Occupational Therapist - Part Time

Occupational Therapist

Uses goal-directed activities, exercises, or techniques to maximize the client's functioning in life tasks, with the therapeutic application of physical and chemical agents as an adjunct. Evaluates patients' abilities and needs, establishes a plan of care and goals to achieve the highest possible level of functional independence and decrease disability of each patient. Position reports to the Director of Physical Medicine and Rehab.

Job Description

• Performs initial evaluations, re-evaluations, and treatments of Swing Bed patients.
• Properly breaks down activities into achievable components, such as sequencing a complex task like cooking a meal.
• Consistently provides performance skills assessments of each patient and treatment, including grooming, oral hygiene, bathing/showering, toilet hygiene, dressing, and feeding/eating.
• Properly recommends adaptive equipment and usage training.
• Effectively uses creative media as therapeutic activity.
• Consistently gives guidance to family members and caregivers.
• Properly performs environmental adaptation, including provision of equipment or designing adaptations to remove obstacles or make them manageable.
• Effectively develops a monthly activity calendar that is meaningful and pertinent to our Swing Bed unit.
• Effectively instructs new ways to approach an ADL task with patients.
• Effectively develops and maintains a clinical affiliation with local community colleges of Certified Occupational Therapist Assistant programs. Participates in the mentoring and education of COTA students assigned to Ellenville Regional Hospital.

Requirements

• Hospital and inpatient rehab experience required.
• Bachelor's degree from an approved school of Occupational Therapy.
• NYS OT License.
• Current BLS Certification.

Benefits

• Medical benefits
• Health insurance
• Dental
• Vision
• Life insurance - employer sponsored, supplemental life insurance
• PTO
• Vacation time
• Sick time
• Paid holidays
• Personal time
• Bereavement
• 403(b)
• Employee assistance program
• Tuition assistance
• Discount program
• Virtual fitness, mindfulness, and nutrition app
• Healthcare concierge service

Community Overview

Ellenville Regional Hospital is a non-profit, community-focused hospital based in New York's Hudson Valley. We support our local community with health, wellness, specialty services, and readily available diagnostic testing. We are centrally located for residents in surrounding areas to access our subacute rehabilitation programs, specialists, and ambulatory services. Our healthcare is delivered with compassion and respect based on our commitment to improving our community health through excellence, innovation, and state-of-the-art technologies.

Hours: Part-Time. 8 am - 4 pm, three days per week (Monday, Wednesday, Friday)

Salary: Base salary of $45.00 - $60.00 based on experience

Sign-on Bonus: $2,500