Senior Occupational Therapist - Saint Vincent's House

Galveston, Texas, United States

New

Patient Care

UTMB Health

Requisition # 2402319

Minimum Qualifications:

Master’s degree or equivalent in Occupational Therapy from an accredited program. Licensed or eligible for license in the State of Texas. 5 years related experience.

Job Summary:

Directs the evaluation, development, coordination, and implementation of occupational therapy intervention provided to patients. Serves as a patient advocate assuring the delivery of occupational therapy meets legal, ethical, and institutional standards while adhering to the philosophy, objective, policies, and procedures of the department and the organization.

Job Duties :

• Provides evaluation, treatment, and discharge planning to patients relative to age, culture, and condition in the assigned clinical area.

• Documents patient evaluation, treatment progress, and billing, appropriately in the medical record. Documentation must meet peer review requirements.

• Communicates pertinent patient information with the patient, family members, physicians, team members, and other disciplines.

• Participates in rounds, clinics, and case conferences as assigned.

• Meets required competencies for assigned area.

• Delegates duties and monitors service delivery appropriately to COTA, Rehabilitation Aide.

• Supervises students as requested.

• Participates in training and supervision of entry-level therapists and mentoring occupationaltherapists.

• Participates in and provides in-service/continuing education/research, and teaching opportunities at department, state, or national levels.

• Participates and assists with implementation and data gathering for quality assurance activities and attends seminars, and webinars as assigned or indicated to support evidence-based practice.

• Participates in roles related to Community programs either with the hospital or organization based.

• Adheres to internal controls and reporting structure.

• Performs related duties as required

Working Environment/Equipment:

Standard hospital, clinical, environments. May be exposed to such occupational hazards such as

communicable diseases, harmful chemicals, and/or disoriented or combative patients Alertness and

careful attention to detail is required to avoid injury. Must be able to deal with stressful and/or complex

situations Travel to other out-patient clinics and to attend CEU activities may occur Lifting is required.

Skilled in the use of materials, equipment, processes, procedures, and techniques currently used in

Occupational Therapy Standard office equipment.

Salary Range:

Actual salary commensurate with experience.

Equal Employment Opportunity

UTMB Health strives to provide equal opportunity employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by institutional policy or by federal, state or local laws unless such distinction is required by law. As a VEVRAA Federal Contractor, UTMB Health takes affirmative action to hire and advance women, minorities, protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

Compensation