Occupational Therapist - Outpatient, Navicent

37625 Navicent Health Rehabilitation Hospital - Outpatient Rehabilitation:
Occupational Therapy Status:
Full time Benefits Eligible:
Yes Hours Per Week: 40 Schedule Details/Additional Information:
Monday to Friday 8 hour days weekend and holidays requirements Pay Range: $38.20 - $57.30 Atrium Health Navicent Outpatient Rehabilitation provides comprehensive therapy services for patients recovering from injury, illness, surgery, or neurological conditions. Our interdisciplinary team delivers evidence-based occupational, physical, and speech therapy focused on maximizing independence, improving functional outcomes, and helping patients safely return to the activities that matter most.

As part of this team, the Occupational Therapist collaborates closely with patients, families, and healthcare providers to support individualized rehabilitation goals across a diverse outpatient population.

Provides comprehensive therapeutic patient care to ensure positive patient outcomes. Educates the patient, significant others, and other health care providers to assure continuity of the patient care plan. Interacts with other departments and members of the medical team in developing and implementing interdisciplinary patient care plans to ensure comprehensive medical care. Supervises occupational therapy and occupational therapy assistant students to develop their clinical skills and ensure the delivery of quality patient care.

B.S. or M.S. degree from accredited occupational therapy school. Previous hospital experience preferred.

Current licensure in the state of applicable state. CPR certification in Basic Life Support, Level

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Adheres to the general hospital standards to promote a cooperative work environment by utilizing communication skills, interpersonal relationships and team building. Following hospital policies and procedures. Following departmental policies and procedures. Contributing to the overall quality of services. Assuming responsibility for keeping informed about changes in policies and procedures. Provides patient care assessment and treatment. Ensures patient evaluations and treatments are comprehensive, functional, and according to the standard of practice.

Provides sound professional judgment in interpreting the evaluation results and establishing an acceptable treatment plan with realistic goals. Encourages patients and significant others in setting goals. Recognizes and responds to changes in the patient's physiologic state. Recommends next level of care. Ensures quality patient outcomes. Supervises support staff assisting with patient care by providing direction and feedback. Maintains accurate documentation.

Completes written patent evaluations, progress notes, and discharge notes per policy. Ensures accurate and timely documentation of patient/family education, charges and departmental statistics, and ICD-10 codes as appropriate. Maintains patient records in a systematic order and documentation is legible. Ensures that documentation is legible. Meets department financial and productivity standards. Understands the budgeted expectation. Maintains productivity standards. Adjusts individual schedules to meet the needs of the patient and department.

Participates in process management to optimize quality and efficiency of services. Identifies quality and operational opportunities. Participates in process management and communicates progress and barriers to supervisor. Researches and suggests evidence based best practices to improve quality of patient care. Promotes professional development and education of other health care workers and provides representation on…