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- Evaluates patients motor and neurological capabilities and documents findings.
- Directs, plans, organizes, and executes occupational therapy programs for patients.
- Exercises professional judgment in selection of treatment media, consistent with attending physicians prescriptions.
- Implements programs designed to enhance motor, sensory, cognitive and interpersonal skills of the patient in order to promote patient independence and productivity.
- Works with attending physician in order to establish patient therapy goals that are consistent with physicians diagnosis.
- Prepares treatment plans consistent with therapy goals; provides group or individual therapy selecting from a variety of occupational therapy modalities.
- Documents patient treatments, initial evaluation, progress notes and discharge summaries in accordance with established departmental and service line policies and protocols.
- Attends interdisciplinary team conferences and various meetings to consult with other team members regarding patient treatment & program development Oversees, instructs and evaluates occupational therapy assistants, aids, students and / or volunteers as assigned.
- Co-signs notes written by occupational therapy assistants, aids or students. Maintains professional expertise through workshops, lectures, in-services, conferences, etc.
- Assists in the implementation of programs & services to foster interdisciplinary approach and a service line system of care.
- Promotes and adheres to the mission, vision and values of the DMC and the customer service behavior standards.
- Bachelors or Masters degree in Occupational Therapy.
- One year of experience in a clinical setting preferred.
- Current license to practice as an Occupational Therapist in the State of Michigan.
- Initial certification or eligibility for certification if candidate is a new graduate, with the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy (NBCOT).
occupational therapist rotating shift contingent - Detroit, MI , USA, United States - Tenet Healthcare Corporation
Description
DMC Sinai-Grace Hospital is DMC's largest hospital, offering a comprehensive heart center, cancer care, gerontology, emergency medicine, obstetrics/gynecology and cosmetic services.
Sinai-Grace's joint replacement program features a revolutionary minimally invasive knee and hip replacement surgery that attracts patients from all over the country.
Sinai-Grace operates more than 21 outpatient care sites and ambulatory surgery centers throughout Wayne and Oakland Counties and is one of 10 hospitals in the nation to be awarded a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant to help set the standards of cardiac care for hospitals and physicians throughout the nation.
Job Description:
Under general supervision, evaluates & treats patients using standard occupational therapy procedures.