Outpat Occupational Therapist

Lexington Medical Center; West Columbia (SC); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Day ONE medical, dental and life

403(b) match plan day one

Life insurance

Student loan forgiveness

Job summary

Lexington Health in West Columbia, SC seeks an Occupational Therapist to evaluate and treat patients to prevent, restore and optimize function across age groups. You will participate in development of individualized treatment plans and work with a multidisciplinary team to deliver evidence-based care.

The role requires SC OT licensure and CPR certification, with responsibilities including direct patient care, documentation, and family education.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an OT program approved by ACOTE or equivalent
• Current and active Occupational Therapist license by the State of South Carolina
• CPR Certification

Responsibilities

• Provides direct occupational therapy patient care upon referral by a physician or APP
• Evaluates patients across age groups: infant to geriatric
• Develops and implements OT treatment plans and goals
• Administers OT treatments (upper extremity exercises, splint fabrication, sensory integration, daily living activities)
• Documents treatment data and progress notes
• Educates patients and families on home program and safety
• Coordinates with interdisciplinary team and participates in team meetings
• Supervises students and supports department education

Skills

Occupational Therapy

Patient care

Team communication

Education

OT degree

Job description

Select how often (in days) to receive an alert:

• Outpatient Rehab Services
• PRN
• Day Shift
• 7a-6p as needed

Lexington Health is a comprehensive network of care that includes six community medical and urgent care centers, nearly 80 physician practices, more than 9,000 health care professionals and Lexington Medical Center, a 607-bedteachinghospital in West Columbia, South Carolina. It was selected by Modern Healthcare as one of the Best Places to Work in Healthcareand was first in the state to achieve Magnet with Distinction status for excellence in nursing care. Consistently ranked as bestin the Columbia Metroarea by U.S. News & World Report, Lexington Healthdelivers more than 4,000babies each year, performs more than 34,000surgeries annually and isthe region's third largest employer.

Lexington Health also includes an accredited Cancer Center of Excellence, the state’s first HeartCARE Center, the largest skilled nursing facility in the Carolinas, and an Alzheimer’s care center.Its postgraduate medical education programs include family medicine and transitional year residencies, as well as an informatics fellowship.

Job Summary

Performs occupational therapy professional services that are concerned with the evaluation and treatment of individuals to prevent, treat and restore function following disease, trauma, psychological or social disability. Services may include various occupational therapy tests, measurements, exercises and modalities.

Minimum Qualifications

Minimum Education: Graduate of an OT program approved by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (or other AOTA endorsed accrediting body) or other educational program which the board considers to be equivalent
Minimum Years of Experience: None.
Substitutable Education & Experience: None.
Required Certifications/Licensure: Current and active Occupational Therapist license by the State of South Carolina;

CPR Certification.
Required Training: None.

Essential Functions

• Provides direct occupational therapy patient care upon referral by a physician, or advanced practice provider.
• Demonstrates age specific competence to provide developmentally appropriate care/treatment for the following patient population.
  • Infant (Birth to 1 year)
  • Child (1 through 12 years)
  • Adolescent (13 years through 17 years)
  • Adult (18 years to 65 years)
  • Geriatric (over 65 years)
• Evaluates patients using special occupational therapy tests and measurements such as muscle testing, functional tests, range of motion, activities of daily living analysis and orthotics assessment.
• Develops occupational therapy treatment plans.
• Administers occupational therapy treatments, such as upper extremity strengthening and coordination exercises, splint fabrication, sensory integration, pre-vocational skills,and activities of daily living training.
• Documents/records appropriate patient treatment data, such as patient progress notes, evaluation reports and discharge summaries.
• Instructs patients and their families in patient occupational therapy home program.
• Represents the department and exhibits effective communication with the interdisciplinary team.
  • Consults with other professionals regarding patients' occupational therapy plan of care
  • Takes orders from physicians' offices and hospital patient care team.
  • Schedules patients as needed
  • Represents department in meetings and provides in-service classes to otherdepartments as needed.
• Assist in providing clinical supervision for students.
• Performs all other duties as assigned by authorized personnel or as required in an emergency, e.g. fire or disaster.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Demonstrates sound professional judgement and acts in accordance with the state occupational therapy practice act, hospital and departmental policies and procedures.
• Assesses treatment process and acts according to acceptable standards of occupational therapy practice and departmental policies and procedures.
• Participates in professional activities for continued self-development and growth of technical knowledge and skills.
• Meets deadlines with little supervision necessary.
• Uses effective time management to complete patient care assignments and meet departmental productivity standards.
• Uses safe techniques for protection of patients and self in performing duties.
• Demonstrates competence in safe delivery of care clinical practices.
• Maintains an optimistic and professional image and exhibits excellent customer service to patients, visitors, physicians, and co-workers.
• Demonstrates teamwork while performing duties. Shows courtesy, compassion and respect. Conforms to the Service Expectation Policy.
• Reports to work on time and meets the hospital criteria for attendance and tardiness.

We are committed to offering quality, cost-effective benefits choices for our employees and their families:

• Day ONE medical, dental and life insurance benefits
• Health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
• Employees are eligible for enrollment into the 403(b) match plan day one. LHI matches dollar for dollar up to 6%.
• Employer paid life insurance – equal to 1x salary
• Employee may elect supplemental life insurance with low cost premiums up to 3x salary
• Adoption assistance
• LHI provides its full-time employees employer paid short-term disability and long-term disability coverage after 90 days of eligible employment
• Student loan forgiveness

Equal Opportunity Employer
It is the policy of Lexington Health to provide equal opportunity of employment for all individuals, and to remain compliant with applicable state and federal laws and regulations. Lexington Health strives to provide a discrimination-free environment, and to recruit, select, on-board, and employ all employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, national origin, veteran status, or pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, including but not limited to, lactation. Lexington Health endeavors to upgrade and promote employees from within the hospital where possible and consistent with the employee’s desires and abilities and the hospital’s needs.