Occupational Therapist PRN
Pulaski, Tennessee
Provides occupational therapy services to assigned groups of patients by performing the following duties.
Implements patient care needs based on the Occupational Therapy evaluation and establishes professional rapport with patients to achieve desired patient outcomes.
Establishes an environment of care and compassion to provide emotional, psychological and physical support to patient and families.
Promotes patient independence by performing therapy techniques and teachings for patient and family to gain physical independence through self-care tasks and functional mobility.
Educates the patient and family/caregiver about patient deficits.
Assures quality patient care by adhering to establish best practices and standards of care, measuring functional outcomes, making changes to the patient's plan of care as needed, following our hospital philosophies, standards of practice and standards of care set forth by the Tennessee Board of Occupational Therapy.
Assists in resolution of patient concerns through use of multidisciplinary team strategies.
Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with the procedures, rules and regulations set forth by this facility; requests assistance from other staff when needed to accomplish this.
Documents patient care services accurately and promptly utilizing the electronic medical record.
Maintains patient confidentiality and protects operations by keeping information confidential.
Ensures operation of equipment by following manufacturers recommendations/instructions, reporting need for repair, evaluating new equipment and techniques for use.
Maintains needed supplied by monitoring stock levels for future use and needs, using supplies and equipment as needed to perform job duties.
Maintains professional and technical knowledge through continued education, review of professional publications and participating in learning opportunities provided by this facility.
Maintains collaborative relationship with team members by communicating information, responding to requests, reviewing information sent via emails, building rapport with team members through participation in inter-disciplinary problem techniques such as briefs, debriefs, patient safety huddle and executive patient safety rounding.
Demonstrates the ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw reasonable/valid conclusions regarding patient care.
Maintains competencies based on the departmental specific skills checklist.
Minimum Education
Minimum of Associates of Science Degree in Occupational Therapy
Required Skills
Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment, and the ability to work with minimal supervision. Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action.
Certifications:
Basic Life Support (BLS)
Licenses: Current Occupational Therapy Assistant license by the State of Tennessee
Equal opportunity and affirmative action employers and are looking for diversity in candidates for employment: Minority/Female/Disabled/Protected Veteran
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