Certified Hand Therapist (Occupational Therapist)

This position is for an occupational therapist who is a certified hand therapist (or sitting for it within the next year).

The applicant must be knowledgeable of thorough evaluation techniques; possess extensive experience in splinting and treatment skills;

familiarity with various outcome measures; and be committed to enhancing the patient’s quality of life throughout the course of therapy.

Patient population consists of almost entirely upper extremity care, including post-operative, fractures, tendon repair, repetitive stress, multi-trauma, wound care, and occasional serial casting to the adult population.

The OT, CHT will work in a hospital-based outpatient clinic and in an interdisciplinary clinic alongside the specialty hand surgeons who refer to them.

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

• Strong splinting skills and experience in postoperative and post-trauma shoulder, elbow and hand therapy.
• Certification in Hand Therapy (or sitting for it within the next year)
• Active Indiana Occupational Therapist license
• Current BLS certification
30+ days ago