Sr Occ Therapist

Senior Occupational Therapist

Full Time 80 Hours Per Pay Period Day Shift

Parkwest Overview:

Parkwest Medical Center Covenant Healths flagship facility in West Knoxville combines world-class cardiacexpertisewith the warmth of home in serving a vibrant East Tennessee community. Since 1973 Parkwest has grown into the regions largest hospital in the area offering advanced services like an all-digital catheterization lab comprehensive breast health emergency and critical ranked among Tennessees top 10 hospitals by & World Report and earns national recognition as a Top100 Heart Hospital as well as an A safety grade from Leapfrog. As part of Covenant Health the regions largest employer ParkwestMedicalCentermarriescutting-edgetechnology with compassionate community-centered care earning accolades for cardiology stroke surgical excellence and patient safety.

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Position Summary:

Under general supervision; plans evaluates and implements treatment programs for occupational therapy patients. Responsible for additional job responsibilities which may include: program development clinical coordination of students scheduling of supportive staff and coordinating continuing education requirements.

• Independent clinical practice - including evaluation and specialized treatment of patients
• Performs patient evaluations (initial progress and discharge evaluations) establishes treatment plans makes recommendations and sets goals in accordance with patient needs and evidence based practice.
• Meets established targets for passive/active treatment ratios
• Involves patient and family in treatment education and goal setting. Coordinates with other medical personnel regarding patients progress needs and discharge planning.
• Demonstrates knowledge and competency including providing for age-specific needs of the population served.
• Serves as a resource person for staff on an ongoing basis.
• Provide 4 hours education/mentorship time per year. This includes:
• Peer counseling/Mentorship
• Community lectures/Volunteer
• In-services/Case studies
• Participates in development implementation and evaluation of standards of care and evidence based This includes:
• Evidence based practice protocols
• Clinical outcomes analysis and communication to team
• New policy development
• QI/QA
• Maintains and updates patient documentation in accordance with professional departmental organizational and payer guidelines and timeframes. Maintains established targets for compliance with chart audits.
• Meets established target for:
• Quality/outcome measures
• Service/patient satisfaction measures
• Financial/productivity measures
• Growth/patients-per-day measures
• Demonstrates leadership including but not limited to:
• Participates in development and implementation of new and current programs.
• Participates in training orientation and supervision of support staff
• Participates in orientation of new licensed staff
• Acts as Clinical Instructor for at least one student per year as available.
• Participates in peer evaluations for competency assessment.
• Assists with continuing education courses hosted by Covenant Health
• Participates in professional organization/meetings (TOTA AOTA)
• Volunteers for Covenant Health activities such as the marathon golf tournament sports physicals employee education etc.
• Complete partnering activities per established targets per month.
• Physician office visits
• Community lectures/volunteer
• Case Manager visits/marketing
• In-services
• Follows policies procedures and safety standards. Completes required education assignments annually. Works toward achieving goals and objectives and participates in quality improvement initiatives as requested.
• Perform other related duties as assigned or requested.

Minimum Education:

None specified; however must be sufficient to meet the standards for achievement of the below indicated license and/or certification as required by the issuing authority.

Minimum Experience:

Two (2) years of experience with at least one (1) year experience in the specialty area.

Licensure Requirement:

Current Tennessee Occupational Therapy license. CPR required.