Occupational Therapist Acute- Flagstaff Medical Center

Responsibilities

• Provides appropriate supervision to supportive personnel (OTA's, techs, students)
• Attends and actively participates in patient team conferences and family conferences
• Determines needs for follow up outpatient therapy and makes post-discharge recommendations
• Documents within EMR and charting accurately reflects a logical flow between data collected, action taken, and patients response to the action
• Plans specific measures to meet assessed learning needs and documents in patient record
• Recognizes and addresses patient, family, and appropriate others in the learning needs of the individual
• Presents information clearly and in a manner appropriate to the level of patient and family understanding
• Implements the treatment plan and evaluates and records the patient responses to the treatment sessions
• Participates in the development of individual discharge plans that are responsive to patient/family concerns
• Able to revise/update plan based on assessment
• Completes documentation per department policy
• Acts as a resource person to peers within the rehabilitation department, fielding questions, mentoring, or providing educational opportunities
• Acts as a resource person to other departments and community, fielding questions, mentoring, or providing educational opportunities
• Reviews patient's history and appropriate data prior to initiating evaluation
• Evaluate and treat patients without a physician order or referral as established by Board of Medical Directors Rule
• Assists patients and families in planning for discharge
• Reports any safety-related incident in a timely fashion through the Midas/RDE tool
• Attends all safety-related training programs
• Performs work in a safe manner
• Maintains a safe work environment for others
• Completes charges in a timely manner and according to proper procedures
• Mets productivity goals according to departmental standards
• Attends 75% of department monthly meetings in a 12-month period
• Responds to new orders promptly in compliance with department policy
• Adheres to regulatory and organizational standards affecting patient care and safety as well as all hospital and departmental
• Responsible for 100% of department meeting content including reviewing minutes, asking questions as needed, and reviewing handouts

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree- Required
• Master's Degree- Preferred
• Current license in the state of Arizona- Required
• BLS (American Heart Association) - Required upon date of hire.
• Fingerprint Clearance Card application number- Required upon hire
• Fingerprint Clearance Card- Required within 90 days of hire
• Employee will obtain and maintain appropriate clinical competencies for the roles assigned by their departmental leader
• Clinical documentation experience- Preferred
• Healthcare is a rapidly changing environment and technology is integrated into almost all aspects of patient care. Colleagues must have an understanding of computers, and competence in using computers and basic software programs.