Occupational Therapist

Job Description

Job Description

Description :

A Staff Occupational Therapist assists patients to regain daily living skills both in the patient’s home and in the outpatient and inpatient settings. This includes administration and implementation of the treatment program and participation in discharge planning.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Supports and promotes an environment conducive with the Mission, Vision, and Values of the hospital.
• Administers various evaluations to determine patient’s functional level and needs.
• Develops goals and appropriate treatment plan considering evaluation results, medical status, patient needs, patient age, and probable discharge situation in collaboration with patient, significant others, and other health care personnel.
• Perform patient tests, measurements, and evaluations, such as range-of-motion and manual muscle test, gait and functional analyses, and body parts measurements, then records and evaluates findings to assist in establishing or revising specifics of the individualized treatment program.
• Performs necessary therapeutic treatments in accordance with the plan of care to restore function, relieve pain, and prevent disability following disease or injury.
• Supervises and instructs patients in safe and functional mobility skills, fit and use of assistive devices and appropriate therapeutic exercises, modality use and wound / burn care.
• Takes an active role in patient care conferences and / or communicates with the physicians and others on the health care team and make appropriate referrals.
• Re-evaluates patient status as prescribed by policy and modifies treatment plans based on patient’s response to treatment modalities.
• Participates in discharge planning.
• Provides onsite supervisory visit for every 10 OTA visits or at least once during any 2-month period, performing specific visit requirements.
• Coordinate and directs activities for MMS.
• Prepares patient documentation for the medical record accurately, thoroughly, within the prescribed time limits using clear succinct objective language.
• Maintain confidentiality of all patients, hospital, or physician related information
• Maintain orderly condition of assigned work area.
• Is knowledgeable of general hospital and department specific policies and procedures.
• Other duties may be assigned and are subject to change with or without prior notice.

ADDITIONAL DUTIES

(The above statements describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, and indeed additional responsibilities may be assigned, as required, by Hillsboro Health.)

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

Requirements :

EDUCATION AND / OR EXPERIENCE

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

WORK ENVIRONMENT

CORPORATE COMPLIANCE

Receives training and / or attends necessary meetings to meet the criteria as outlined in Hillsboro Health’s Corporate Compliance Plan and Code of Conduct. Understands the responsibilities related to compliance and knows how to contact the Corporate Compliance Officer should there be any instance of question or concern regarding fraud and / or abuse.

BENEFITS

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