Occupational Therapist - $66-84 per hour at Kaiser Permanente

Kaiser Permanente is seeking a Occupational Therapist for a job in Santa Ana, California.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: Occupational Therapist
• Discipline: Therapy
• Duration: Ongoing
• 1 hours per week
• Shift: 8 hours, days
• Employment Type: Staff

Job Summary:
Responsible for the occupational therapy of patients under the direction and supervision of the Rehabilitation Services.
Essential Responsibilities:

• Evaluates patients, interprets evaluation findings to determine the nature and extent of dysfunction.


• Establishes treatment goals and plans treatment to achieve established goals.


• Initiates discharge planning for occupational therapy.


• Implements the treatment program through direct treatment of the patient.


• May delegate a portion of the treatment program to the appropriate supportive personnel.


• Coordinates the treatment program with other health care personnel as appropriate.


• Provides advice and education to patient and family.


• Regularly assesses clinical signs and symptoms to determine effectiveness of treatment, progress of patient towards goals, the need for modifying goals and treatment.


• Discharges patient from occupational therapy when the patient has received maximum benefit from occupational therapy.


• Provides accurate, timely documentation of occupational therapy patient management.


• Demonstrates progress toward meeting the criteria for professional practice.

• N/A.

• Graduate of an accredited occupational therapy curriculum with a Bachelor's or Master's degree with certification in occupational therapy or foreign-trained equivalent.

• National Provider Identifier required at hire

• Basic Life Support required at hire from American Heart Association

• Current CA Occupational Therapy License OR License eligibility letter prior to the first day of employment.


• Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.

• Days and times Mon -Sat 7:30 am - 7:00 pm.


• Will treat both IP and OP Neurologic and Orthopedic conditions including, but not limited to, hand, wrist, and elbow.


• Will work at all OC IP and OP locations seeing adult neurologic and orthopedic populations and able to treat hand therapy patients upon hire. 

Kaiser Permanente Job ID #1323894. Posted job title: Occupational Therapist- Hand Therapy Per Diem

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