Occupational Therapist

Atrium Health NavicentRome, GA, US

30+ days ago

Job type

Full-time

Job description

Job Description

Atrium Health Navicent is seeking a Occupational Therapist for a job in Rome, Georgia.

Job Description & Requirements

Specialty : Occupational Therapist
Discipline : Therapy
Start Date : ASAP
Duration : Ongoing
Employment Type : Staff

Department :

37650 Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center - Inpatient Rehabilitation

Status : Full time

Benefits Eligible : Yes

Hou rs Per Week : 40

Schedule Details / Additional Information :

Monday - Friday normal business hours, occasional weekend and holiday requirements.

Pay Range

$37.50 - $56.25

EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE : B.S. or M.S. degree from accredited occupational therapy school. Previous hospital experience preferred.

LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION, and / or REGISTRATION : Current licensure in the state of applicable state. CPR certification in Basic Life Support, Level C.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS :

Adheres to the general hospital standards to promote a cooperative work environment by utilizing communication skills, interpersonal relationships and team building. Following hospital policies and procedures. Following departmental policies and procedures. Contributing to the overall quality of services. Assuming responsibility for keeping informed about changes in policies and procedures.

Provides patient care assessment and treatment. Ensures patient evaluations and treatments are comprehensive, functional, and according to the standard of practice. Provides sound professional judgment in interpreting the evaluation results and establishing an acceptable treatment plan with realistic goals. Encourages patients and significant others in setting goals. Recognizes and responds to changes in the patient's physiologic state. Recommends next level of care. Ensures quality patient outcomes. Supervises support staff assisting with patient care by providing direction and feedback.

Maintains accurate documentation. Completes written patent evaluations, progress notes, and discharge notes per policy. Ensures accurate and timely documentation of patient / family education, charges and departmental statistics, and ICD-10 codes as appropriate. Maintains patient records in a systematic order and documentation is legible. Ensures that documentation is legible.

Meets department financial and productivity standards. Understands the budgeted expectation. Maintains productivity standards. Adjusts individual schedules to meet the needs of the patient and department.

Participates in process management to optimize quality and efficiency of services. Identifies quality and operational opportunities. Participates in process management and communicates progress and barriers to supervisor. Researches and suggests evidence based best practices to improve quality of patient care.

Promotes professional development and education of other health care workers and provides representation on committees. Conducts in-service training programs to provide state-of-the-art information to health care workers and enhances safety. Changes / developments in the profession locally, at the state level, and nationally are understood. Shares clinical expertise with other therapists, student affiliates, and other health care professionals.

Communicates effectively. Communicates in a professional and timely manner with patients, physicians, staff, and all external customers. Responds to questions by staff. Promotes an open atmosphere of communication. Shares information learned from seminars. Informs supervisor of issues and resolutions to potential problems. Communicates information with patient and family and ensures understanding.

Provides appropriate patient care in accordance with age / developmental guidelines. Demonstrates age / developmentally specific knowledge, skills, and abilities for the patients served. Utilizes knowledge of age / developmentally specific data when assessing patients. Interprets age / developmentally specific response to treatment / activity accurately. Maintains competence related to age / developmentally specific patient care by regularly updating knowledge of growth and development and the aging process.

SKILLS / QUALIFICATIONS :

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Able to communicate on a professional level with physicians, nurses, and other health care providers and provide quality care for patients.

Able to communicate with patients of all age groups and significant others appropriate to the level of comprehension.

Has knowledge, clinical skills, and understanding of the patient throughout the entire span of life.

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\n WORK ENVIRONMENT :

Subject to stress conditions.

Moderate noise environment.

Clean, well-lit comfortable climate; however occasional conditions with high moisture content.

Frequent exposure to bloodborne pathogens and airborne pathogens, may be exposed to infectious and contagious diseases.

Contact with patients under a wide variety of circumstances.

May make home visits.

Exposure to unpleasant patient elements, body fluids.

Subject to electro-mechanical hazards.

Exposure to chemicals used in cleaning.

Occasionally handles emergency or crises situations.

Required personal protective equipment eye protection, face protections, gown, mask, lab coat and sterile and non-sterile gloves, shoe covers.

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PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS :

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Our Commitment to You :

Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards : benefits and well-being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development and so much more – so you can live fully at and away from work, including :

Compensation

Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and / or training

Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job

Incentive pay for select positions

Opportunity for annual increases based on performance

Benefits and more

Paid Time Off programs

Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability

Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses

Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave

Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs

Educational Assistance Program

About Advocate Health

Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations, and offers one of the nation’s largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.

Provides comprehensive therapeutic patient care to ensure positive patient outcomes. Educates the patient, significant others, and other health care providers to assure continuity of the patient care plan. Interacts with other departments and members of the medical team in developing and implementing interdisciplinary patient care plans to ensure comprehensive medical care. Supervises occupational therapy and occupational therapy assistant students to develop their clinical skills and ensure the delivery of quality patient care.

Atrium Health Navicent Job ID #R185960. Posted job title : Occupational Therapist- Full Time Acute Care Rehab

About Atrium Health Navicent

Headquartered in Charlotte, NC, Atrium Health is now part of Advocate Health , the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, which was created from the combination with Advocate Aurora Health. In the Southeast Region, Atrium Health provides care under the Atrium Health name in Charlotte, NC, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist name in the Winston-Salem, NC, region, as well as Atrium Health Navicent and Atrium Health Floyd in Georgia and Alabama. Together, we are committed to providing equitable care for all. Annually, Advocate Health provides nearly $5 billion in community benefits.

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is a pre-eminent academic health system based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is part of Advocate Health, which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, and is the fifth-largest nonprofit health system in the United States, created from the combination of Atrium Health and Advocate Aurora Health. Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist's two main components are an integrated clinical system - anchored by Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, an 885-bed tertiary-care hospital in Winston-Salem - that includes Brenner Children's Hospital, five community hospitals, more than 300 primary and specialty care locations and more than 2,700 physicians; and Wake Forest School of Medicine, the academic core of Atrium Health Enterprise and a recognized leader in experiential medical education and groundbreaking research that includes Wake Forest Innovations, a commercialization enterprise focused on advancing health care through new medical technologies and biomedical discovery.

Atrium Health Navicent

Atrium Health Navicent is the leading provider of healthcare in central and south Georgia and is committed to its mission of elevating health and well-being through compassionate care. Atrium Health Navicent is part of Advocate Health, which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, and is the third-largest nonprofit health system in the United States, created from the combination of Atrium Health and Advocate Aurora Health. Atrium Health Navicent provides high-quality, personalized care in 53 specialties at more than 50 facilities throughout the region. As part of the largest, integrated, nonprofit health system in the Southeast, it is also able to tap into some of the nation's leading medical experts and specialists with Atrium Health, allowing it to provide the best care close to home - including advanced innovations in virtual medicine and care. Throughout its 125-year history in the community, Atrium Health Navicent has remained dedicated to enhancing health and wellness for individuals throughout the region through nationally recognized quality care, community health initiatives and collaborative partnerships. It is also one of the leading teaching hospitals in the region, helping to ensure viability for rural health care for the next generation.

Atrium Health Floyd

Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center is a 304-bed, full-service hospital located in Rome, Georgia. Serving as the main campus for Atrium Health Floyd, this hospital provides a certified Chest Pain Center, a designated Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence and a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence. Atrium Health Floyd also is home to a state-designated Level II Trauma Center and a Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, and has specialty centers for pediatrics, and wound care and hyperbaric therapy.

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Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Life insurance

401k retirement plan

Health savings account

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Occupational Therapist • Rome, GA, US