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General Information

Work Location: Los Angeles, USA
Onsite or Remote
Fully On-Site
Work Schedule
Monday-Thursday 10am-7pm, Friday 9am-6pm
Posted Date
02/27/2025
Salary Range: $52.73 - 63.91 Hourly
Employment Type
2 - Staff: Career
Duration
Indefinite
Job #
22655

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

Seeking an Occupational Therapist with a strong background and clinical expertise in hand therapy with varying patient demographics from adolescents to geriatrics. Primary functions are to provide applicable occupational therapy care for patients with various hand, wrist and elbow diagnoses in a fast-paced outpatient setting. Major duties include: patient evaluation and treatment including producing custom made splints and orthoses, electronic medical record documentation, maintain expected productivity levels (including special assignments), special projects and duties as assigned. The primary function is patient care, unless otherwise specified.

Salary range: 48.52-63.91 hourly

Job Qualifications

  • Required

  • California Occupational Therapy License or eligibility to work as such.
  • Current BCLS Certificate.
  • Experience with hand therapy including production of custom-made splints and orthoses.
  • Strong communication skills and ability to work autonomously as well as part of a collaborative team.
  • Ability to effectively communicate with patients and staff from varied cultural and socio-economic backgrounds. Skill in making appropriate and effective decisions based on needs of the patient, priorities of the department, and the Medical Center and Department Policies and Procedures. Demonstrates ability to establish an appropriate treatment plan, select appropriate treatment techniques, assess the results based upon synthesis of all available information, and the patients' functional goals, with changes in the plan and timely discharge as indicated.
  • Ability to safely perform repetitive bending, stooping, sitting, squatting, walking, standing during 8-10 hr. day. Normal duties involve lifting (up to 35 pounds without equipment), transferring patients, and pushing wheelchairs up to 500 feet.
  • Ability to assign and supervise the performance of appropriate treatment within the technical and legal capabilities of support personnel.

  • Preferred
  • Certified Hand Therapist certification.

As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts a conditional offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; received notice of any allegations or are currently the subject of any administrative or disciplinary proceedings involving misconduct; have left a position after receiving notice of allegations or while under investigation in an administrative or disciplinary proceeding involving misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of misconduct with a previous employer.