**Description**

**Occupational Therapist- Days**

**$10,000 for Student Loan Repayments**

As an Occupational Therapist, at Northwest Medical Center, you'll play a vital role in doing what you do best- providing quality care to our patients. Our Rehab staff enjoy a robust benefits package including health insurance, 401K, flexible scheduling, 100% licensure/certification reimbursement, Tuition Reimbursement, and up to 10K for student loan payments.

**Requirements**

**Education:**

+ Bachelor's Degree from an accredited program in occupational therapy.

**Experience: Required for NMC** :

+ One (1) year of acute care experience Preferred for OVH: One (1) year of acute care experience

**Skills:**

+ Appropriate prioritization and planning skills, while achieving safety and quality in a high volume environment;

+ Engaging and effective communication and service skills; Adherence to policy and procedures; Process improvement oriented;

+ Self-initiative to assist with whatever is needed.

**Licenses/Certifications: Required:**

+ Current Arizona Occupational Therapist license;

+ American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross (ARC) or American Safety and Health Institute (ASHI) BLS certification

+ For Skilled Nursing Unit: Fingerprint Clearance Card

**About the Job:**

+ There are opportunities to cross train in other levels of care Northwest Medical Center including acute care, inpatient rehab, skilled nursing, outpatient, and NICU.

+ This is a Full time day shift position working at Northwest Medical Center, will consider 5 days a week or 4-10 hours shifts. Two weekend days a month are required. Weekend shift differential offered.

+ Evaluates and accesses the needs of patients and formulates treatment plans.

+ Develop, carries out, and documents treatment programs. provides education and training for patients, caregivers, and families.

+ Coordinates within the interdisciplinary team including (but not limited to) nursing, physicians, specialists, respiratory therapy, dieticians, case management, ST/PT, radiologists, etc. considers, plans, and coordinates ongoing treatment plans to facilitate safe and effective discharge.

+ May supervise Occupational therapy assistants and aides. Relies on experience and judgement to plan and accomplish goals. Perform a variety of tasks. A certain degree of creativity and latitude is required. Reports to the Director of Therapy Services.

+ Plans and implements specific treatment programs for individuals patients according to the principles and practices of occupational therapy.

The best of all climates, Tucson is an oasis nestled amid four mountain ranges where you can hike, bike, swim and golf all year round, but be on the ski slopes within an hour! Enjoy all that sunny Arizona has to offer while working as part of a fast-paced, flexible, collaborative, accepting, and open team focused on evidenced-based, patient centered care.

Northwest Medical Center is comprised of a 300-bed hospital, four urgent care facilities, a freestanding emergency center and a large physician group, offering you a variety of settings in which to work. Every location is dedicated to providing safe, quality patient care, but more than that is the commitment to employees. It strives to provide a culture of teamwork, respect and appreciation for all staff, whether they care for patients directly or work in a support role. With employee appreciation celebrations throughout the year, opportunities for growth and the satisfaction that you are part of a hospital leading the way with accessible, convenient healthcare in Tucson, Northwest is a great place to work. NMC is accredited by The Joint Commission and is an equal opportunity employer: race, gender, disability and Veteran status, and VEVRAA Federal Contractor – priority referral Protected Veterans requested.

**INDRESPTHER**

**Qualifications**

**Education**

**Required**

+ Bachelors or better in Occupational Therapy

**Licenses & Certifications**

**Required**

+ L-AZ-Occup Therapist-OT

+ C-AHA BLS Basic Cardiac

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

Equal Employment Opportunity

This organization does not discriminate in any way to deprive any person of employment opportunities or otherwise adversely affect the status of any employee because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, citizenship, veteran status, or military or uniformed services, in accordance with all applicable governmental laws and regulations. In addition, the facility complies with all applicable federal, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. This applies to all terms and conditions of employment including, but not limited to: hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. If you are an applicant with a mental or physical disability who needs a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process, contact the director of Human Resources at the facility to which you are seeking employment; Simply go to http://www.chs.net/serving-communities/locations/ to obtain the main telephone number of the facility and ask for Human Resources.