Job Summary
Occupational Therapist, Inpatient Occupational Therapy. This position provides occupational therapy services to adolescent, adult, and geriatric populations in a rural healthcare setting. The role supports generalized patient populations and diagnoses through assessment, treatment planning, functional activities, patient and family education, and discharge planning.
Job Details
- Schedule: Sunday through Thursday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 8-hour shifts, 40 hours per week.
- Required Qualifications:
- At least 1 year of experience
- Occupational Therapist experience in an inpatient setting
- Travel experience
- Valid state license; compact license must be in hand at submission
- California state license
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
- CBOT certification
- Experience with acute disorders, chronic disorders, and functional activities
- Skills in assessment, evaluation, plan of care development, reassessments, lifting and transfer, safety and injury prevention, infection prevention, fall-risk assessment, and patient and family education
- Experience with rehabilitation involving adult populations, amputees, arthritis, cerebrovascular accident rehabilitation, dementia, coma management, functional independence measures, hand injuries, hip fractures and total hip replacements, knee injuries and total knee replacements, lower-extremity conditions, multiple sclerosis, nerve injuries, Parkinson’s disease, spinal cord injuries, tendon repair, traumatic brain injuries, and upper-extremity conditions
- Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with adolescents
- Experience with standardized assessments
- Experience with oral and motor feeding techniques
- Charting system experience
Benefits
The benefits of taking a travel assignment with Cross Country include:
- Private housing or generous housing allowance
- Comprehensive health insurance with prescription coverage
- Dependent health insurance with prescription coverage
- Competitive salaries
- Referral bonuses
- Travel reimbursement
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Direct deposit/free checking
- Unlimited free CE credits
