Occupational Therapist Certified Hand Therapist

Lexington Medical Center•Columbia, SC

About The Position

The Occupational Therapist provides professional services to evaluate and treat individuals to prevent, treat, and restore function following disease, trauma, or psychological or social disability. Services may include occupational therapy tests, measurements, exercises, and modalities. The therapist provides direct patient care upon referral, evaluates patients, develops treatment plans, administers treatment, documents patient care, and instructs patients and families in home programs. The role also involves communication and coordination with the interdisciplinary team, participation in department activities, and assistance with clinical supervision of students. The position is full time on the day shift, with stated hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The role is based at Lexington Health Northeast Rehab. A $10,000 sign-on bonus is offered.

Requirements

Graduate of an occupational therapy program approved by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education or another AOTA-endorsed accrediting body, or an educational program considered equivalent by the board.
Current and active Occupational Therapist license issued by the State of South Carolina.
CPR certification.

Responsibilities

Provide direct occupational therapy patient care upon referral by a physician or advanced practice provider.
Demonstrate age-specific competence and provide developmentally appropriate care to infants, children, adolescents, adults, and geriatric patients.
Evaluate patients using occupational therapy tests and measurements, including muscle testing, functional tests, range-of-motion assessment, activities-of-daily-living analysis, and orthotics assessment.
Develop occupational therapy treatment plans.
Administer occupational therapy treatments, including upper-extremity strengthening and coordination exercises, splint fabrication, sensory integration, pre-vocational skills, and activities-of-daily-living training.
Document patient treatment data, including progress notes, evaluation reports, and discharge summaries.
Instruct patients and their families in occupational therapy home programs.
Communicate and collaborate with the interdisciplinary team, consult with other professionals regarding plans of care, and take orders from physicians’ offices and the hospital patient care team.
Schedule patients as needed.
Represent the department in meetings and provide in-service classes to other departments as needed.
Assist in providing clinical supervision for students.
Perform other duties as assigned or as required in an emergency.
Exercise sound professional judgment and comply with the state occupational therapy practice act and hospital and departmental policies and procedures.
Assess treatment processes and act according to accepted occupational therapy practice standards and departmental policies and procedures.
Participate in professional activities for continued self-development and growth of technical knowledge and skills.
Meet deadlines with little supervision and use effective time management to complete patient care assignments and meet departmental productivity standards.
Use safe techniques to protect patients and self, and demonstrate competence in safe clinical care practices.
Maintain a professional image and provide excellent customer service to patients, visitors, physicians, and coworkers.
Demonstrate teamwork, courtesy, compassion, and respect, and conform to the Service Expectation Policy.
Report to work on time and meet hospital attendance and tardiness criteria.

Benefits

$10,000 sign-on bonus.
Medical, dental, and life insurance benefits beginning day one.
Health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts.
403(b) match plan enrollment beginning day one; employer matches dollar for dollar up to 6%.
Employer-paid life insurance equal to one times salary.
Optional supplemental life insurance at low-cost premiums, up to three times salary.
Adoption assistance.
Employer-paid short-term and long-term disability coverage for full-time employees after 90 days of eligible employment.
Tuition reimbursement.
Student loan forgiveness.