Occupational Therapist
Ardent Health Services
Full-timeIn person
Posted
Jun 1, 2026
Closes
Aug 30, 2026
Job Description
Occupational Therapist at Ardent Health Services
Skills & Competencies
Skills relevant to this opportunity
- Comprehensive patient evaluations — conduct independently, integrating physical, cognitive, and psychosocial data to establish realistic rehabilitation goals in outpatient or community settings.
- Individualized occupational therapy programs — plan and implement with limited oversight, adapting evidence-based interventions to patients recovering from illness, injury, or developmental challenges.
- Progress evaluation reports — prepare and communicate to referring physicians and interdisciplinary teams, detailing measurable functional gains in hospital or institutional contexts.
- Work and school skill programs — design and lead structured social and vocational activities that help patients adjust to physical or psychological limitations in rehabilitation environments.
- Therapeutic activity sequences — select and modify tasks within a patient's cognitive and physical capabilities, applying inductive reasoning to refine intervention approaches.
- Caregiver training sessions — conduct with moderate independence, providing practical instruction on home care techniques and adaptive strategies following discharge planning conferences.