Job Summary and Responsibilities

You have a purpose, unique talents and NOW is the time to embrace it, live it and put it to work. We value incredible people with incredible skills – but your commitment to a greater cause is something we value even more.

 Join our Occupational Therapist team! As an Occupational Therapist you will be is responsible for a continuum of services providing care to patients with neuromuscular, orthopedic and other physically related disorders requiring mobility training, strengthening, modalities, specialized manual therapy and neuromuscular reeducation. In this position you will utilizes rehab process to promote and restore optimal health and well-being of the patient. Assumes personal accountability for organizational mission and core values

Job Requirements

In addition to bringing your whole self to the workplace each day, qualified candidates will need the following:

Previous work experience providing direct patient care in outpatient, inpatient or inpatient rehab unit preferredPrior use of electronic medical records (EMR), preferredBachelor Degree in Occupational Therapy requiredMaster's degree preferredCurrent Basic Life Support (BLS) from American Heart Association requiredCurrent Colorado state licensure in occupational therapy upon hire or within 3 months required

Physical Requirements - Medium Work - (Exert up to 50lbs force occasionally, and/or up to 20lbs frequently, and/or up to 10lbs constantly)

This is a PRN role that varies with shift coverage based on business need. The minimum commitment is 5 shifts a month.  For this role there is a requirement of two weekend days per month, one required summer holiday, and one required winter holiday.

Where You'll Work

The Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility department at St. Anthony Hospital is a 17-bed unit with a dedicated focus on providing intensive rehabilitation services to maximize return to independence and function at home and in the community. The unit offers Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech Language Pathology, and Case Management services, as well as consultation services by wound care, nutrition, patient educators, orthotists and integrative healing specialists. Specialized rehabilitation nursing care is provided 24 hours a day to ensure medical monitoring. 

Medical team members including Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, and Physician Assistants see patients daily to ensure patients are meeting rehabilitation and medical goals for discharge. All patients that come to this department must go through a qualification process to be accepted into the program. We do not get overflow from other departments. The IRF provides services to adults across the lifespan for both typical and non-typical rehabilitation diagnoses, including but not limited to patients following stroke, traumatic or non-traumatic spinal cord injury and major multiple trauma including multiple injured extremities, traumatic or non-trauma brain dysfunction, neurological impairments such as Parkinson’s Disease or Multiple Sclerosis, and for significant deconditioning following a complicated medical hospitalization. The team has a significant amount of experience in rehab as well as support from therapy partners for patient care and collaboration. A physician is on the unit daily for rounding, medical collaboration, and patient meetings. We are a close-knit group of very compassionate caregivers and are all dedicated to our practice, have a strong interest in rehab medicine and we seek candidates who like seeing success and improvements in their patients.

Total Rewards

Depending on the position offered, CommonSpirit Health offers a generous benefit package, including but not limited to medical, prescription drug, dental, vision plans, life insurance, paid time off (full-time benefit eligible team members may receive a minimum of 14 paid time off days, including holidays annually), tuition reimbursement, retirement plan benefit(s) including, but not limited to, 401(k), 403(b), and other defined benefits offerings, as may be amended from time to time. For more information, please visit our Total Rewards

Unless directed by a Collective Bargaining Agreement, applications for this position will be considered on a rolling basis. CommonSpirit Health cannot anticipate the date by which a successful candidate may be identified.