Occupational Therapist (OT) - Outpatient (Neuro) - Part-Time

Wellstar Health System•Marietta, GA

About The Position

Wellstar is seeking a part-time Occupational Therapist with outpatient neuro experience to provide patient-centered care in an outpatient setting. The schedule is 16 hours per week, Monday through Friday, on the day shift. The occupational therapist assesses, plans, organizes, and participates in rehabilitation programs designed to restore or improve patients’ activities of daily living, functional mobility, cognitive tasks, strength, coordination, and range of motion. Services are delivered across the continuum of care in a cost-conscious, quality-focused, customer-oriented manner, with compliance with applicable regulatory standards.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or master’s degree in Occupational Therapy.
Occupational Therapist (OT) license.
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification, American Red Cross Basic Life Support (ARC-BLS), or Basic Life Support Instructor (BLS-I) certification.
Effective communication skills, customer service focus, team orientation, and basic computer skills.
Outpatient neuro experience.

Responsibilities

Implement occupational therapy treatment plans and select appropriate activities to progress patients toward their goals.
Revise goals and plans of care with input from patients and families, and provide ongoing patient and family education and training.
Provide discharge instructions, follow-up, and referrals to community resources as appropriate.
Serve as a resource for staff, families, and physicians regarding rehabilitation services and related equipment.
Work with physicians, patients, and families to establish and evaluate treatment programs, plans of care, goals, and discharge plans.
Establish realistic discharge plans that incorporate patient and family goals.
Document evaluations, plans of care, treatment sessions, family education, discharge information, and other required information according to guidelines and protocols.
Maintain ethical conduct, confidentiality, attendance, punctuality, and compliance with departmental policies and dress code.
Communicate effectively with team members, organize workload, and participate in staff meetings, in-services, process improvement activities, and other meetings as requested.
Use materials and equipment safely and cost-effectively, and observe infection-prevention precautions.
Apply AIDET principles, support a positive patient and employee experience, foster respectful teamwork, and use service recovery principles appropriately.
Participate in professional development, mandatory education, competencies, orientation and training of new employees, and required licensure education.
Perform other duties as assigned and comply with Wellstar Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.