**Responsibilities**

The Therapist provides patient care including evaluating the patient for treatment providing and directing administration of the care plan upon the referral from the physician. Consults with other health care disciplines to coordinate therapeutic programs and discharge planning for individual patients. Instructs patients and caregivers in home program exercises and functional activities. Assists with patient program management while delivering quality patient services.

+ Meets or exceeds the productivity standard on an individual basis.

+ Completes general and specialty competencies appropriate to clinical area for patient care management (General, ICU, FIM, DBS, Lung Transplant, Behavior management, MBS, FEES, etc).

+ Selects and performs appropriate standardized clinical tests and measures to determine appropriate treatment goals and plan that is based on data analysis and evidence for practice with clear documentation justifying the need for skilled therapy services.

+ Reviews and interprets all pertinent data (medical, psychosocial, historical, cultural) related to the condition(s) during the evaluation, treatment, reassessment and discharge planning.

**Qualifications**

**Minimum:**

+ Internship or rotation in appropriate clinical setting required.

+ Graduate of an Occupational Therapy program required.

+ Computer skills required.

+ Current American Heart Association BLS Healthcare Provider Card.

+ Arizona State Occupational Therapy License.

**Preferred:**

+ Two (2) years progressive experience in clinical area performing patient clinical preferred.

+ Master’s or Doctorate degree in appropriate clinical area preferred.

+ Prior use of electronic health record preferred.

**Overview**

Hello Humankindness (https://hellohumankindness.org/)

Arizona General Hospital Mesa is a 50 bed non-profit facility providing quality health care to patients and communities in and around Mesa, Arizona. We are part of CommonSpirit Health which operates 139 hospitals and more than 1,000 care sites across 21 states, making our services accessible to nearly 1 in 4 U.S. residents.

If you are committed to social justice, health equity, and prepared to deliver care in new, innovative ways, you belong with us.

_For the health of our community ... we are proud to announce that we are a tobacco-free campus._

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**Pay Range**

$36.96 - $53.60 /hour

We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.