Occupational Therapist - Acute Care, CMC Tower Expansion, Full-Time

American Addiction Centers•Charlotte, NC

1d•$36 - $53•Onsite

About The Position

We are growing our acute care team for our Tower Bed expansion at Carolinas Medical Center Main. The new tower, a 448-bed tower, is expected to offer 191 new acute care beds, 38 operating rooms, 16 procedure rooms, a pod-style emergency room with 62 exam rooms, a new helipad, and an open core model on inpatient floors designed to facilitate collaboration between interdisciplinary teams. Carolinas Medical Center’s acute care inpatient setting delivers early, interdisciplinary rehabilitation for medically complex patients, including neuro, trauma, cardiac, and medical-surgical populations. Occupational Therapists focus on functional assessment, ADL retraining, cognition, and safe discharge planning, partnering closely with the care team to optimize recovery and support transitions to the next level of care in a fast-paced hospital environment.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in occupational therapy required.
Applicable state license for OT required.
BLS required per policy guidelines.

Responsibilities

Evaluates, plans, directs and administers programs of Occupational Therapy in an inpatient acute level setting, upon referral by the physician.
Plans and conducts OT programs to restore function, prevent disability, and help patients reach their maximum level of independence.
Supervises Occupational Therapy Assistants, Rehab Technicians, volunteers and students.
Provides direct therapy services to patients admitted to a level of care where service provision is required 7 days a week, including holidays (acute care, rehabilitation and skilled nursing facility).
Evaluates patients, selects and administers assessment techniques, synthesizes information to establish appropriate patient care plan to include necessary modalities, procedures, exercise programs, therapeutic groups and patient education as warranted by a holistic view of the patient's diagnosis, condition, age, and contextual needs of discharge disposition.
Gathers and interprets appropriate data from the medical record, physician reports, patient, and/or family as evidenced by documentation.
Communicates patient's evaluation and subsequent progress to physician, referral sources, and other clinical staff and coordinates patient's schedule, treatment programs, regarding discharge planning and recommends solutions to patient care problems.
Documents evaluations, tests, progress notes, daily treatment notes, attendance records, patient/family education, outcomes, discharge notes, and charges.