Occupational Therapist (OT), Per Diem Day Shift, Inpatient Rehabilitation

Adventist HealthCare•Silver Spring, MD

1d•Onsite

About The Position

AHC Rehabilitation - White Oak Medical Center If you are a current Adventist HealthCare employee, please click this link to apply through your Workday account. Adventist HealthCare seeks to hire an experienced Occupational Therapist for our Inpatient Rehabilitation department who will embrace our mission to extend God’s care through the ministry of physical, mental, and spiritual healing. As an Occupational Therapist, you will: • Perform an initial examination and evaluation to establish an impairment/diagnosis, prognosis, and plan of care prior to intervention for all persons served with basic rehabilitation needs in acute care, outpatient, or inpatient rehabilitation settings (flex to any Rehab site as needed) • Provide, or direct and supervise, the therapy intervention consistent with the results of the examination, evaluation, diagnosis, prognosis, and plan of care. The therapist involves the patient/client and appropriate others in the planning, implementation, and assessment of the plan of care, and reexamines the patient/client as necessary during an episode of care to evaluate progress or change in patient/client status and modify the plan of care accordingly or discontinue occupational therapy services • In consultation with appropriate disciplines, plan for discharge of the patient/client taking into consideration achievement of anticipated goals and expected outcomes, and provide for appropriate follow-up or referral. The occupational therapist discontinues intervention when the patient/client is unable to continue to progress toward goals or when the occupational therapist determines that the patient/client will no longer benefit from therapy (in coordination with referring provider/team where indicated) • Communicate, coordinate, and document all aspects of patient/client management including the results of the initial examination and evaluation, diagnosis, prognosis, plan of care, interventions, response to interventions, barriers to progress, changes in patient/client status relative to the interventions, reexamination, and discharge/discontinuation of intervention and other patient/client management activities with members of the care team as indicated. Supervise and direct the patient care activities of assigned rehab aides, office assistants, and volunteers • Manage schedule to accommodate range in census and patient load and inform management of any issues with caseload management • Attend team meetings and effectively communicate patient status, using, if needed, the medical record or other treating therapists to ensure sufficient knowledge of the case • Be responsible for individual professional development activities

Requirements

Bachelors, Masters, or Doctorate in Occupational Therapy from accredited occupational therapy program.
1-year site specific preferred
Active Maryland License, AHA HCP CPR, CLT from Klose or Norton for lymphedema therapists

Responsibilities

Perform an initial examination and evaluation to establish an impairment/diagnosis, prognosis, and plan of care prior to intervention
Provide, or direct and supervise, the therapy intervention consistent with the results of the examination, evaluation, diagnosis, prognosis, and plan of care
Plan for discharge of the patient/client taking into consideration achievement of anticipated goals and expected outcomes, and provide for appropriate follow-up or referral
Communicate, coordinate, and document all aspects of patient/client management
Supervise and direct the patient care activities of assigned rehab aides, office assistants, and volunteers
Manage schedule to accommodate range in census and patient load and inform management of any issues with caseload management
Attend team meetings and effectively communicate patient status
Be responsible for individual professional development activities