Description

American Traveler is hiring an Outpatient Occupational Therapist with 3+ years of experience for a teaching hospital's hand clinic and adult outpatient rehabilitation setting.

Details

• OT Outpatient unit within an academic teaching hospital setting
• Day shift, 5x8-hour shifts from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
• Focus on adult outpatient and hand clinic caseload
• Treats conditions including arthritis, hand injuries, nerve injuries, tendon repairs, and upper extremity orthopedic cases
• Performs modalities and manual therapies including electrical stimulation, ultrasound, paraffin bath, myofascial release, kinesiotaping, and splinting
• Utilizes Epic EMR system
• Possibility of floating to other facilities within the health system
• 26-week assignment length

Requirements

• Current CA Occupational Therapist license required (license required if applicable)
• AHA BLS certification required
• Minimum 3 years of experience preferred
• Hand clinic and adult outpatient experience preferred
• Academic teaching hospital experience required
• Trauma Level I experience preferred
• Epic charting system experience required
• CHT (Certified Hand Therapist) credential preferred
• AOTA Hand/UE certification preferred
• PAM (Physical Agent Modalities) certification in CA preferred
• MS/MA degree preferred
• Experience with splinting, adaptive equipment, and home exercise program development

Additional Information

• Provide comprehensive OT services including evaluation, assessment, plan of care development, reassessment, and discharge planning
• Deliver patient and family education on home exercise programs and safety/injury prevention
• Fabricate and apply dynamic, static, and functional splints using materials such as Orthoplast
• Perform adaptive equipment assessments for adult patients
• Work within a supportive interdisciplinary team in a large academic medical system
• First-time travelers are not required to have prior travel experience
• Local candidates accepted at the same pay rate as traveling candidates
• All requested RTO must be disclosed at time of submission and approved by the manager prior to offer, with no additional requests accepted mid-contract and no RTO permitted within the first two weeks of the assignment
• Candidates with prior employment at any University of California medical facility must disclose that employment history for a rehire eligibility review
• Two professional references from the most recent employer are required for consideration