Occupational Therapist (OT) - Lincolnshire Health and Rehabilitation Center

Enjoy a great team environment? Ready to take the next step in a rewarding Occupational Therapist career? Then here's your start! Join our talented team at Lincolnshire Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center located in Merrillville, Indiana.

Occupational Therapist Job Responsibilities:

• Facilitates development and rehabilitation of patients with mental, emotional, and physical disabilities by planning and administering medically prescribed occupational therapy.
• Meets the patient’s goals and needs and provides quality care by assessing and interpreting evaluations and test results and determining occupational therapy treatment plans in consultation with physicians or by prescription.
• Helps patient develop or regain physical or mental functioning or adjust to disabilities.
• Implements programs involving manual arts and crafts, practice in functional, pre-vocational, vocational and homemaking skills and fosters activities of daily living.
• Promotes maximum independence by selecting and constructing therapies according to individual’s physical capacity, intelligence level, and interest.
• Prepares patient for return to employment by consulting with employers; determining potential employee difficulties; retraining employees; and helping employers understand necessary physical and job accommodations.
• Evaluates results of occupational therapy by observing, noting, and evaluating patient’s progress and recommending and implementing adjustments and modifications.
• Completes discharge planning by consulting with physicians, nurses, social workers, and other health care workers.
• Assures continuation of therapeutic plan following discharge by designing and instructing patients, families, and caregivers in home exercise programs; recommending and/or providing assistive equipment and recommending outpatient or home health follow-up programs.
• Documents patient care services by charting in patient and department records.
• Maintains patient confidence and protects hospital operations by keeping information confidential.

Occupational Therapy Education, Experience, and Licensing Requirements:

• Current state occupational therapist license
• Minimum of one year of recent work experience as an occupational therapist
• Graduation from an occupational therapy program accredited jointly by the Committee on Allied Health Education and Accreditation of the AMA and the AOTA
• Current BLS for Healthcare Provider CPR or CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer certification
• Certified Occupational Therapist (OT) by the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) or Certified Occupational Therapist Registered (OTR) by the National Board in Certified Occupational Therapy (NBCOT)
• National Provider Identifier (NPI) and Taxonomy code required at time of hire

Benefits:

We reward our professionals for their hard work and dedication with a comprehensive benefit and incentives program including enhanced generous paid time off, medical, dental, life insurance and much more. We provide competitive pay, and a multitude of opportunities for career advancement, and personal growth.

Daily pay!DailyPay is a voluntary benefit that allows employees to instantly access their earnings on their own schedule. With DailyPay, employees can track their earnings after every shift and get paid instantly for the hours they’ve already worked.

We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, expression or orientation, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, or status as a disabled or Vietnam-era veteran. When completing this application, you may exclude information that would disclose or reference this information, or any information relating to any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.