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Behavioral Health Occupational Therapist

Good Shepherd Rehabilitation

Behavioral Health Unit Opening

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.

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.
  • 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:
    • 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

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:
    • Previous healthcare experience preferred
  • Licenses / Certifications:
    • Occupational Therapist license required
    • Basic Life Support / CPR, as a healthcare provider, per the American Heart Association required
Vacancy posted 4 days ago
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