Occupational Hand Therapist Part Time Days
Occupational Hand Therapist Part Time Days
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Job Description
Job Summary
Responsible for the evaluation reevaluation development and implementation of a plan of care in accordance with the preferred practice standards/clinical guidelines for children with a variety of simple to complex upper extremity injuries resulting from trauma disease congenital or acquired deformities.
Job Specific Duties
- Participates in interdisciplinary/multidisciplinary meetings and other related meetings that pertain to the care of specific patients.
- Maintains and documents productivity standards set by leaders.
- Records daily patient documentation statistics and charges accurately and in a timely manner as determined by meeting departmental standards.
- Ensures documentation reflects evidence based practices.
- Accountable to improve access to care for the patients we serve.
- Conducts and interprets evaluations based on patients medical concerns developmental age diagnosis and prognosis. Provides recommendations based on findings.
- Maintains active and supportive communication with the patient caregiver(s) and others regarding progress problems home programs and other issues related to the therapeutic process.
- Develops a plan of care outlining area of deficit activity restrictions context and assistance needed and ensures functional realistic and measurable treatment goals and/or status of ongoing goals.
- Recommends and provides treatments based upon medical clinical functional and observational findings.
- Initiates documents and prepares the patient/family for discharge at the time of the evaluation based on maximum potential or when benefit of therapy is reached.
- Follows TRAAC and initiates documents & prepares the patient/family for discharge at the time of the evaluation based on maximum potential and/or when benefit of therapy is reached.
- Provides proof of at least 1 inservice specific to evidencedbased practices/literature review.
- Provides proof of at least 1 peer review (case study presentation) incorporating evidencedbased practices into their treatment plan.
- Maintains ongoing CEUs to maintain professional licensure and clinical excellence.
Minimum Job Requirements
- Bachelors Degree in Occupational Therapy
- Florida Professional Occupational Therapist license or Provisional OT license required
- American Heart Association BLS maintain active and in good standing throughout employment
- Finger printing background and Good Moral Character Affidavit must be initiated within 15 days of hire date and finalized within 90 days of hire date
Knowledge Skills and Abilities
- Masters or Doctoral degree preferred.
- Experience working with orthopedic hand and upper extremity conditions.
- Certified Hand Therapist preferred or currently working towards hand therapy certification.
- Membership with AOTA FOTA or ASHT preferred.
- Serves as a clinical instructor for students assigned by CCCE after 2 years of clinical experience.
- Ability to appropriately interact with patients parents/guardians and healthcare professionals in all workrelated situations.
- Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
- Able to maintain confidentiality of sensitive information in accordance with HIPAA regulations.
- Analytical ability necessary to evaluate patient condition to interpret analyze data assess patient progress and determine appropriate followup.
- Current in practice standards/clinical guidelines for evaluation diagnosis treatment of a variety of simple to complex upper extremity injuries.
- Knowledge of basic orthotic fabrication.
- Knowledge of childhood development.
- Knowledge of Kinesiology and biomechanics relative to the shoulder elbow forearm wrist and hand.
- Knowledge of principles of tissue/wound healing.
- Knowledge of surface anatomy of the shoulder elbow forearm wrist and hand.
Employment Type
Part-Time
