Occupational Therapist

Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Full Time

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JOB SUMMARY
- Complete and maintain necessary records.
- Evaluate patients' progress and prepare reports that detail progress.
- Test and evaluate patients' physical and mental abilities and analyze medical data to determine realistic rehabilitation goals for patients.
- Select activities that will help individuals learn work and life-management skills within limits of their mental and physical capabilities.
- Plan, organize, and conduct occupational therapy programs in hospital, institutional, or community settings to help rehabilitate those impaired because of illness, injury or psychological or developmental problems.
- Recommend changes in patients' work or living environments, consistent with their needs and capabilities.
- Consult with rehabilitation team to select activity programs and coordinate occupational therapy with other therapeutic activities.
- Help clients improve decision making, abstract reasoning, memory, sequencing, coordination and perceptual skills, using computer programs.
- Develop and participate in health promotion programs, group activities, or discussions to promote client health, facilitate social adjustment, alleviate stress, and prevent physical or mental disability.
- Supervise, train and assess therapy students during onsite clinical affiliations.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- PATIENT / CUSTOMER
  - Essential Accountabilities
    - Ensures communication and collaboration with supervisors and fellow co-workers to serve patients and other customers to the best of his/her ability.
    - Is professional in all actions and appearance
    - Ensure compliance with regulatory parameters
    - Uses resources wisely – as if they were one’s own.
    - Demonstrates understanding and ownership of how his/her role contributes to achieving the success of the Department and the Health System.
    - Demonstrates a personal commitment to ensuring a clean and safe working environment.
    - Anticipates patients’/customers’ needs and acts accordingly.
    - Works to enhance patient satisfaction
    - Assist patients and families
    - Analyzes problems from the customers’ point of view.
    - Honors patient/customer/employee confidentiality.
    - Seeks feedback on how to improve performance and offers constructive feedback, as well.
    - Applies learning for improved performance.
    - Presents self professionally & demonstrates professional behavior during interactions with others
    - Strives to understand and value differences in others’ race, nationality, gender, age, background, experience, and style.
    - Strives to understand and value differences in others’ race, nationality, gender, age, background, experience, and style.
- PATIENT/ EMPLOYEE SAFETY ACCOUNTABILITIES
  - Patient Care Providers
    - Participates in Entity and Department wide initiatives for Patient /Employee safety
    - Demonstrates an awareness of patient/ employee safety when carrying out daily responsibilities of their position.
    - Validation of annual competencies required for the position
- OPERATIONS
  - Essential Accountabilities
    - Therapy Examination
    - Therapy Treatment Planning
    - Therapy Treatment Implementation
    - Applies the Principles of Logic & Scientific Method to the Practice of OT
    - Full compliance with licensure requirements
    - Ethical & Legal Practice Standards
    - Therapy Documentation
  - Compliance Audits-Total of 2 charts reviewed in a quarter by Site Manager or senior therapist. Done in 2 out of 4 quarters per year.
  - Qualitative Chart Audit-At least 1 done per year
    - Productivity Expectations
    - Health System ID is worn in accordance to GSPP policy
QUALIFICATIONS
- To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
  - Education
    - Bachelor's Degree in Occupational Therapy required
    - Master's Degree preferred
  - Work Experience
    - Previous healthcare experience preferred
  - Licenses / Certifications
    - Occupational Therapist license required
    - Basic Life Support / CPR, as a healthcare provider, per the American Heart Association required