location: Urbana, Illinois Employment Type: Clinical-Allied Contract Length: 13 weeks Shift: Day, 8 hours per day, 40 hours per week

Role Overview

• Evaluates and treats patients of all ages.
• Serves as a role model in professional service delivery and as a clinical resource for staff and students.
• Designs plans of care that integrate goals, treatment, outcomes, and discharge planning, and adjusts care based on patient response and available evidence.
• Performs examinations, evaluates clinical findings, screens patients, and documents evaluations and plans of care per department policy.
• Educates patients, families, caregivers, students, and other providers.
• Implements functional, activity-based interventions that address the patient's and family's functional and emotional needs.
• Supervises COTAs and rehabilitation technicians in accordance with regulatory agencies, and monitors their care with regular feedback.
• Communicates patient performance, status changes, activity and transfer recommendations, and discharge and equipment needs to the medical team.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Occupational Therapy
• Valid Occupational Therapist license in Illinois
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification