Job Details
Job Description
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Job Summary:
The Occupational Therapist provides direct patient services that may include identifying, evaluating, diagnosing, and treating. This position also provides indirect services including consulting, advising, teaching, and training patients and their caregivers.
Job Responsibilities:
-Assesses and evaluates a patient's condition according to the physician order and current standards of practice.
-Provides appropriate intervention including treatment related to the established plan of care with appropriate duration and intensity.
-Educates and trains patients and their caregivers.
-Accepts assignments from Director or Team Lead including case load, productivity standard, education and in-servicing others, orienting and training new employees, supervising and training students, and supervising COTAs and Aides.
-Actively participates in the quality improvement process for the team and the clinical setting and then follows through with the improvements.
-Communicates through written chart notes, evaluations, progress reports, and discharge summaries regarding patient's status, any complications, prognosis, and plans for follow-up care.
-Records daily charges and submits for payment according to department billing guidelines.
-Participates in regularly scheduled or special clinical meetings related to patient care and clinic management.
-Maintains appropriate team and interdisciplinary relationships.
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
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Required Skills & Experience:
Physical Requirements:
-Hearing/listening, lifting, manual dexterity, pulling/pushing, seeing, sitting, speaking, squatting/kneeling, standing, walking.
Preferred Skills & Experience:
-N/A
Required Skills
['EPIC', 'PATIENT ASSESSMENT', 'TREATMENT PLANNING', 'CAREGIVER EDUCATION', 'QUALITY IMPROVEMENT']
Additional Skills
['CLINICAL DOCUMENTATION', 'BILLING AND CHARGE RECORDING', 'INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION']
Education Requirement
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Required Education:
-Degree in Occupational Therapy. Education must be obtained from an accredited program. Degree will be verified.
Preferred Education:
-N/A
Required Certifications & Licensure:
-Current license in the State of practice.
-Occupational Therapist License.
-Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers.
Preferred Certifications & Licensure:
-Certified Occupational Therapist through the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy (NBCOT).
Languages
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[{'code': 'en', 'canSpeak': True, 'canWrite': True, 'canRead': True}]
Minimum Degree Required
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Master's Degree
Schedule Notes
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oShift: 4-10s (four 10-hour shifts per week), rotating schedule
oWeekends: May include weekend rotations
oOn Call: No
oEducation:
Master’s degree in occupational therapy – Required
Doctorate degree in Occupational Therapy – preferred
oExperience/Skills:
One (1) year experience – Required
Previous IRF experience (Inpatient Rehab) – Preferred
Epic EMR - Preferred
oLicense/Certification:
(UT) State license for the working location for Occupational Therapy – Required
oBLS - Required
Reason: FMLA/LOA
Pay Rate
$66.40 - $71.28/hour
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