Inpatient Occupational Therapist – Acute Care

Role Overview

• Performs occupational therapy professional services concerned with the evaluation and treatment of individuals to prevent, treat, and restore function following disease, trauma, psychological or social disability.
• Provides direct occupational therapy patient care upon referral by a physician or advanced practice provider using specific competencies.
• Evaluates patients using occupational therapy tests and measurements.
• Develops occupational therapy treatment plans and monitors progress.
• Administers occupational therapy treatments and documents appropriate patient treatment data.
• Instructs patients and their families in home program.
• Represents the department in meetings and assists in providing clinical supervision of rehab techs and students.

Requirements

• Minimum Education: Graduate of an occupational therapy educational program approved by the Accreditation on Council for Occupational Therapy Education or other American Occupational Therapy Association accrediting body for occupational therapy or other educational program which the board considers to be substantially equivalent.
• Minimum Years of Experience: None
• Substitutable Education & Experience: None
• Required Certifications/Licensure: Licensed as an Occupational Therapist by the South Carolina Board of Occupational Therapy; Certification in CPR.
• Required Training: None

Benefits

• Day ONE medical, dental and life insurance benefits
• Health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
• Employees are eligible for enrollment into the 403(b) match plan day one. LHI matches dollar for dollar up to 6%.
• Employer paid life insurance – equal to 1x salary
• Employee may elect supplemental life insurance with low cost premiums up to 3x salary
• Adoption assistance
• LHI provides its full-time employees employer paid short-term disability and long-term disability coverage after 90 days of eligible employment
• Tuition reimbursement
• Student loan forgiveness