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Outpatient Occupational Therapist - Hand Clinic

Company

Denver Health
Address , Denver, 80204, Co
Employment type FULL_TIME
Salary $33.61 - $50.43 an hour
Expires 2023-07-15
Posted at 11 months ago
Job Description
We are recruiting for a Outpatient Occupational Therapist - Hand Clinic to join our team!

We are here for life’s journey.
Where is your life journey taking you?
Being the heartbeat of Denver means our heart reflects something bigger than ourselves, something that connects us all:
Humanity in action, Triumph in hardship, Transformation in health.
Department
DH OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY PAV L
Job Summary
Under general supervision, delivers safe and competent occupational therapy as ordered by a physician. Plans, organizes and implements specific treatment programs or individual patients according to the principles and practices of occupational therapy. Develops, improves, or restores skills in activities of daily living, work, or functional activities. Directs and supervises work of support personnel.
Essential Functions:
  • Documentation: Completes patient care documentation per departmental guidelines. Updates and completes patient information to reflect patient’s current clinical status daily. Data bases, evaluations, progress notes and discharge summaries are consistently kept current. Completes documentation and conference notes clearly and on the date of service. Meets the minimum stated departmental requirements for monthly productivity. (10%)
  • Discharge: Bases discharge on goal achievement, change in medical status, or departmental policy. Provides discharge instructions to patient/family/significant other appropriate for age, and learning ability, need for adaptive equipment is identified and addressed. Completes discharge summary and makes recommendations for follow-up are made. (10%)
  • Communication: Completes patient care documentation in a thorough and timely manner per departmental guidelines. Updates and completes patient documentation per department standards to reflect patient’s current clinical status daily. Provides clear and timely communication and direction to support and assistant staff. Participates in timely and constructive remediation of problems and/or concerns. Maintains current data bases, evaluations, progress notes and discharge summaries according to department standards. Attends clinics, rounds, meetings and/or conferences, as assigned to report on patients and provides feedback. Attends all mandatory meetings and inservices Maintains constructive working relationships with all staff through courteous and respectful communication. Successfully modifies communication style and approach according to the situation in order to promote positive results. Represents self, department and agency in a professional manner (10%)
  • Evaluation: Completes a thorough evaluation based on presenting diagnosis and pertinent information regarding the patient. All evaluations conform to departmental, hospital, and professional standards. Initiates evaluation prior to treatment. Completes appropriate data bases, problem lists, treatment goals and individualized plan of care Goals for treatment are appropriate and based on specific problems identified by evaluation. (20%)
  • Departmental Duties: Collaborates with appropriate parties to coordinate patient treatment authorization. Updates and completes patient information per department guidelines to ensure timely and efficient transfer of patient care between care-givers. Participates positively in department meetings. Completes patient charges per department guidelines. Achieves productivity standards. Participates in performance improvement and quality enhancement projects. Maintains safe treatment environment. Utilizes support staff effectively and appropriately. Provides orientation and training to new employees, students and volunteers per department guidelines (20%)
  • Treatment: Clearly identifies treatment potential. Sets goals to be objective, measurable, reasonable, and described in functional or behavioral terms. A time frame for goal achievement is stated. Involves patient and family/significant other in goal setting where appropriate. Modifies treatment plan with re-evaluation or changes in patient status and coincides with goal and plan. Performs treatments procedures and/or application of therapeutic modalities within accepted professional guidelines. Ensures the treatment used is appropriate to the diagnosis and is modified to meet the changing needs or changing response to therapeutic intervention. (10%)
  • General Operations: Performs safe, competent and appropriate occupational therapy treatment procedures and techniques in a timely, efficient and efficacious manner. Utilizes support staff effectively and appropriately. Delegates patient care responsibilities per professional, agency and department guidelines. Evaluates quality of care delegated to support personnel. Utilizes evidence-based occupational therapy treatment interventions. Demonstrates and articulates sound clinical reasoning in synthesizing complex evaluation data identifying diagnosis and developing a comprehensive plan of care. Develops and update appropriate plan of care in collaboration with the patient/family and related to the patient’s age and lifestyle with measurable long and short term goals and a defined D/C plan. Demonstrates effective communication and interpersonal skills. Utilizes constructive communication skills for participation in: patient/family interactions, conferences, rounds, peer consultation, and operational communications. Conducts self in a professional manner in diverse environments and situations. Completes patient and medical record documentation. Documentation is timely, pertinent, precise and efficient. Documentation meets agency and department standards. Performs all required data collection for department and agency accurately and within designated time frame. Consistently meets designated patient care productivity standards. Demonstrates competency skills in required areas of practice. Utilizes appropriate methods and materials for effective learning, monitoring response to education, and adapting program appropriately. Expands occupational therapy evidence and knowledge in practice. Provides clinical education experience for students per request of supervisor or designee. Assists in orientation/training of new employees, OT students, hospital staff, and precepts new employees during orientation, as assigned. Trains and educates patients, family members and care-givers in therapy principles, methods and techniques in order to achieve intended outcomes. Actively supports and participates in agency/department performance improvement and program development efforts. Works cooperatively with supervisors and peers to contribute to overall quality, efficiency and productivity of work group and department. Abides by agency, department and regulatory policies and guidelines (20%)

Education:
  • Bachelor’s Degree or above in accredited Occupational Therapy Program.
  • National Registration Required.

Work Experience:
  • Previous out-patient experience preferred.

Licenses:
  • BLS Certification from American Heart Association Required

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
  • Knowledge of theory, principles and practice of occupational therapy.
  • Knowledge of safety principles in patient care environment.
  • Ability to abide by the ethical guidelines as outlined by the American Occupational Therapy Association.
  • Ability to integrate requirements of the facility and/or regulatory agencies into clinical decisions and documentation.
  • Knowledge of standards, policies and procedures of Denver Health as they pertain to occupational therapy.
  • Ability to demonstrate competency for occupational therapy treatment methods, techniques and approaches per professional and agency standards. Ability to meet physical requirements of job classification (lift, pull/push, carry, transfer patients, etc...).
Shift
Days (United States of America)
Work Type
Regular
Salary
$33.61 - $50.43 / hr
Benefits
  • Immediate retirement plan matching
  • Education opportunities
  • National Health Service Corps (NHCS) and Colorado Health Service Corps (CHSC) eligible employer
  • Competitive pay
  • Outstanding benefits
  • Shared leadership and advancement opportunity
  • Professional clinical advancement program
  • Participation in evidence-based projects
  • Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) eligible employer
  • State-of-the-art facilities
Our Values
  • Stewardship– We use resources responsibly
  • Learning– We educate the next generation
  • Relentlessness– We fight for everyone
  • Excellence– We are better every day
  • Compassion– We care for everyone
All job applicants for safety-sensitive positions must pass a pre-employment drug test, once a conditional offer of employment has been made.
Denver Health is an integrated, high-quality academic health care system considered a model for the nation that includes a Level I Trauma Center, a 555-bed acute care medical center, Denver’s 911 emergency medical response system, 10 family health centers, 19 school-based health centers, Rocky Mountain Poison & Drug Safety, a Public Health Institute, an HMO and The Denver Health Foundation.
As Colorado’s primary, and essential, safety-net institution, Denver Health is a mission-driven organization that has provided billions in uncompensated care for the uninsured. Denver Health is viewed as an Anchor Institution for the community, focusing on hiring and purchasing locally as applicable, serving as a pillar for community needs, and caring for more than 185,000 individuals and 67,000 children a year.
Located near downtown Denver, Denver Health is just minutes away from many of the cultural and recreational activities Denver has to offer.
We strongly support diversity in the workforce and Denver Health is an equal opportunity employer (EOE).

Denver Health values the unique ideas, talents and contributions reflective of the needs of our community. For read more about our commitment to diversity visit:
https://www.denverhealth.org/for-professionals/careers/diversity-and-inclusion