Compassionate Occupational Therapist – Hospital Rehab

Medical City Arlington; Arlington (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Medical City Arlington is seeking an experienced Occupational Therapist to facilitate development and rehabilitation of physically disabled patients in a hospital setting. You will evaluate, plan, implement and modify age-appropriate treatment programs and participate in discharge planning.

In this role, you will maintain professional standards, pursue ongoing education, and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure high-quality patient outcomes and safe, effective care across the

Responsibilities

• Customer Service/Communication/Interpersonal Skills: Strives to exceed expectations of internal and external customers: Patients, families, physicians, colleagues, visitors and vendors.
• Customer Service/Communication/Interpersonal Skills: Demonstrates appropriate communication skills in all interactions.
• Customer Service/Communication/Interpersonal Skills: Interacts with others in a spirit of teamwork and cooperation.
• Customer Service/Communication/Interpersonal Skills: Anticipates and provides resolution to issues based on the needs and expectations of our customers.
• Customer Service/Communication/Interpersonal Skills: Treats others with respect at all times; maintains a work environment free of harassment, hostility, threats or violence.
• Job Knowledge/Productivity/Initiative: Maintains certifications, education and development appropriate for position.
• Job Knowledge/Productivity/Initiative: Completes position responsibilities by following established guidelines and protocols within the appropriate time frame.
• Job Knowledge/Productivity/Initiative: Demonstrates a thorough knowledge of work practices/responsibilities/establishing priorities and roles in emergency procedures.
• Job Knowledge/Productivity/Initiative: Demonstrates self-direction, flexibility, professional development and willingness to master new skills.
• Job Knowledge/Productivity/Initiative: Has the ability to accept and act upon suggestions for improved performance.
• Job Knowledge/Productivity/Initiative: Completes all requires orientation and annual updates as appropriate to clinical placements.
• Job Knowledge/Productivity/Initiative: Knowledgeable of standards of practice as outlined in professional practice organizations related to clinical setting.
• Vendor/Hospital/Department Policies & Procedures: Supports, implements and ensures compliance with all Vendor/Hospital and regulatory/accrediting agency standards, regulations and policies and procedures.
• Vendor/Hospital/Department Policies & Procedures: Ensures accuracy, timeliness and completeness of documentation and work performed per Hospital policy.
• Vendor/Hospital/Department Policies & Procedures: Utilizes appropriate resources and hospital policies as the “standard of care” for positive patient outcomes.
• Organizational Ethics/Improving Organizational Performance: Supports Vendor and Hospital’s mission, vision and values.
• Organizational Ethics/Improving Organizational Performance: Conduct reflects Vendor values; accepts the responsibility to act with absolute integrity, work as a unified team, learn and transfer that knowledge across the continuum, have accountability to all that we serve, and treat everyone with dignity and respect.
• Organizational Ethics/Improving Organizational Performance: Demonstrates compliance with the Ethics and Compliance Program, policies, directives and Code of Conduct training.
• Organizational Ethics/Improving Organizational Performance: Maintains privacy and confidentiality of patient, client, employees and organizational information in verbal, written and electronic form. Limit access to information on a job-related need to know basis. Complies with Vendor/Hospitals risk management program-timely/accurate occurrence reporting. Demonstrates understanding and involvement with Performance Improvement.
• Position Specific Essential Performance Criteria: Performs position specific job functions at an acceptable level with minimal direction.
• Position Specific Essential Performance Criteria: Primary responsibilities for an Occupational Therapist encompass but not intended to be all-inclusive;
• Position Specific Essential Performance Criteria: Patient Rights – Demonstrating awareness and respect for the patient/family/significant others dignity and values; identifies cultural and religious needs, emotional and language barriers, physical, cognitive, psychological and educational limitations. Knowledgeable of patient’s rights, advanced directives, consents, protection of patient security, privacy and confidentiality in all aspects of care.
• Position Specific Essential Performance Criteria: Assessment - Completes assessment/reassessment in accordance with Hospital policy, standards and patient care needs as it relates to; Pain management, risk to fall, skin integrity, interventions, signs and symptoms of abuse, changes in patients condition and identification of patient needs requiring intervention of other team members. Knowledgeable of documentation systems utilized to chart patient’s assessment/reassessments, interventions and supply acquisition.
• Position Specific Essential Performance Criteria: Care of the Patient – Develops, implements, updates, evaluates and revises as appropriate an age‑specific patient treatment plan; based on continuous assessment/re‑assessment and interpretation of all available patient data – to meet the identified patient care goals for an Occupational Therapy patient. Understands indications, contraindications and precautions for routine OT modalities. Demonstrates skill in the use of specialized equipment and devises used in Occupational Therapy. Able to recognize the need for and use of designated equipment in resuscitation efforts.
• Position Specific Essential Performance Criteria: Patient/Family Education - Utilizes a collaborative and interdisciplinary process to provide initial and ongoing teaching based on assessed learning needs, abilities, preferences and readiness. Provides patients with explanations of all procedures, medications and treatments – documents teaching per hospital policy. Ensures patient/family teaching occurs across the continuum of care and discharge planning includes specific teaching which ensures the patient is prepared for discharge and prevents re‑admissions due to lack of education provided.
• Position Specific Essential Performance Criteria: Continuum of Care - Assess, collaborate and coordinate meeting patient’s care needs during transition from shift to shift, transfer to other departments and upon discharge. Ensures that discharge planning/processes provides for continuing care based on the assessed needs of the patient; provide clear time/action specific discharge instructions in clear understandable terminology.
• Age Specific Essential Performance Criteria: Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care based on physical, psycho/social, educational safety and related criteria, appropriate to the age of the patients served in his/her assigned position. The skills and knowledge needed to provide such care may be gained through education, training or experience.

Job description

Medical City Arlington is seeking an experienced Occupational Therapist to facilitate development and rehabilitation of physically disabled patients in a hospital setting. You will evaluate, plan, implement and modify age-appropriate treatment programs and participate in discharge planning.

In this role, you will maintain professional standards, pursue ongoing education, and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure high-quality patient outcomes and safe, effective care across the