# Occupational Therapist

**Company**: Intermountain Health
**Location**: Murray, Utah
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $43.09 - $66.47
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

This Occupational Therapist role at Intermountain Health involves screening, testing, evaluating, diagnosing, and treating injuries, diseases, and disabilities using occupational therapy procedures and modalities.

Key Responsibilities:

- Provide skilled occupational therapy services to patients, staying updated on standard practices for different patient groups.

- Conduct evaluations and treatments according to professional standards, considering diagnosis, history, and physician referrals.

- Develop care plans with specific goals based on patient assessments.

- Meet established productivity standards for the department or service line.

- Keep thorough and timely patient records as required by regulations and facility policies.

- Complete patient billing accurately and promptly.

- Communicate effectively with patients, families, physicians, and healthcare providers about patient needs and goals.

- Manage all aspects of patient care and education, including supervising assistants, aides, office staff, and students.

- Participate in and promote continuing education opportunities for self and staff.

- Engage in quality improvement processes, including safe equipment use, improving clinical outcomes, patient access, and patient experience.

- Participate in patient care conferences, interdisciplinary meetings, staff meetings, and necessary professional and work groups.

- Contribute to program development and marketing strategies to grow the physical therapy program and achieve department goals.

Requirements:

- Current Occupational Therapist license in the state where you work.

- Basic Life Support (BLS) for healthcare providers.

- Basic computer skills.

- Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills.

- Current driver's license, reliable transportation, and acceptable driving record.

Physical Requirements:

- Ongoing need to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies.

- Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require verbal communication as well as hearing and understanding spoken information.

- Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy.

- Expected to lift and utilise full range of movement to transfer patients.

- Need to walk and assist with transporting/ambulating patients and obtaining and distributing supplies and equipment.

## Skills

### Required
- Quality Improvement
- Verbal and Written Communication
- Patient Engagement
- Critical Thinking
- Time Management
- Care Planning
- Compassion

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