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Legacy Health Occupational Therapist - Acute Care in Vancouver, Washington
Legacy Health
Occupational Therapist - Acute Care
Equal Opportunity Employer/Vet/Disabled
US-WA-VANCOUVER
Job ID: 26-47280
Type: Regular Full-Time
Salmon Creek Medical Ctr campus
Overview
Your greatest reward is helping patients return to the work and life they enjoy. As an Occupational Therapist, you will assess, plan, and implement personalized treatment programs designed to achieve the best possible outcomes for each patient. If you share this passion and enjoy working within a multidisciplinary team while supervising support personnel, we invite you to explore this rewarding opportunity.
This is an acute care position.
Responsibilities
Evaluate patients' abilities and limitations.
Establish treatment goals based on evaluation findings and referral reasons, considering neuromuscular movement and stability, sensation, activities of daily living (ADLs), perception, cognition, vocational and prevocational abilities, developmental status, dysphagia, manual muscle testing, range of motion, body mechanics, and other relevant assessments.
Assess home and work environments, recommending physical barrier modifications or ergonomic adaptations as needed.
Administer therapy according to established plans, utilizing appropriate procedures, equipment, and techniques within the scope of Occupational Therapy practice.
Recommend adaptive equipment, complete justification documentation, and coordinate delivery.
Re-evaluate patients regularly to assess progress and provide discharge recommendations when appropriate.
Collaborate and co-treat with therapists from other disciplines.
Fabricate splints as requi