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and Responsibilities As our Occupational Therapist, you will provide essential in-home occupational therapy services under physician's orders. Your role involves evaluating home safety, assessing functional needs, and implementing tailored treatment to promote independence. Every day you will evaluate home safety, assess functional needs of physically disabled patients, then develop, plan, and implement individualized occupational therapy treatment procedures.
To be successful in this role, you will demonstrate strong assessment, treatment planning, and implementation skills for in-home care. Excellent communication for patient education and a commitment to promoting independence and safety are essential. Meets the discipline-specific productivity standard.
Demonstrates competence in care of patients during field observation by the clinical supervisor. Completes and submits documentation following established guidelines as measured by a designated evaluation tool. Physician orders are present and written correctly.
Documents follow up of identified problems. Reviews and documents clinical progress toward goals. Job Requirements Required Completed an accredited Occupational Therapy degree program and be board eligible and able to obtain CA OT license within 6 months or have already obtained a CA OT License.
Previous experience as an Occupational Therapist or Occupational Therapist student/ intern. Occupational Therapist: CA (OT:CA) within 6 - months Basic Life Support - CPR (BLS-CPR) upon hire Driver's License: CA (AUTO:CA) upon hire Auto Insurance (AUTO-INS) upon hire Where You'll Work Founded in 1967, Dignity Health - Mercy San Juan Medical Center is a 377-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Carmichael, California.
Serving over 100,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including a Level II Trauma Center, Level III NICU, heart care, cancer care, women’s health, and neurology. Additionally, Mercy San Juan Medical Center has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. It is a Comprehensive Stroke Center, the highest level of stroke care certification awarded by The Joint Commission.
Mercy Home Health and Mercy Hospice is located at 3400 Data Drive in Rancho Cordova, CA. Both service lines are accredited agencies that have received outstanding recognition from The Joint Commission. We currently serve the greater El Dorado, Placer and Sacramento counties, bringing our patients the highest level of service available.
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About the role
Your role involves evaluating home safety, assessing functional needs, and implementing tailored treatment to promote independence.