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Job Description:

The Occupational Therapist provides direct patient services that may include identifying, evaluating, diagnosing, and treating. This position also provides indirect services including consulting, advising, teaching, and training patients and their caregivers.

Posting Specifics

Shift Details:** **Full time 40 hours

Schedule: Monday-Friday 8am-4:30pm

+ **Location:** **St. James Hospital**

+ **Benefits Eligible: Yes**

Butte is a historic city known for its rich mining heritage and vibrant community. Nestled in the Rocky Mountains, Butte offers stunning natural beauty, outdoor recreational opportunities, and a welcoming atmosphere. It's a great place to live and work, with a strong sense of community and a high quality of life.

**Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of patients? Join our dedicated team as an Inpatient Occupational Therapist!** We are seeking a compassionate and skilled professional to help our patients achieve their fullest potential through innovative and personalized therapy. If you are committed to fostering growth and development in a supportive and collaborative environment, we would love to hear from you!

**What does it mean to be a caregiver with Intermountain?** Check out this video (https://youtu.be/4NWmzvtxZDA?si=fhwQlYWE59dbkpYy) and learn more and discover the “Power of We.”

As an Occupational Therapist at St. James Hospital, you will play a vital role in supporting our clinical team, ensuring our patients receive the best care by:

+ **Competent Services:** Evaluating patients upon initial encounter to determine the need for occupational therapy intervention and making referrals to other treatment team members as deemed appropriate. Planning occupational therapy treatment programs for each patient, based upon interpretation of evaluation results; interpreting evaluation findings for patients, families, and treatment team members.

+ **Documentation and Monitoring:** Developing realistic goals with patient input; explaining treatment plans and goals to patients. Implementing treatment or supervising treatment provided by Certified Occupational Therapy Assistants or occupational therapy students. Delegating routine care to supportive personnel as appropriate. Terminating occupational therapy services when patients have attained maximum benefit from occupational therapy; providing in-service education to members of the treatment team to ensure follow-through of treatment programs.

+ **Communication:** Evaluating, recording, and reporting on patients' progress for review by other members of the rehabilitative team. Communicating effectively with physicians, other members of the rehabilitation team, and others as indicated regarding treatment plans and patient responses to plans.

+ **Environment Maintenance:** Maintaining a clean and inviting work environment according to health department codes and facility standards.

+ **Research and Development:** Assisting in research initiatives as assigned.

Scope

As an Occupational Therapist you need to know how to:

+ Evaluate a patient upon initial encounter to determine need for occupational therapy intervention and make referrals to other treatment team members as deemed appropriate.

+ Plan occupational therapy treatment program for each patient, based upon interpretation of evaluation results; interpret evaluation findings for patient, family, and treatment team members.

+ Develop realistic goals with patient input; explain treatment plan and goals to patient.

+ Implement treatment or supervise treatment provided by Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant, or occupational therapy student. Delegate routine care to supportive personnel as appropriate.

+ Terminate occupational therapy services when patient has attained maximum benefit from occupational therapy; provide in-service education to members of treatment team to ensure follow-through of treatment program.

+ Evaluate, record and report on a patients progress for review by other members of the rehabilitative team.

+ Communicate effectively with physician, other members of rehabilitation team and others as indicated regarding treatment plan and patient response to plan.

+ Complete all required documentation thoroughly and in a timely manner.

Minimum Qualifications

+ Bachelors degree in Occupational Therapy from an accredited school of Occupational Therapy, required

+ Current license as an Occupational Therapist in the State of practice, required

+ Current BLS certification endorsed by the American Heart Association, required

+ At least one (1) year of experience in a setting serving the same age/type of patient population served by this facility or department, preferred

+ Critical Care Experience, strongly preferred

Physical Requirements:

Hearing/listening, lifting, manual dexterity, pulling/pushing, seeing, sitting, speaking, squatting/kneeling, standing, and walking.

Location:

St James Hospital

Work City:

Butte

Work State:

Montana

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.

$42.66 - $65.82

We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.

Learn more about our comprehensive benefits package here (https://intermountainhealthcare.org/careers/benefits) .

Intermountain Health is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

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