This position is for an occupational therapist for the outpatient rehab setting. The applicant will execute a wide range of assessments and treatments to patients experiencing orthopedic, musculoskeletal and neurological conditions.
demonstrate familiarity with various outcome measures. Competence in basic splinting skills is required. The OT will be committed to enhancing the patient’s quality of life throughout the course of therapy and will establish a plan of care to return function and prevent further disability in the presence of disease or following injury / surgery.
This position will include mentorship to advance dynamic splinting skills, management of post-operative injuries and wound care.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities
- Evaluation
- Adapts evaluation appropriately based on the age and cultural background of patient.
- Reviews medical history and adjust clinical decisions based on information
- Completes thorough and effective evaluation
- Administers appropriate standardized and non-standardized assessments
- Develops age appropriate and reasonable plan of care
- Sets reasonable and appropriate client-centered goals
- Treatment :
- Adapts treatment appropriately based on the age and cultural background of patient
- Implements appropriate and timely treatment based on evaluation of patients’ physical and psychosocial needs
- Provides client-centered education
- Treatments are creative and effective
- Documentation :
- Accurately and timely documents patient evaluation and treatment per documentation standards
- Obtains appropriate signatures
- Justifies charges, reflects skilled therapeutic need, functional improvement and progress towards goals
- Productivity :
- Works at or above established productivity level
- Volunteers to take walk-in patients
- Volunteers to float to other teams as needed
- Adjusts schedule according to caseload
- Administrative :
- Completion of ancillary tasks that affect patient care
- E-learning and other assigned tasks are completed by the required due dates without reminders
- Authorization requests and insurance requirements are submitted without delaying patient care
- Professional Communication / Collaboration :
- Demonstrates effective communication and teamwork with peers and other staff
- Consults appropriately with physicians and caregivers regarding patient management
- Delegates routine aspects of care as appropriate
- Demonstrates effective verbal and written communication skills with staff, patients, family members
- Provides meaningful patient education materials and completes available interdisciplinary forms
- Attends rounds and care conferences
- Responsive when asked to assist co-workers
- Performance Improvement :
- Actively embraces opportunities and ways of improving services, patient care and / or productivity by impacting cost, outcomes and / or patient satisfaction
- Participates in committees and activities and takes an active role in improving processes for the hospital and department
- Promotes change and assists coworkers to transition in a changing work environment
Job Requirements
- Graduate of AOTA approved curriculum.
- Licensed as an Occupational Therapist in State of Indiana or eligible to do so.
- CPR certification