Occupational Therapist
Alamogordo, New Mexico
Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center

OT - Therapy

Location: Alamogordo, New Mexico Employment Type: Travel Contract Length: 13 weeks Schedule: 5 days per week, 8 hours per day (Full time)

Role Summary

Plan, implement, and evaluate patient care programs that help disabled patients regain physical and social stability and relearn daily living activities through selected occupational therapy procedures.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate the knowledge and skills needed to provide services based on the physical, psychosocial, educational, safety, and other criteria appropriate to the patient population in the assigned area
• Maintain required core competencies
• Comply with set policies and procedures (e.g., name tag, dress code, parking, smoking)
• Plan, organize, and participate in medically oriented occupational therapy programs, evaluating abilities and limitations and assisting patients in regaining coordination
• Assign activities to achieve therapeutic goals, using physical exercises, visual acuity activities, and computer programs to build strength, dexterity, decision-making, problem-solving, memory, and perceptual skills
• Design or make special equipment for use at home or work, and teach clients with severe limitations to use computer-aided adaptive equipment
• Observe and evaluate patient progress, design treatment plans, and recommend programs suited to individual potential and rehabilitative needs
• Coordinate occupational therapy with other therapeutic activities according to patient needs, capabilities, interests, and goals
• Participate in ward rounds, patient care conferences, consultations, and educational programs; recommend new occupational therapy methods and techniques
• Prepare and maintain records and files on patient progress, care plans, and related statistical data as required by department and hospital policies

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in occupational therapy
• Valid Occupational Therapist license in New Mexico
• At least 1 year of experience as an Occupational Therapist, including experience within the last year
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification issued by the American Heart Association