Occupational Therapist

Encompass Health is currently seeking Occupational Therapist near Maple Park, IL. If you can answer YES to the following questions, we would love to speak with you!

• Are you a Occupational Therapist?
• Licensed to practice in the state of IL?
• Do you love working with team and patients?
• Do you have good clinical instincts?
• Are you a team player?
• Are you great at managing your day?
• Do you believe that you never stop learning?

As an occupational therapist, your responsibility will be to bridge the gap between the individualized attention we provide to each patient and the advancements they achieve. Throughout their stay, you will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology and enjoy unparalleled growth prospects in your chosen sector. Familiarize yourself with your patients and assist them in achieving their objectives, while also pursuing your own ambitions as a member of Encompass Health, a prominent national provider of post-acute care.

Responsibilities:

• Utilize your specialized skills to deliver top-tier, compassionate, and personalized care to our rehabilitation patients
• Providing direct care to patients in need of occupational therapy
• Guiding patients by supervising care and treatments, leading patient assessments, creating personalized care plans, and targeting and resolving patient concerns
• Building meaningful relationships with patients by dedicating time to understand their physical, mental, and emotional needs for a successful recovery
• Preparing reports
• Comply with evaluation, treatment and documentation guidelines and consistently maintain timely and accurate departmental records
• Address client’s aspects of performance to support engagement in occupations that affect health, well-being and life quality
• Performs interviews, tests and assists patients in activities of daily living

Qualifications:

• Current license/certification in the state of practice
• Prefer supervision, training and/or experience in a setting serving the same age/type of resident population served by this facility
• Certification, if applicable, and demonstrated competency in identified areas of specialization
• Excellent oral and written communication and interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated ability to assess resident needs and develop and implement a comprehensive plan of care
• Maintaining an upright position on the feet, especially for prolonged periods of time

Benefits we provide:

• Affordable medical, dental and vision plans provided to meet the needs of full and part-time employees and their families.
• Generous paid time off that increases with tenure.
• Tuition reimbursement and continuing education opportunities.
• Company-matching 401(k) and employee stock-purchase plans.
• Flexible spending and health savings accounts.