Job Description
Occupational Therapist Parkview at UCHealth summary:
An Occupational Therapist at UCHealth Parkview Medical Center provides direct patient care focused on helping individuals develop, regain, or maintain skills needed for daily living, work, and leisure activities. They collaborate within a multidisciplinary team to deliver evidence-based treatments and patient-centered education, ensuring safety and quality care. The role emphasizes wellness, innovative clinical practice, and supporting patients, families, and caregivers through tailored intervention plans and adaptive strategies.
Description Location: UCHealth Parkview Medical Center, US:CO:Pueblo
Department: IP Rehab Srvs
FTE: PRN, 0.0, 0.00 hours per pay period (2 weeks)
Shift: Weekend Days
Pay: $38.72 - $58.08 / hour. Pay is dependent on applicant's relevant experience
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Occupational Therapy. Preferred: Master's degree in Occupational Therapy.
- Current licensure with Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies to practice Occupational Therapy.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) Healthcare Provider through the American Association or the American Red Cross CPR for the Professional Rescuer with card in-hand before start date. BLS or CPR card must be good through sixty days of hire.
At UCHealth, We Improve Lives
Picture yourself on a dynamic team improving lives in the following way(s):
- Provides top of scope practice in direct patient care
- Values a multidisciplinary team approach to achieve exceptional outcomes
- Prioritizes wellness, a patient perspective and evidence-based practice
- Models proficiency through precepting those new to healthcare and/or UCHealth
- Welcomes new knowledge in a fast paced, innovative clinical environment
- Contributes to secure safety and quality at the point of care
Occupational Therapist:
- Create tailored intervention plans focused on helping patients develop, regain, or maintain the skills needed for daily living, work, and leisure activities.
- Facilitate Participation in Meaningful Activities by focusing on helping patients achieve independence and satisfaction, often through creative problem-solving and teaching new ways to perform tasks.
- Provide education and training to patients, their families, and caregivers on their condition, treatment strategies, safety precautions, and the use of adaptive equipment.
We improve lives. In big ways through learning, healing, and discovery. In small, personal ways through human connection. But in all ways, we improve lives.
UCHealth invests in its Workforce.
UCHealth offers a Three Year Incentive Bonus to recognize employee's contributions to our success in quality, patient experience, organizational growth, financial goals, and tenure with UCHealth. The bonus accumulates annually each October and is paid out in October following completion of three years' employment.
UCHealth offers their employees a competitive and comprehensive total rewards package (benefit eligibility is based off of FTE status):
- Medical, dental and vision coverage including coverage for eligible dependents
- 403(b) with employer matching contributions
- Time away from work: paid time off (PTO), paid family and medical leave (inclusive of Colorado FAMLI), leaves of absence; start your employment at UCHealth with PTO in your bank
- Employer-paid basic life and accidental death and dismemberment coverage with buy-up coverage options
- Employer paid short term disability and long-term disability with buy-up coverage options
- Wellness benefits
- Full suite of voluntary benefits such as flexible spending accounts for health care and dependent care, health savings accounts (available with HD/HSA medical plan only), identity theft protection, pet insurance, and employee discount programs
- Education benefits for employees, including the opportunity to be eligible for 100% of tuition, books and fees paid for by UCHealth for specific educational degrees. Other programs may qualify for up to $5,250 pre-paid by UCHealth or in the form of tuition reimbursement each calendar year
Loan Repayment:
- UCHealth is a qualifying employer for the federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program! UCHealth provides employees with free assistance navigating the PSLF program to submit their federal student loans for forgiveness through Savi.
UCHealth always welcomes talent. This position will be open for a minimum of three days and until a top applicant is identified.
UCHealth recognizes and appreciates the rich array of talents and perspectives that equal employment and diversity can offer our institution. As an equal opportunity employer, UCHealth is committed to making all employment decisions based on valid requirements. No applicant shall be discriminated against in any terms, conditions or privileges of employment or otherwise be discriminated against because of the individual's race, color, national origin, language, culture, ethnicity, age, religion, sex, disability, sexual orientation, gender, veteran status, socioeconomic status, or any other characteristic prohibited by federal, state, or local law. UCHealth does not discriminate against any qualified applicant with a disability as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act and will make reasonable accommodations, when they do not impose an undue hardship on the organization.
Who We Are (uchealth.org)
Keywords:
Occupational Therapy, Patient Care, Rehabilitation, Therapeutic Intervention, Adaptive Equipment, Multidisciplinary Team, Healthcare, Evidence-Based Practice, Patient Education, Clinical Safety
Job Tags
Full time, Temporary work, Relief, Local area, Flexible hours, Shift work, Weekend work,