Job Industry: Hospital & Health Care

Job Type: Full time

WorkPlace Type: On-Site

Location: Coalinga, California, United States

Required Candidates: 1 Candidates

Job Description:

This job generally requires the ability to do the following:

• Review patients’ medical history and asses their condition and needs
• Evaluate patients' ability to do certain tasks
• Confer with physicians, patients and their families, nurses, therapists, social workers, and other members of a patient's care team
• Develop a treatment plan for patients with specific goals and tasks that will help them meet those goals
• Guide patients to perform tasks to meet their goals
• Demonstrate exercises that can help patients better perform everyday tasks and relieve pain
• Evaluate a patient’s home or workplace and identify potential improvements based on their needs
• Educate a patient’s family about how to help care for and accommodate them
• Recommend and teach patients how to use adaptive equipment that will help them with daily living, such as wheelchairs and eating aids
• Assess patients' progress against goals and prepare reports for healthcare providers and insurance agencies

Individual occupational therapy plans differ depending on patients' needs, but all strive to develop, increase, or maintain independence in performing tasks of daily living.

Requirements

Required Licenses/Certifications:

• Active license as an Occupational Therapist through the State of California: Required
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) or Basic Life Support (BLS) certification: Preferred

Job Types: Contract, Full-time

Pay: $85.00 per hour

Role characteristics:

• Adults

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Work setting:

• Inpatient
• In-person
• Long term care

Application Question(s):

• Please provide personal email and phone number.

License/Certification:

• Occupational Therapy License (Required)
• BLS from American Heart Association (Required)

Work Location: In person

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