Occupational Therapist Las Cruces NM

Occupational Therapist Las Cruces NM

Urgently Hiring

We are seeking a Licensed Occupational Therapist to join our team in Las Cruces, NM. We are looking for an Occupational Therapist to improve our patients' quality of life through accurate, timely and effective diagnosis and treatments. Ideally, the incoming Occupational Therapist has strong communication skills, enjoys helping others on their journey to health recovery, and likes to work within a well-respected multidisciplinary team of PTs, LMT, ATCs, and OTs to bring our patients the highest level of care. Preferably we are looking for an OT with outpatient experience / interest and someone who has training in hand therapy and splinting.

About us :

We are committed to helping the people of Las Cruces improve their health and well-being, restoring the functionality and mobility. Our compassionate, highly skilled team is 100% focused on helping our patients achieve their optimal health and wellness. We are advocates of patient choice and direct access, offering a hands-on, personalized approach to comprehensive patient care. Services we offer include orthopedics, sports medicine, neurological rehab, manual therapy, pelvic floor, and balance therapy. We have an outstanding and well-respected team of PTs, LMT, ATCs, OTs , and we collaborate with each other and the patients to give our patients the best care that they need and deserve! Our healthcare professionals offer customized treatment plans including the state-of-the-art methods of both traditional and cutting-edge therapeutic care.

Duties :

• Perform thorough patient assessments, including medical history and physical examinations.
• Restore healthy function within the scope and standard of occupational therapy care.
• Fully engage patients in their recovery process.
• Seamlessly co-manage patient care with the provider team.
• Contribute to collaborative care model with the provider team.
• Diagnose health problems through review of patient medical history and information provided during observational questions and examination.
• Join with and engage patients' commitment and participation in their treatment plan and return to health.
• Plan, prepare and carry out individually designed programs of occupational treatment to maintain, improve or restore physical functioning and prevent dysfunction in patients.
• Evaluate effects of treatment at various stages and adjust treatments to achieve maximum benefit.
• Maintain complete records for each patient of each encounter.
• Manage each patient case in collaboration with provider colleagues.
• Administer and / or oversee treatments and therapies
• Oversight of COTA and Aides
• Lead Las Cruces program in conjunction with our OT staff in other locations.
• Track quality and productivity
• Work towards Hand Certification and Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy Training

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Benefits :

We bring a team of specialists from different disciplines who consult and work together to provider our patients with comprehensive care. We are looking for a motivated, compassionate team player, who has strong communication skills with customer service orientation. If this sounds like the opportunity for you, then we would love to hear from you!

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