Occupational Therapist, Outpatient, Pediatric

Advocate Health•Winston-Salem, NC

37d•$38 - $57•Onsite

About The Position

This is a full-time Occupational Therapist position within the Outpatient Rehabilitation: Pediatrics department at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. The role focuses on providing comprehensive patient care assessment and treatment for pediatric patients, ensuring functional and evidence-based interventions. The therapist will be responsible for accurate documentation, meeting productivity standards, participating in process improvement, and promoting professional development within the healthcare team. Effective communication with patients, families, physicians, and staff is essential, along with demonstrating age-specific knowledge and skills.

Requirements

B.S. or M.S. degree from accredited occupational therapy school.
Current licensure in the state of applicable state.
CPR certification in Basic Life Support, Level C.

Responsibilities

Adheres to general hospital standards to promote a cooperative work environment by utilizing communication skills, interpersonal relationships and team building.
Follows hospital and departmental policies and procedures.
Contributes to the overall quality of services and assumes responsibility for keeping informed about changes in policies and procedures.
Provides patient care assessment and treatment, ensuring evaluations and treatments are comprehensive, functional, and according to the standard of practice.
Provides sound professional judgment in interpreting evaluation results and establishing an acceptable treatment plan with realistic goals.
Encourages patients and significant others in setting goals.
Recognizes and responds to changes in the patient's physiologic state.
Recommends next level of care.
Ensures quality patient outcomes.
Supervises support staff assisting with patient care by providing direction and feedback.
Maintains accurate documentation, including written patient evaluations, progress notes, and discharge notes per policy.
Ensures accurate and timely documentation of patient/family education, charges, departmental statistics, and ICD-10 codes as appropriate.
Maintains patient records in a systematic order and ensures documentation is legible.
Meets department financial and productivity standards, understands budgeted expectations, and maintains productivity standards.
Adjusts individual schedules to meet the needs of the patient and department.
Participates in process management to optimize quality and efficiency of services.
Identifies quality and operational opportunities and communicates progress and barriers to supervisor.
Researches and suggests evidence-based best practices to improve quality of patient care.
Promotes professional development and education of other health care workers and provides representation on committees.
Conducts in-service training programs to provide state-of-the-art information to health care workers and enhances safety.
Understands changes/developments in the profession locally, at the state level, and nationally.
Shares clinical expertise with other therapists, student affiliates, and other health care professionals.
Communicates effectively in a professional and timely manner with patients, physicians, staff, and all external customers.
Responds to questions by staff and promotes an open atmosphere of communication.
Shares information learned from seminars and informs supervisor of issues and resolutions to potential problems.
Communicates information with patient and family and ensures understanding.
Provides appropriate patient care in accordance with age/developmental guidelines.
Demonstrates age/developmentally specific knowledge, skills, and abilities for the patients served.
Utilizes knowledge of age/developmentally specific data when assessing patients.
Interprets age/developmentally specific response to treatment/activity accurately.
Maintains competence related to age/developmentally specific patient care by regularly updating knowledge of growth and development and the aging process.

Benefits

Relocation Assistance: Up to $7,500 in Relocation Assistance (for qualified candidates)
Comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs
Competitive compensation
Generous retirement offerings
Programs that invest in your career development
Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training
Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job
Incentive pay for select positions
Opportunity for annual increases based on performance
Paid Time Off programs
Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
Educational Assistance Program