Occupational Therapist Outpatient
About The Position
The Occupational Therapist provides professional outpatient occupational therapy services to evaluate and treat individuals in order 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 position provides direct patient care upon referral by a physician or advanced practice provider and serves patients across the lifespan, from infancy through geriatrics. The Occupational Therapist evaluates patients, develops and administers treatment plans, documents patient care, and instructs patients and families in home programs. The role also involves communication and coordination with the interdisciplinary team, participation in departmental activities, and assistance with clinical supervision of students. The position is PRN, with day-shift hours of 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. as needed.
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 deemed equivalent by the board.
- Current and active Occupational Therapist license in 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 for 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 families in occupational therapy home programs.
- Communicate and coordinate with the interdisciplinary team regarding patients' plans of care.
- Take orders from physicians' offices and the hospital patient care team, and schedule patients as needed.
- Represent the department in meetings and provide in-service classes to other departments as needed.
- Assist with clinical supervision of students.
- Perform other duties as assigned or required in an emergency.
- Exercise sound professional judgment and follow the state occupational therapy practice act, hospital policies, and departmental policies and procedures.
- Assess the treatment process and act in accordance with acceptable 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 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 comply with the Service Expectation Policy.
- Report to work on time and meet hospital attendance and tardiness criteria.
Benefits
- Day-one medical, dental, and life insurance benefits.
- Health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts.
- 403(b) matching plan available for enrollment on day one; Lexington Health matches dollar for dollar up to 6%.
- Employer-paid life insurance equal to one times salary.
- Optional supplemental life insurance with 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.
