OT Outpatient

Job Posting

Sign On Bonus and Relocation Assistance may be available!

Specialties: Certified Hand Therapist (Occupational Therapist & Physical Therapist roles)

Position Summary

To be fully engaged in providing Quality/No Harm, Customer Experience, and Stewardship by: providing exceptional healthcare in a professional manner.

Primary Accountabilities

Quality/No Harm:

• Maintains patient safety at all times.
• Ensures compliance with precautions and documents all current precautions and changes in status.
• Evaluates patients thoroughly and documents evaluations according to applicable guidelines, standards and policies.
• Completes progress notes and reassessments when required and documents them according to applicable guidelines, standards and policies.
• Provides patients with effective treatments that progress them towards their goals and documents treatments according to applicable guidelines, standards and policies.
• Attends department meetings that take place during scheduled work hours; otherwise, reviews and signs meeting minutes. Attends in-services given by other staff and students that take place during scheduled work hours.
• Customer Experience:
• Responds to therapy referrals and inquiries upon receipt.
• Reviews daily assignments/schedules with the team.
• Provides patients, families and staff with education regarding therapy services related to the patients' needs.
• Stewardship:
• Demonstrates financial responsibility by meeting patient scheduling requirements, ensuring productivity targets are met, and utilizing their time, supplies and support staff responsibly.
• Prepares/reviews schedule for the next day.
• Issues charges that correspond to the services provided and the documented treatment times.

Work Experience

Qualifications Required:

• Completion of a discipline appropriate degree from an accredited program/college.
• Current Florida license.
• Interpersonal communications skills.
• Basic computer skills or willingness to learn.
• Must hold current AHA BLS Healthcare Provider Completion Card prior to start date and maintain.

Physical Demands:

• Knowledge and use of proper lifting and body mechanics
• Must be able to assist in lifting, standing, supporting patients.
• Able to bend and stoop as pt care requires.

Mental Demands:

• Problem-solving ability
• Decision-making skills
• Able to interact with all people
• Able to concentrate under multiple demands/time constraints
• Able to concentrate in stressful and distracting surroundings

Benefits

About Health First:

At Health First, diversity and inclusion are essential for our continued growth and evolution. Working together, we strive to build and nurture a culture that recognizes, encourages, and respects the diverse voices of our associates. We know through experience that different ideas, perspectives, and backgrounds create a stronger and more collaborative work environment that delivers better results. As an organization, it fuels our innovation and connects us closer to our associates, customers, and the communities we serve.