SUMMARYThe Occupational Therapist is responsible for assessing and identifying patient care needs and priorities for care through evaluation assessment planning providing treatment andor delegating care for patients with physical andor cognitive disabilities to improve functional independence. This process focuses on patientfamily needs and assessing the patients response to care and progress toward outcomes.RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TOCommits to the mission vision beliefs and consistently demonstrates our core values.Performs and documents an initial patient evaluation and assesses the data to identify problems.Establishes documents and provides a plan of care with functional measureable SMART specific measurable attainable realistic timely goals based on evaluation of the examination data and patient needs.Provides or delegates and supervises occupational therapy patient interventions in a safe predictable manner consistent with the established data the evaluation and the plan of care.Provides and documents patientfamily education regarding current condition and plan of care including home programdischarge instructions.Performs and documents patient re-examination re-evaluates the data modifies and documents the plan of care.Communicates relevant patient care information to other health care professionals.Maintains current clinical competencies per department guidelines.QUALIFICATIONSGraduation from an American Occupational Therapy Association school of Occupational Therapy and current licensure or eligibility for licensure in Nebraska required. Certification in Basic Life Support CPR required.