Occupational Therapist

Position Summary
The Occupational Therapist will be directly involved in patient evaluation, planning, directing and administering occupational therapy modalities of treatment as prescribed by a licensed physician. He/She will assist patients to reach their maximum performance and level of functioning, by providing effective, and quality care for the patient. She/He will ensure patient charges are accurate and entered on a timely basis. The Occupational Therapist will coordinate, delegate, and supervise assigned supportive staff (COTA). Provide effective, efficient, and quality care for a geriatric and adult population. Perform other duties as directed by supervisor.

This position requires the full understanding and active participation in fulfilling the mission of AHMC- Seton Medical Center. It is expected that the employee demonstrate behavior consistent with the core values of AHMC- Seton Medical Center and AHMC Healthcare Inc. The employee shall support AHMC-Seton Medical Center's strategic plan and goals and direction of the performance improvement plan. The employee will also be expected to support all organizational expectations including, but not limited to; Customer Service, Patient's Rights, Confidentiality of Information, Environment of Care and other initiatives.

Job Description & Competency Assessment Tool
C. Safeguards self/others and physical plant and equipment.

• Demonstrates and understands personal and department role in the security, health, life and safety plans.
• Demonstrates and understands role in the hazardous materials plan and can access information on MSDSs.
• Demonstrates and understands the role in the hospital emergency and disaster plan.
• Follows procedures for reporting faulty equipment or service problems.

D. Performance Improvement

• Participates in performance improvement activities.
• Understands and advocates AHMC initiatives.

Essential Job Functions

• Consistently applies infection control policies/practices.
• Understands and practices standard precautions for self and others in patient care activities.
• Understands and practices appropriate disease-specific isolation.
• Ensures sterility of supplies and equipment.
• Meets population/age specific competencies per unit specific addendum.
• Attends department specific education/training, inservices, and staff meetings.
• Attends mandatory inservices/educational/training activities.
• Submits all required paperwork on time.
• Ability to perform patient care within the designated time frame and follows recommendations in accordance with AHMC policies and procedures.
• Ability to work independently without constant supervision.
• Upon referral, evaluate patients by performing appropriate functional assessment as related to occupational therapy.
• Identifies appropriate goals and administers effective treatment plans.
• Efficiently implements and modifies treatment plans.
• Ability to observe and evaluate treatment effect, recommends change to physician as needed.
• Formulates a teaching plan based upon identified learning needs and evaluates effectiveness of learning, family training is included as appropriate.
• Completes all documentation required by either policy, procedure, or regulation.
• Delegates and supervise patient treatment as appropriate to the COTA.
• Co-signs all COTA's notes.
• Ensures patient charges are accurate.
• Completes billing sheet accurately by end of day and prints out end of shift charge report.
• Maintain completed documentation in the medial record within the prescribed time frames, accurately and clearly.

Education/Training/Experience
Graduate of an accredited speech pathology program or equivalent education/experience

LICENSES/CERTIFICATIONS
SP-Licensed Speech Pathologist

BLS-Basic Life Support Healthcare Provider

Possess and maintains a current BLS certification.

ORGANIZATIONAL EXPECTATIONS

• Meets customer service expectations and AHMC Activities.
• Promotes a service culture - AHMC Customer Service Standards.
• Demonstrates the customer satisfaction standards set for the institution.
• Actively participates in ways to prevent customer complaints and dissatisfaction with services.
• Focuses attention and actions on what is best for the patient or customer.
• Attempts to identify all customer needs and tries to meet and/or exceed expectations.
• Interacts with all customers in a caring manner.
• Contact with others is polite and proactive.
• Promotes a positive teamwork environment.
• Creates closure after interactions.
• Communicates effectively in a positive, respectful and concise manner.
• Demonstrates Core Values and supports Mission, Vision and Values and Code of Conduct.
• Can articulate and demonstrates support for organizational goals, the Mission and Vision of the Institution and the core values.
• Assures patient/family rights are respected and fulfills the Medical Center's Patient Safety Philosophy.
• Maintains confidentiality of patient information and Medical Center business matters.
• Complies with all established policies and procedures.