Occupational Therapist - Inpatient

Where You’ll Work

The inpatient occupational therapy department at Methodist Hospital focuses on restoring independence in daily living activities (ADLs) such as dressing, bathing, and feeding for patients during their acute hospital stay, addressing immediate functional deficits to facilitate a safe discharge.

Founded in 1973, Dignity Health - Methodist Hospital is a 158-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Sacramento, California. Serving over 80,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including a Level II NICU, heart care, cancer care, women’s health, and neurology. Additionally, Methodist Hospital of Sacramento has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation and is a Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center.

One Community. One Mission. One California 

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Occupational Therapist, you will help patients regain independence and quality of life so they can safely perform daily activities.Every day you will assess diverse patients (orthopedic, neurological, sensory, cancer recovery, etc.), develop treatment plans, and conduct evaluations/re-evaluations. You will be expected to collaborate with interdisciplinary teams, document thoroughly, and provide positive, motivating care to a high volume of patients.To be successful in this role, you must be flexible, adaptable, exceptionally organized, and a personable, motivating team player.

• Provides Effective and Adequate Treatment: Implements effective and adequate treatment following department guidelines
• Patient/Family Education and Training: Addresses patient/family education. Demonstrates a variety of teaching methods. Methods are appropriate to the level of understanding. Education is timely (initiated when patient/family capable of learning) and need is identified with action taken to initiate training
•  Leads by example by providing necessary and appropriate treatment plan for support staff/student to perform treatment. Provides appropriate clinical supervision and feedback to support staff/students

Job Requirements

Required

• Occupational Therapist: CA, within 6 - months.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) through American Heart Association.

Preferred

• Completed an accredited Occupational Therapy degree program and be Board eligible and able to obtain CA OT license within 6 months or have already obtained a CA OT License and previous experience as an OccupationalTherapist or Occupational Therapist intern., 6 - months