Occupational Therapist - Full time

Trinity Health•Chelsea, MI

18h•Onsite

About The Position

The Staff Occupational Therapist provides evaluation and treatment of acute inpatients and Inpatient rehab patients. The Rehabilitation Services Staff Occupational Therapist provides evaluation and treatment of hospital inpatients and outpatients in a range of specialty programs. This role involves maintaining good rapport and cooperative relationships, approaching conflict constructively, and helping to identify and resolve problems. The therapist must maintain confidentiality of patient and hospital information, behave in accordance with the Code of Conduct, Service Excellence Standards, and the Mission, Vision, Values and policies of Chelsea Hospital. They are responsible for performing job duties safely, assuring personal and coworker safety, and reporting hazards. The role requires self-directed learning, providing quality patient care considering age-specific, developmental, and cultural needs, and demonstrating unit/area competencies. The therapist will identify and assist in resolving safety, sanitation, and maintenance issues, practice effective communication, and promote a positive work environment through teamwork. Responsibilities include orienting patients and families to therapy purposes and procedures, conducting thorough occupational therapy evaluations, creating appropriate plans of care, and instructing patients and families in individualized home programs. The therapist will participate in departmental quality assurance and improvement activities, pursue their own professional growth and education, and contribute to staff development. They will also supervise Occupational Therapy fieldwork students as assigned and stay up-to-date on participating insurance guidelines. Thorough, timely documentation of patient interactions is required, including all pertinent information mandated by state law, accrediting agencies, and third-party payers. Completing daily charges ethically per insurance guidelines and working with management to ensure schedules achieve targeted productivity and budget are also key functions. Participation in regularly scheduled staff meetings is expected.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree from an accredited Occupational Therapy program.
Licensure in the State of Michigan.
CPR Certification

Nice To Haves

At least one year experience.
Certification with the NBCOT preferred.

Responsibilities

Provides evaluation and treatment of acute inpatients and Inpatient rehab patients.
Provides evaluation and treatment of hospital inpatients and outpatients in a range of specialty programs.
Maintains good rapport and cooperative relationships.
Approaches conflict in a constructive manner.
Helps to identify problems, offer solutions, and participate in their resolution.
Maintains the confidentiality of information acquired pertaining to patient, physicians, colleagues, and visitors to Chelsea Hospital.
Discusses patient and hospital information only among appropriate personnel in appropriately private places.
Behaves in accordance with the Code of Conduct, Service Excellence Standards, and the Mission, Vision, Values and policies of Chelsea Hospital.
Assumes responsibility for performance of job duties in the safest possible manner, to assure personal safety and that of coworkers, and to report all preventable hazards and unsafe practices immediately to management.
Demonstrates self-directed learning.
Provides quality patient care by considering the age specific, development and cultural needs through competent clinical practice.
Demonstrates unit/area competencies.
Identifies and assists in resolution of problems related to safety, sanitation and maintenance of the environment.
Practices effective communication in all interactions (patient, visitor, co-worker, etc.)
Promotes a positive work environment by demonstrating teamwork.
Orients patients and families to the therapeutic purposes and procedures of Occupational Therapy.
Provides a thorough occupational therapy evaluation and creates an appropriate plan of care based on the patient deficits.
Instructs patients and families in individualized home programs.
Participates in departmental quality assurance and improvement activities.
Provides for his/her own professional growth and education and contributes to staff development activities.
Supervises Occupational Therapy fieldwork students as assigned by the Manager or Student Program Coordinator.
Stays up to date on all participating insurance guidelines for rehabilitation services.
Provides thorough documentation on each patient interaction. Documentation must be timely and include all pertinent information required by state law, accrediting agencies and 3rd party payers.
Completes daily charges for each patient while adhering to ethical practices per insurance guidelines for each payer.
Works with Manager and secretarial staff to ensure schedules are managed well to achieve targeted productivity and clinic budget.
Participates in regularly scheduled staff meetings.
Performs other duties as assigned.