Occupational Therapist, Hand

Allina Health • Eden Prairie, MN

5d • $41 - $57 • Onsite

About The Position

Allina Health/CKRI is hiring an Occupational Therapist specializing in hand therapy. This resource role provides care for hand and upper-extremity conditions and floats to other clinics based on staffing needs. The position is 0.8 FTE (64 hours per two-week pay period), with 8-hour day shifts and no weekends. The role provides appropriate, efficient, and effective patient care while contributing to team performance, clinic operations, professional practice, and development of hand therapy services.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Occupational Therapy from an accredited program.
• 2 to 5 years of experience in hand therapy.
• Minnesota Occupational Therapist license from the Minnesota Department of Health upon hire if providing services in Minnesota.
• Wisconsin Occupational Therapist license from the Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services upon hire if providing services in Wisconsin.
• At least one of the following: current BLS certification from the American Heart Association; current BLS certification from the American Red Cross; or completion of Allina in-house BLS training within 30 days of hire.

Responsibilities

• Provide Occupational Therapy services to clients.
• Assess clients based on diagnosis and establish therapy diagnoses for hand and upper-extremity conditions.
• Design, implement, and modify therapeutic treatment plans and interventions based on client needs and response to care.
• Select tests, measures, and therapeutic interventions appropriate to clients’ ages and cultural considerations.
• Consult with clients and involve family members or caregivers in establishing goals, timelines, and desired outcomes based on impairments or functional limitations.
• Educate clients, family members, and others involved in care about the treatment plan, taking age-specific and cultural considerations into account.
• Continuously assess client needs, functional deficits, and progress toward goals, and advance the plan of care according to established guidelines.
• Use re-examination to assess whether predicted outcomes are reasonable and modify care as needed.
• Select and delegate appropriate plan-of-care tasks in accordance with professional guidelines.
• Initiate referrals to other disciplines and coordinate care with interdisciplinary referrals.
• Coordinate, communicate, document, and bill according to program, regulatory, and professional standards.
• Use communication techniques that address the age, cultural, and population-specific needs of patients and families.
• Provide safe patient equipment and maintain personal safety and a safe work environment.
• Promote rehabilitation services by supporting patient and physician satisfaction.
• Participate in departmental performance-improvement and process-improvement activities.
• Support and promote new services as requested.
• Participate in clinical education and staff meetings.
• Provide ongoing input to enhance departmental services.
• Assist coworkers in meeting team productivity and performance targets.
• Manage the daily patient schedule.
• Help maintain efficient clinic flow, including scheduling, cleaning rooms, and laundry.
• Educate and mentor clinicians.
• Develop and deliver hand-therapy-specific professional practice and performance-improvement activities.
• Assist with or lead hand therapy best-practice development.
• Develop new hand therapy programs as appropriate.
• Conduct clinical orientation and mentoring to support clinical competence in hand programs.
• Participate in peer interviews related to the area of specialization.
• Assist with hand therapy service development, including supply review, chart-audit tools and audits, and annual clinical competency.

Benefits

• Medical and dental benefits.
• PTO and time away.
• Retirement savings plans.
• Life insurance.
• Short-term and long-term disability.
• Voluntary benefits, including vision, legal, and critical illness coverage.
• Tuition reimbursement or continuing medical education, as applicable.
• Student loan support benefits to help navigate the Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.
• Well-being dollars, dedicated well-being navigators, programs, activities, personal coaching, and other well-being resources.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level