About Astria

The Astria Health system, headquartered in the heart of the state of Washington’s wine country in the beautiful Yakima Valley, is the largest non-profit healthcare system based in Eastern Washington. Astria Health is the parent non-profit organization of Astria Sunnyside Hospital and Astria Toppenish Hospital and delivers care throughout the Valley through its Astria Health Hospitals and its Astria Ambulatory Care model focused on delivering the highest level of ambulatory and outpatient care in convenient locations in both the Lower and Upper Yakima Valley. Astria Ambulatory Care is designed to meet the changing lifestyles and diverse needs of those living and working throughout the region.

 

Across our healthcare network, you will find a dynamic range of meaningful careers and opportunities for growth and safe workplaces. Whether we use our expertise in accounting, human resources, finance, planning, marketing, or our clinical services in any of our operational divisions, our shared passion for providing exceptional healthcare to our communities motivates us to achieve excellence each day. If you share our passion, we want to hear from you.  

 

Our operating principles define how we come together as a team to do our work. They reflect Astria Health’s unique view on what’s important and right - being a leader in providing innovative, exceptional rural healthcare solutions with kindness and dignity. Documenting this core aspect of our culture helps employees make good decisions independently, cultivate trust through accountability, and go beyond the expected. We believe in continuously escalating the bar for talent and performance because we are obsessed with a commitment to excellence and patient care. It also helps candidates consider career opportunities and evaluate whether they will thrive at Astria Health.

 

Astria Health is seeking a Occupational Therapist to join our team! This position is for Home Health in Yakima, WA.

 

What you get to do every day!

 

As the Occupational Therapist, you will be responsible for providing Occupational Therapy evaluations and treatment to patients using evidence-based interventions guided by best practice. You will:

 

Evaluates patients and interprets evaluation findings to determine appropriate plan of care. Establish treatment goals and plans to achieve objectives, Implement treatment programs through direct treatment of the patient, When needed, delegate portions of treatment plans to Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant. Provide advice and education to patient, family and designated caregivers, Regularly assess clinical signs and symptoms to determine effectiveness of treatment, progress and the need to modify goals and treatment, Initiate discharge from therapy when patient has received maximum benefit from occupational therapy, Oversee all documentation in a timely manner for the physical therapy patient management, Other duties as assigned,Collaborate effectively across organizational boundaries,Adheres to the core values and standards of the organization.

Required Qualifications and Education.

Master’s degree from accredited program for Occupational Therapy. Current Washington State Occupational Therapy license or eligible. Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification. Member in good standing NBCOT. Demonstrated knowledge with industry standards related to patient care and safety. Oral and written fluency in the English language.

 

Preferred Qualifications and Education.

Bilingual speaking English/Spanish One year hospital, pediatric or out patient therapy experience

 

This position is identified as a safety-sensitive position for which impairment while on the job would present a substantial risk of death. As a condition of employment, you will need to authorize and complete a background check. Information received from the background check is reviewed case-by-case and will not necessarily remove an applicant from consideration.