Occupational Therapist - Acute Rehab, Pineville
About The Position
Join the Inpatient Occupational Therapy team at Atrium Health Pineville, providing acute care rehabilitation in a fast-paced clinical setting. The Occupational Therapist delivers bedside, one-on-one functional rehabilitation through customized evaluations and hands-on treatment, helping patients regain independence while collaborating with an interdisciplinary team. The role provides direct therapy services to patients in care settings where services are required seven days a week, including holidays. The therapist evaluates patients, selects and administers assessment techniques, and develops individualized care plans that may include modalities, procedures, exercise programs, therapeutic groups, and patient education. Care planning considers the patient’s diagnosis, condition, age, and discharge needs. The therapist gathers and interprets information from medical records, physicians, patients, and families; communicates evaluations and progress to physicians, referral sources, and clinical staff; coordinates schedules and treatment programs; contributes to discharge planning; and recommends solutions to patient care problems. The role also requires thorough documentation of evaluations, tests, progress, daily treatments, attendance, education, outcomes, discharge notes, and charges.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in occupational therapy.
- Applicable state license for occupational therapy.
- BLS certification required per policy guidelines.
- Ability to meet the role’s physical requirements, including lifting patients, equipment, or supplies up to 20 pounds frequently and 50 pounds occasionally, and rarely laterally transferring patients weighing 100 pounds.
- Adequate corrected hearing and vision, intelligible speech, and language and cognitive skills to perform job duties.
Responsibilities
- Provide direct therapy services to patients in settings where services are required seven days a week, including holidays.
- Evaluate patients and select and administer appropriate assessment techniques.
- Develop patient care plans that may include modalities, procedures, exercise programs, therapeutic groups, and patient education, considering diagnosis, condition, age, and discharge needs.
- Gather and interpret information from medical records, physician reports, patients, and families.
- Communicate patient evaluations and progress to physicians, referral sources, and other clinical staff.
- Coordinate patient schedules and treatment programs, participate in discharge planning, and recommend solutions to patient care problems.
- Document evaluations, tests, progress notes, daily treatment notes, attendance, patient and family education, outcomes, discharge notes, and charges.
- Demonstrate appropriate exercises and activities to patients and caregivers.
Benefits
- Paid Time Off programs
- Medical, dental, vision, life, and short- and long-term disability benefits
- Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
- Adoption assistance and paid parental leave
- Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
- Educational Assistance Program
- Premium pay, including shift and on-call pay, based on the teammate’s job
- Incentive pay for select positions
- Opportunity for annual increases based on performance
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Job Type
Full-time
