Occupational Therapist Outpatient - Omaha (Days, Mon-Fri, 35 hrs))

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible for planning and administering occupational therapy treatment programs for patients to restore function, relieve pain, and prevent disability.
• Responsible for delivering and/or delegating quality patient care from admission through discharge, including patient and family education/training.
• Responsible for designing and constructing special equipment, orthotics or casts for patients, and suggesting adaptations of patient's living-work environment.
• Responsible for maintaining accurate and timely documentation, including monitoring of visit utilization and insurance authorization.
• Select, administer and interpret appropriate evaluation procedures for patients.
• Compile, record and analyze evaluation information in order to assist in establishing a treatment program.
• Identify problems, formulate functional treatment goals and coordinate individual patient treatment programs.
• Record pertinent patient information in order to document changes and comply with legal and ethical standards, including daily charting, team summary, plan of care, insurance justifications, initial and discharge summaries and patient exercise programs.
• Record daily treatment charges and equipment/supply billing in order to ensure fair and accurate financial records.
• Analyze and revise treatment programs to ensure continuing appropriate intervention.
• Modify therapeutic interventions to accommodate the age of the patient population.
• Provide or delegate occupational therapy treatment to patients, including but not limited to activities of daily living, functional activities, therapeutic exercise, fine and gross motor coordination, home assessments, visual/perceptual and sensory activities, equipment adaptations/modifications, and appropriate utilization of group therapies in order to facilitate patient recovery.
• Instruct patients and families/caregivers in functional activities and exercise programs in order to facilitate follow up on discharge.
• Assist patients and families with recommendations, ordering, fitting and modification of needed equipment.
• Provide education regarding the patient's condition and/or disease process so that patients and families will have a basic understanding.
• Participate, confer and negotiate at team meetings to develop an appropriate team plan for each patient.
• Supervise occupational therapy assistants, therapy aides, students and volunteers.
  EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:
• Bachelors, Masterâ??s Degree, Doctorate in occupational therapy, or be eligible for certification.
• Must possess current Nebraska licensure or temporary Nebraska license pending successful completion of licensing examination.
• Must possess current Nebraska licensure for physical agent modalities (to include superficial thermal agents, deep thermal agents and electrotherapeutic agents) or obtain within 6 months from date of hire.
• CPR for Health Care Provider/CPR for Professional Rescuer required at time of hire or within 30 days from date of hire.
• May be required to drive a motor vehicle.  If required to drive, must have current valid driverâ??s license, must submit a copy of current diverâ??s abstract reflecting a good driving record, and have the required mobility needed to drive.
  
  Madonna provides a professional work environment free from discrimination and harassment, including sexual harassment.  Discrimination or harassment on the basis of a current or potential employee's race, creed, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, age, disability, national origin, pregnancy, receipt of public assistance, marital status, Vietnam era veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected class specified under applicable local, state, or federal law is expressly prohibited.