Occupational Therapist Acute Care Full-Time, Weekends

Dallas, IA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 6 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Occupational Therapist Acute Care

Bring your passion to Texas Health so we are Better Together

Work location: Texas Health Dallas 8200 Walnut Hill Lane Dallas TX 75231

Work hours: Full-Time (40 hours/week) - Weekends

Four 10-hour days (Thursday-Sunday or Friday-Monday) OR Five 8-hour days (Thursday-Monday)

Flexible hours between 7:30am-6:30pm

Acute Care Therapy Department Highlights

Flexible scheduling that allows for work/life balance

Interesting variety of patients in a fast-paced high-volume department

Supportive environment with mentoring from experienced team with multiple certifications including: Neuro Clinical Specialists Cardiac Clinical Specialists Geriatric Clinical Specialists Neonatal Certified specialists Lymphedema Certified Therapist and Vestibular Certified therapists.

Staff led process improvement teams dedicated to high quality evidence-based care.

Texas Health Dallas is aLevel 1 Trauma Center and DNV Comprehensive Stroke Center

Heres What You Need

Bachelors Degree Completion of an Occupational Therapy program Required

1 year experience acute care strongly preferred

OT - Occupational Therapist Texas Occupational Therapy License Upon Hire Required AND

BCLS - Basic Cardiac Life Support prior to providing independent patient care and maintained quarterly Required

Good verbal and written communication skills in English; Problem solving ability; Ability to teach others; Time management skills; Good interpersonal and customer service skills Basic leadership skills.

What You Will Do

Uses therapeutic treatment techniques appropriate to patient age and desire for treatment

Performs age-appropriate patient treatment

Performs treatment procedures that are within the scope of the professional license

Performs/delegates technical procedures appropriately and safely

Utilizes a variety of treatment techniques to achieve goals if necessary

Determines patient response to treatment and evaluates progress (reassessment)

Educates patient and family through instruction demonstration and/or appropriate handouts in treatment plan safety issues home programs/self-management and assistive equipment

Demonstrates competence in the performance of age-appropriate patient treatment and individualizes care based on age specific needs

Motivates non-compliant or unmotivated patients to participate in therapy

Additional perks of being a Texas Health Occupational Therapist

Benefits include 401k PTO medical dental Paid Parental Leave flex spending tuition reimbursement student loan repayment programs as well as several other benefits.

Delivery of high quality of patient care through nursing education nursing research and innovations in nursing practice.

Strong Unit Based Council (UBC).

A supportive team environment with outstanding opportunities for growth.

Entity Highlights

For more than a half-century Texas Health Dallas has been at the forefront of health care in North Texas. Were an 875-bed Magnet-designated full-service hospital serving our community in and around Dallas since 1966. We specialize in cancer care cardiology neurosciences womens services and emergency medicine weve got it. Plus were a renowned Level III neonatal intensive care unit a Comprehensive Stroke and Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence and provide wellness services outpatient surgery and womens imaging services. *Texas Health Dallas is a joint Commission-certified Comprehensive Stroke Center a Level I Trauma Centera Comprehensive Heart Attack Center and a designated Magnet hospital. Were a top choice in North Texas for cancer and emergency services bariatric services cardiac care and much more. As part of the Texas Health family and its 28000 employees were one of the largest employers in the Dallas Fort Worth area. Our career growth and professional development opportunities are top-notch and our benefits are equally outstanding. Come be a part of our exceptional team as we improve the health of the people in our communities every day. You belong here.

If youre ready to join us in our mission to improve the health of our community then lets show the world how were even better together!

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Occupational Therapist Acute CareBring your passion to Texas Health so we are Better Together Work location: Texas Health Dallas 8200 Walnut Hill Lane Dallas TX 75231Work hours: Full-Time (40 hours/week) - Weekends Four 10-hour days (Thursday-Sunday or Friday-Monday) OR Five 8-hour days (Thursday-...