Saint Luke's

Nonprofit integrated health system

Occupational Therapist

Rehabilitation TherapiesConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Part-timeLee's Summit, MO, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

A bachelor's degree is required.
A Missouri occupational therapist license is required.
At least 1 year of applicable occupational therapist experience is required.
Must be available for weekday shifts and work two weekend shifts per month, as well as two minor holidays and one hard-to-staff date.

Responsibilities

Evaluate and regularly assess clients across the lifespan after accident, injury, disease, or condition, addressing physical, emotional, and environmental needs.
Advise clients on adaptive equipment and techniques to help them resume or develop day-to-day and work skills, improve or maintain activities of daily living, and achieve functional independence.
Create individualized treatment plans and select interventions based on evaluation, assessment, and evidence-based practice.
Re-evaluate clients, periodically reassess progress, and contribute to discharge planning.
Supervise treatment provided by students and occupational therapy assistants.
Participate in and make recommendations for client-care interventions with the interdisciplinary health care team.
Delegate and instruct supportive personnel on services to be provided.
Provide timely documentation in accordance with department or entity policy, insurance-provider requirements, licensing, certification, regulatory and reimbursement requirements, and the physician's treatment plan.
Use professional judgment to ensure safety for self, clients, and others.
Complete at least one department-level project.
Serve as a clinical resource for the department.
Participate in quality initiatives.
Follow PRN/PRN Plus policy and facility guidelines for shift requirements.
Perform other duties as requested by the manager.

Desired Qualifications

Acute care experience is preferred.

Job Description

Saint Luke's East Hospital is seeking a PRN Occupational Therapist to join our team!

The staff Occupational Therapist (OT) evaluates and regularly assesses the ongoing effects of the occupational therapy intervention for clients after accident, injury, disease, or condition across the lifespan. The OT addresses physical, emotional, and environmental needs. The OT advises on adaptive equipment and techniques to help clients resume or develop skills needed for day-to-day life and work. The goal of OT is to improve or maintain the client’s ability to perform activities of daily living and reach goals to return to highest level of functional independence.

Shift will be 8:00-4:30 during the week and 7:30-4:00 on weekends. Must work 2 weekend shifts a month as well as provide weekday availability. Must work 2 minor holidays and 1 hard to staff date.
Evaluates clients after impairment, injury, or disease.
Creates an individualized treatment plan and selects appropriate interventions based on evidence-based practice and selects appropriate interventions based upon evaluation and assessment of client.
Re-evaluates and provides periodic reassessment of client progress and contributes to discharge planning.
Supervises treatment provided by students and occupational therapy assistants.
Participates and makes recommendations for client care interventions to the interdisciplinary health care team.
Delegates and instructs supportive personnel in services to be provided.
Performs all other duties as requested by the manager.
Provides timely documentation per department and/or entity policy and as required by insurance provider to meet licensing, certification, regulatory, reimbursement requirements, and physician treatment plan.
Uses professional judgment to ensure safety to self, clients, and others at all times.
Completes at minimum a department level project.
Serves as a clinical resource for department.
Participates in quality initiatives.
Follows prn/prn plus policy and facility guidelines for shift requirements.
MO OT license required
Bachelor's required
Acute care experience preferred

Job Requirements

Applicable Experience:

1 yearOccupational Therapist (MO) - Missouri Division of Professional RegistrationBachelor's Degree

Job Details

PRNDay (United States of America)

About the Company

Saint Luke's

Nonprofit integrated health system

Saint Luke's operates a nonprofit health system serving Kansas City and surrounding Missouri and Kansas counties, now part of BJC Health. It runs 10 hospitals, physician practices, home care and hospice, imaging centers, behavioral health, and senior living services, plus specialty institutes for heart, neuroscience, cancer, and rehab care. What sets Saint Luke's apart is its Mid America Heart Institute and Marion Bloch Neuroscience Institute, both nationally recognized. The goal is to improve the health and well-being of the communities it serves.

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Headquarters: Kansas City, MO
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