Inpatient Occupational Therapist (OT)

Company: Presbyterian Healthcare Services
Location: Albuquerque
Posted on: March 30, 2025

Job Description:

Overview:
Our Downtown Hospital InPatient Rehab Department is seeking a Occupational Therapist (OT) to evaluate patients regarding the application of a wide variety of therapeutic interventions for rehabilitation of physical and developmental disorders

Type of Opportunity: Full Time FTE: 1.0 (40 Hours/week)
Work Schedule: Days

Sign-on Bonus & relocation available for qualified candidates.

How you grow, learn and thrive matters here.

• Educational and career development options, including tuition and certification reimbursement, scholarship opportunities
• Staff Safety (a wearable badge that allows nurses to quickly and discreetly call for help when safety is a concern)
• Shift differentials for nights and weekends
• Differentials for higher education, certifications and various lead roles
• Malpractice liability insurance
• Loan forgiveness through the New Mexico Higher Education Department
• EPIC electronic charting system
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  Qualifications:
  • Bachelors Degree in Occupational Therapy essential, Masters degree preferred.
  • Occupational Therapist requires detailed knowledge of occupational therapy in terms of what and how work is to be done as well as why it is done, this level includes interpretation of data.
  • Basic computer skills required.
  • Basic understanding of the rules and regulations of the specific
    setting
  • Less than one year experience in occupational therapy.
  • BLS certification REQUIRED at time of hire
    • Pediatric Physical Therapist
      Occupational Therapist: Two years of experience providing infant/child developmental services preferred.
      Competency or validation of participation in pediatric and NICU education and formal training and/or mentoring Responsibilities: Evaluates and treats patients regarding the application of a wide variety of therapeutic interventions for rehabilitation of function/occupation and developmental disorders.
      
      Must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span of patients served
      
      Oversees and insures a comprehensive rehabilitation program designed to meet the physical, cognitive, psychosocial, and immediate environmental well-being of the patient
      
      Promotes patient/caregiver self-determination by optimizing outside resource utilization to achieve the highest level of independence.
      
      Coordinates and communicates with various disciplines or services involved in patient care.
      
      Coordinates efforts toward discharge goals established at initial evaluation and during episode of care.
      
      Is a patient advocate.
      
      Other duties as assigned.
      
      Settings may include inpatient, outpatient, long term care, community based care and home health care
      
      Pediatric Occupational Therapist the following also apply:
      
      Provide direct patient care and/or consultative services for children, teens, and infants in the PICU, PEDs oncology unit and the premature and/or medically complex infants in the Neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).
      
      Must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span of babies and children served.
      
      Oversees and ensures a comprehensive rehabilitation program designed to meet the physical, neurodevelopmental outcomes, supports infant/child mental health and immediate environmental well-being of the infant/child.
      
      Promotes infant/caregiver/parent self-determination by optimizing outside resource utilization to achieve the highest level of independence.
      
      Nurture the infant-family dyad.
      
      Coordinates and communicates with various disciplines or services involved in the infants/child's care.
      
      Coordinates efforts toward discharge goals established at initial evaluation and during episode of care.
      
      Is an infant, child, and family advocate.
      
      This is an advanced practice area and not appropriate for COTA or New graduate OT.
      
      Other duties as assigned.
      
      Benefits: We're all about well-being, starting with yours.
      Presbyterian employees have access to a fun, engaging and unique wellness program, including free on-site and community-based gyms, nutrition coaching and classes, mindfulness and meditation resources, wellness challenges and more.
      
      Learn more about our employee benefits.
      
      About Presbyterian Healthcare Services
      
      Presbyterian exists to improve the health of patients, members and the communities we serve. We are a locally owned, not-for-profit healthcare system comprised of nine hospitals, a statewide health plan and a growing multi-specialty medical group. Founded in New Mexico in 1908, we are the state's largest private employer with nearly 13,000 employees - including more than 1,200 providers and nearly 3,500 nurses.
      
      Our health plan serves more than 640,000 members statewide and offers Medicare Advantage, Medicaid (Centennial Care) and Commercial health plans.
      
      AA/EOE/VET/DISABLED. PHS is a drug-free and tobacco-free employer with smoke free campuses.
      
      Maximum Offer for this position is up to: USD $51.41/Hr. Compensation Disclaimer: The compensation range for this role takes into account a wide range of factors, including but not limited to experience and training, internal equity, and other business and organizational needs.

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