Occupational Therapist II

• Overview POSITION SUMMARYThe 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.

Responsibilities

JOB DESCRIPTION & COMPETENCY ASSESSMENT TOOLC. Safeguards self/others and physical plant and equipment.1. Demonstrates and understands personal and department role in the security, health, life and safety plans.2. Demonstrates and understands role in the hazardous materials plan and can access information on MSDSs.3. Demonstrates and understands the role in the hospital emergency and disaster plan.4. Follows procedures for reporting faulty equipment or service problems.D. Performance Improvement1. Participates in performance improvement activities.2. Understands and advocates AHMC initiatives. ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONSA. Consistently applies infection control policies/practices.1. Understands and practices standard precautions for self and others in patient care activities.2. Understands and practices appropriate disease-specific isolation.3. Ensures sterility of supplies and equipment.B. Meets population/age specific competencies per unit specific addendum.C. Attends department specific education/training, inservices, and staff meetings.1. Attends mandatory inservices/educational/training activities.2. Submits all required paperwork on time.D. Ability to perform patient care within the designated time frame and follows recommendations in accordance with AHMC policies and procedures.1. Ability to work independently without constant supervision.2. Upon referral, evaluate patients by performing appropriate functional assessment as related to occupational therapy. 3. Identifies appropriate goals and administers effective treatment plans. 4. Efficiently implements and modifies treatment plans. 5. Ability to observe and evaluate treatment effect, recommends change to physician as needed. 6. Formulates a teaching plan based upon identified learning needs and evaluates effectiveness of learning, family training is included as appropriate. 7. Completes all documentation required by either policy, procedure, or regulation. 8. Delegates and supervise patient treatment as appropriate to the COTA. 9. Co-signs all COTA’s notes. 10. Ensures patient charges are accurate. 11. Completes billing sheet accurately by end of day and prints out end of shift charge report. 12. Maintain completed documentation in the medial record within the prescribed time frames, accurately and clearly.