Occupational Therapist

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.

The staff member performs skilled patient evaluations and treatments. The staff member plans, organizes and implements occupational therapy programs on patients based on evaluative findings. The scope of patient care includes neurological, geriatric, general orthopedic, general acute medical and surgical, sports medicine and industrial patients with diverse cultural backgrounds and varied age groups:
Outpatient (school age children: 6-12 years; adolescent: 13-17 years; adults: 18-65 years; geriatrics: 65 years and older)
Inpatient (adults: 18-65 years; geriatrics: 65 years and older)
The staff member demonstrates the ability to collaborate with the interdisciplinary health team in providing patient care services. The staff member may work on the inpatient and/or outpatient setting.

Job Description:

PRINCIPLE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES A. ADMINISTRATIVE
1. Clearly and concisely documents appropriate information in a neat and timely manner. 2. Retains responsibility for tracking patients' insurances. Provides accurate comprehensive documentation in a timely manner to ensure uninterrupted OT services as appropriate.
3.    Accurately completes insurance certifications and recertifications in a timely manner.
4.    Communicates clearly and effectively with patients (of varied age groups and cultural diversities), family members/support persons, Physicians/Non-Physician Providers (NPP), supervisors, and staff members regarding patient treatment and deparfrnent functioning both verbally and in writing.
5.    Adheres to cancellation/participation policy. Explains policy to patients and physicians[NPP in a diplomatic manner.
6.    Consistently meets productivity standards. Completes productivity data as requested.

PATIENT CARE
1.    Demonstrates knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the ages of the patients served.
a.    Evaluation
b.    Provide intervention unique to that population
c.    Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of a range of treatment
2.    Upon referral from a Physician/NPP, performs thorough and objective evaluation on all patients using professionally accepted techniques.
3.    Demonstrates ability to establish:
a.    pertinent frnctional short and long-term goals based on the evaluative findings,
b.    realistic time frames (duration, estimated lengths of stay) to meet those goals,
c.    an effective treatment plan to meet the stated goals.
d. a realistic frequency of treatment.
4.    Demonstrates ability to recognize when a treatment program needs to be revised and/or modified to meet the stated goals and follows through.
5.    Reevaluates patients as needed and per department policy.
6.    Demonstrates ability to instruct patients and their family /support persons.
7.    Demonstrates the ability to assess the effectiveness of the education, identifies need for modification and follows through.
8.    Administers all evaluations, freatrnents and modalities in a safe manner according to department policies and procedures, which are based upon knowledge of indications and contraindications for treatment.
9.    Demonstrates safe work habits. Utilizes appropriate safe patient/material handling equipment and body mechanics at all times.

PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
l . Provides adequate training and supervision to support personnel.
2.    Establishes appropriate priorities in carrying out patient caseload.
3.    Delegates aspects of patient care to appropriate support personnel.
4.    Assists Director of Rehabilitation Services in developing performance appraisals on support personnel and peers.
5.    Functions as clinical insfructure for OT / COTA affiliating students.

EQUIPMENT AND SPACE
1.    Promptly informs supervisor of observable hazards in the work area and takes appropriate action.
2.    Documents and addresses equipment problems per Hospital policy.

FISCAL
1.    100% of the time meets productivity standards for the assigned rotation.
2.    Accurately completes time sheets each day.
3.    Accurately bills for daily treatment and submits bills in a timely manner.
4.    Accurately bills for medical supplies and submits bills in a timely manner.

EDUCATION
1.    Employee maintains competencies (position specific and hospital-wide) required for the specific patient population served.
2.    Participates in appropriate hospital and department inservice and education programs.
3.    Maintains current education and awareness of technical and professional changes associated with Rehabilitation Services.
4.    Seeks to develop new skills and