Occupational Therapist - Outpatient, full-time 40 hrs/wk, Monday - Friday

Job Title:   Occupational Therapist - Outpatient Rehab Day Program         
Job Location:   Lincoln
Immediate Supervisor: Occupational Therapy Clinical Supervisor                


JOB OVERVIEW

Responsible for planning and administering occupational therapy treatment programs for patients to restore function, relieve pain, and prevent disability.  Deliver quality patient care from admission through discharge including patient and family education/training as well as outcomes assessment. Maintain accurate and timely documentation including monitoring visit utilization and insurance authorization. Responsible for designing and constructing special equipment, orthotics or casts for patients, and suggesting adaptations of patient's living-workenvironment.  


ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• 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 insure fair and accurate financial records.
• Analyze and revise treatment programs to insure continuing appropriate intervention.
• Modify therapeutic interventions to accommodate the age of the patient population.
• Accurately completes outcomes tools.
• Compile, record and analyze information through chart audits in order to ensure quality documentation.
• Assist in obtaining customer satisfaction data.
• 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.
• 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, outpatient therapy aides, students and volunteers.
• Communicate effectively with patients, families, staff, outside contacts/sources.
  
  PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
  
  Medium work with frequent lifting.  Moderate assist transfers for a patient of 250 pounds who is able to use his/her upper extremities for support routinely requires pulling/lifting force of approximately 50 pounds to be generated in order to complete a safe transfer. Requires sufficient strength to produce 50 pounds of force to push a wheelchair with a 300-pound individual on level surfaces. Constant walking with maximum duration of up 30 minutes sustained walking on tile, carpet and other surfaces.
  
  
  QUALIFICATIONS
• Bachelors, Masters 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 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.