Occupational Therapist

Where You’ll Work

Founded in 1938, Dignity Health - Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta is a 25-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Mt. Shasta, California.

Serving over 40,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including a Level III Trauma Center, heart care, cancer care, and a family birth center.

Additionally, Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta, has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality High Performer by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation and a Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center.

One Community. One Mission. One California

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As an Occupational Therapist, you will help patients regain independence and quality of life so they can safely perform daily activities. Every day you will assess diverse patients (orthopedic, neurological, sensory, cancer recovery, etc.), develop treatment plans, and conduct evaluations/re-evaluations.

You will be expected to collaborate with interdisciplinary teams, document thoroughly, and provide positive, motivating care to a high volume of patients. To be successful in this role, you must be flexible, adaptable, exceptionally organized, and a personable, motivating team player.

Maintain customer focus with all patient, consumer, health care provider and payor interactions. Behaviors demonstrating this focus include total sensitivity and complete responsiveness.

During all phases of treatment, involve patient and/or family in goal setting, education and discharge planning.

Use evaluation techniques appropriate to patient's age and condition. Complete written evaluation or dictations within 48 hours of visit.

Develop individualized treatment plans with these components: procedures to be used, treatment objectives, frequency and duration, long and short term goals, rehabilitation potential.

For each patient visit, using brief SOAP notes, document objective and measurable treatment outcomes. Reassess patient progress on a weekly basis. Routine daily treatments may be logged in treatment record forms with weekly summary.

When discharging or transferring patients, provide specific written instructions for the next level of treatment.

Job Requirements

Required

Bachelors Other From a school ofOccupational Therapy approved by the Council of Medical Education of the American Medical Association in collaboration with the AmericanOccupational Therapy Association. and Experience in physical disabilities in a hospital or skilled nursing facility setting., upon hire and

Occupational Therapist: CA, upon hire and

Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire (Must be through the American Heart Association)

Preferred

Masters Other From a school ofOccupational Therapy approved by the Council of Medical Education of the American Medical Association incollaboration with the AmericanOccupational Therapy Association. and Two years of experiencein physical disabilities in a hospital orskilled nursing facility setting., upon hire