Senior I Occupational Therapist

Outpatient Occupational Therapist

Seeking an Outpatient Occupational Therapist with expertise in rehabilitation of the upper extremity- shoulder to fingertip- and experience in custom splinting and orthotics in order to evaluate, treat and manage patients with injuries, surgeries and other chronic conditions.

Job Summary:

• Complete and maintain necessary records.
• Evaluate patients' progress and prepare reports that detail progress.
• Test and evaluate patients' physical and mental abilities and analyze medical data to determine realistic rehabilitation goals for patients.
• Select activities that will help individuals learn work and life-management skills within limits of their mental and physical capabilities.
• Plan, organize, and conduct occupational therapy programs in hospital, institutional, or community settings to help rehabilitate those impaired because of illness, injury or psychological or developmental problems.
• Recommend changes in patients' work or living environments, consistent with their needs and capabilities.
• Consult with rehabilitation team to select activity programs and coordinate occupational therapy with other therapeutic activities.
• Help clients improve decision making, abstract reasoning, memory, sequencing, coordination and perceptual skills, using computer programs.
• Develop and participate in health promotion programs, group activities, or discussions to promote client health, facilitate social adjustment, alleviate stress, and prevent physical or mental disability.
• Supervise, train and assess therapy students during onsite clinical affiliations.
• Initiate, facilitate, and moderate lab sessions for therapy students at area academic programs.
• Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences.

Essential Functions:

• Patient/Customer:
• Essential Accountabilities:
• Ensures communication and collaboration with supervisors and fellow co-workers to serve patients and other customers to the best of his/her ability.
• Is professional in all actions and appearance
• Ensure compliance with regulatory parameters
• Uses resources wisely as if they were one's own.
• Demonstrates understanding and ownership of how his/her role contributes to achieving the success of the Department and the Health System.
• Demonstrates a personal commitment to ensuring a clean and safe working environment.
• Anticipates patients'/customers' needs and acts accordingly.
• Works to enhance patient satisfaction
• Assist patients and families
• Analyzes problems from the customers' point of view.
• Honors patient/customer/employee confidentiality.
• Seeks feedback on how to improve performance and offers constructive feedback, as well.
• Applies learning for improved performance.
• Presents self professionally & demonstrates professional behavior during interactions with others
• Strives to understand and value differences in others' race, nationality, gender, age, background, experience, and style.
• Clinical Education:
• Serves as fieldwork instructor (if student is available)
• Assists with clinical education of students if not the Primary FI
• Staff Education: Provides a formal presentation of evidenced-based information (i.e. in-service)
• Scholarly Activity: Attendance at institutional in-services, staff meetings and/or continuing education programs
• Professional Presentations: Presents self professionally and communicates appropriate evidence based and accurate technical information to professional groups outside of the department.
• Patient/Employee Safety Accountabilities:
• Patient Care Providers:
• Participates in Entity and Department wide initiatives for Patient /Employee safety
• Demonstrates an awareness of patient/ employee safety when carrying out daily responsibilities of their position.
• Validation of annual competencies required for the position
• Operations:
• Essential Accountabilities:
• Therapy Examination
• Therapy Treatment Planning
• Therapy Treatment Implementation
• Applies the Principles of Logic & Scientific Method to the Practice of OT
• Full compliance with licensure requirements
• Ethical & Legal Practice Standards
• Therapy Documentation-
• Compliance Audits-Total of 2 charts reviewed in a quarter by Site Manager or senior therapist. Done in 2 out of 4 quarters per year.
• Qualitative Chart Audit-At least 1 done per year
• Productivity Expectations
• Health System ID is worn in accordance to GSPP policy
• Non-essential Accountabilities:
• CEQI (Clinical Effectiveness Quality Improvement)
• Unit daily operations: Assists Site Manager as directed to support daily operations.

Qualifications:

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Education:
• Bachelor's Degree in Occupational Therapy required
• Master's Degree preferred
• Work Experience:
• 2 years clinical experience required
• Licenses / Certifications:
• Occupational Therapist license required
• Basic Life Support / CPR, as a healthcare provider, per the American Heart Association required