Occupational Therapist-Licensure Applicant

Hospital Name: SSM Health Rehabiliation Hospital
Joint venture with Select Medical
Position: Occupational Therapist - License Applicant
Location: Oklahoma City OK
Schedule: Per Diem/PRN

Our Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospital is committed to providing exceptional and compassionate care to best address the medical physical emotional and vocational challenges for individuals with brain injuries spinal cord injuries neurological disorders orthopedic issues amputation and multiple traumas.

At our company we support your career growth and personal well-being.

• Start Strong: Extensive and thorough orientation program to ensure a smooth transition into our setting.
• Advance Your Career: Tuition reimbursement and continuing education opportunities
• Elevate Your Skills: Clinical ladder program.
• Ease the Burden: Student debt benefit program
• Your Health Matters: Comprehensive medical/RX health vision employee assistance program (EAP) and dental plan offerings
• Recharge & Refresh: Generous PTO and Paid Sick Time to maintain a healthy work-life balance
• Invest in Your Future: Company-matching 401(k) retirement plan as well as life and disability protection
• Your Impact Matters: Join a team of over 44000 nationwide committed to providing exceptional care.

The Licensure Applicant Occupational Therapist (OT) under the direct supervision of a Licensed Occupational Therapist evaluates all assigned patients and develops implements and modifies treatment plan in accordance with the patients needs and physician direction. The Licensure Applicant OT is responsible for delegation and direction of all discipline specific therapy services for assigned patients. The Licensure Applicant OT ensures design of functional treatment programs allowing for effective return to community activities and serves as an educator of patients families students coworkers and self. The Licensure Applicant OT also performs other professional duties associated with the care of the patient and the development of discipline specific therapy services and design of program delivery.

• Demonstrates the ability to identify and understand the perceived needs of others and communicates empathetically in addressing the concerns and needs of patients and others around them
• Under the direct supervision of a Licensed Occupational Therapist completes a comprehensive evaluation of assigned patients. Utilizes clinical reasoning to develop appropriate treatment plan and goals focused on progressing patients toward discharge within an established length of stay.
• Under the direct supervision of a Licensed Occupational Therapist collaborates with interdisciplinary team to address all barriers to discharge. This includes if warranted timely equipment trialing and completion of all patient and family training including issuing of a home exercise program and planning for continuing services.
• In collaboration with the supervising Occupational therapist demonstrates flexibility in all aspects of caseload management including accepting coverage ensuring that the plan of care is communicated implemented and progressed throughout the length of stay. Effectively and efficiently manages individual concurrent co-treatment and group treatment sessions based on patient care needs.
• Performs other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications

• Must hold a valid and current Temporary License/ Licensure Applicant License/Limited License/Provisional License status with practicing state.
• Must meet and adhere to practicing state standards for practice as a Limited/Temporary/Provisional/Licensure Applicant clinician
• Certified BLS or completion in the first 90 days of employment is required.

Equal Opportunity Employer/including Disabled/Veterans