Occupational Therapist

Join our Occupational Therapy team today! Our mission is toimprove and enhance the health and well-being of those we serve. Weoffer a team approach to healthcare and a competitive benefits package.

Status: Full Time, 40 hours/week

Shift: Days

Shift Time Schedule: 8a-5p, Flexible hours

Days: M-F, Saturday morning 1 every 6 weeks.

We offer competitive pay and agreat benefits package that includes:

• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• Health Savings Accounts (HSA)
• Life insurance
• Aflac
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage
• Wellness program and reimbursement
• Free access to Boone County Hospital's onsitefitness room
• Generous PTO Accrual Plan
• Sick Pay
• Iowa Public Employees Retirement System (IPERS)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Onsite Cafeteria

Salary Scale: $37.60 - $49.09, based on experience.

POSITION SUMMARY:

The staff Occupational Therapist is directly responsible tothe Clinical Coordinator, and/or his or her designee, and has theresponsibility for overall direction, utilization, supervision, and instructionof professional and supportive staff, volunteers, and students in their area ofthe Rehabilitation Department.

BCH POLICYSTATEMENT:

It is the obligation of each employee of BCH to abide by andpromote BCH's mission, values, standards of conduct, standards of behavior,policies, procedures and related practices. This includes policies relating to compliance, infection control andsafety.

HIPAA SECURITYCOMPLIANCE:

Boone County Hospital is committed to following all federalguidelines related to privacy and security. All employees will be held to the highest standard of confidentialityand will be required to annually sign an employee confidentiality agreementthat outlines the rules and expectation for every BCH employee. Failure to abide by these guidelines couldlead to disciplinary action including termination.

Security Access: High Incumbenthas access to restricted or confidential patient information and must complywith the terms of the BCH privacy & security policies as it applies totheir job.

BEHAVIORALREQUIREMENTS:

Boone County Hospitalhas developed standards for behavior expectations of all employees. Please refer to the Boone County HospitalStandards of Behavior.

ESSENTIALFUNCTIONS:

Supervision

• Help to plan, lead, organize and control the occupational services department
• Monitors and directs ordering of supplies and equipment
• Oversees maintenance of all equipment and general management of department

Evaluations

• Responds to requests for services and initiates referrals when appropriate
• To be responsible for the evaluation of patients referred for Occupational Therapy through Home Care, Nursing Home, and/or In/Out-patient
• Determines patient's need for Occupational Therapy services either before or after referral
• Evaluates the patient to obtain and interpret data necessary for treatment, including documenting the evaluations and treatment process

Treatment

• Refer to and supervise the work of the COTA according to the good practice standards of the profession
• Work with patient, medical staff, family or any others to prepare and carry out the treatment plan
• Administer standardized and non-standardized assessments in the following areas-
• Independent living/daily living skills and performance
• Sensorimotor skills and performance
• Cognitive skills and performance
• Psychosocial adaptations
• Therapeutic Adaptations
• Orthotics
• Prosthetics
• Assertive/Adaptive equipment
• Develop long and short term goals to develop, improve, and/or restore the performance of necessary functions; compensate for dysfunction; and/or minimize debilitation
• Formulate, in collaboration with client, family, significant others, and staff, in discharge and follow-up plans
• To maintain a patient treatment schedule consistent with the needs of the department/facility
• To confer with the person(s) most closely associated with active management of the patient and to keep them informed of any additional patient needs, treatment modification, and/or process
• To treat patients of all ages (e.g. infants, children, adolescents, adults, geriatrics, elderly), race, creed, gender, and disability without bias or prejudice
• To respect and understand the patient's right to treatment and right to involvement in treatment decisions
• To practice ethical responsibility based on the cultural, ethnic, and religious beliefs of the patients serves and applicable law

Records and Reports

To be responsible for thepreparation and submitting of department/facility reports, assuringconfidentiality of all records, including:

• Evaluation reports/summaries
• Discharge reports/summaries
• Progress reports to referring physicians andagencies
• Current progress notes on all patients
• Special reports requested by the Administrationand/or his designee
• Daily attendance records and summaries of same

Professional Status and Public Relations

• Participate in in-service programs to promote awareness and understanding of occupational therapy

Meetings and Conferences

• To attend Department Manager Meetings as required
• To attend regular department/facility meetings to:
• Report and discuss activities and needs ofdepartment
• Discuss patient's needs and progress
• Discuss reports and records
• Discuss expansion in terms of the future goalsand needs
• To see that all department routines andprocedures are carried out as outlined

Professional Status and Public Relations

• To keep abreast of new techniques and trends inthe field of Rehab Services
• To attend conventions, meetings, or specialcourses whenever possible, and to share with department/facility personnelinformation gained thereby
• To prepare and give talks to community groups asrequested
• To maintain good public relations with allcommunity records

Policies and Procedures

• To keep current and adhere to policies andprocedures as enumerated in the Policy and Procedures Manual of the department
• To actively participate and adhere in allpolicies and procedures as enumerated in the risk management program

MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE,SKILLS AND ABILITIES REQUIRED:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be ableto perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed beloware representative of the knowledge, skill, and or ability required. Reasonableaccommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to performthe essential functions.

• Qualifications
• Graduate of an approved school of Occupational Therapy with a preferred minimum of two (2) years department/facility experience
• Must have, or be eligible for the State Licensure
• Work experience
• Must be a graduate of American Occupational Therapy Association approved school; current state licensure is required
• None required, but 1-2 years preferred
• Education/Certifications/Licenses
• Occupational Therapy license in Iowa
• Must maintain state of Iowa continuing education requirements
• Must have verification card of current instruction in CPR
• Valid Iowa Drivers License

• Performance Requirements
• Adaptability to performing a variety of duties often changing from one task to another of a different nature of patients for treatment and other related activities
• Desire to work with people
• Ability to know or be taught proper mechanics
• Communication Skills
• Ability to deal with people beyond giving and receiving instructions
• Able to work with patients in a tactful and considerate manner to secure cooperation
• Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers, patients, accurately loudly or quickly
• Perceiving the nature of sounds at a normal range with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication and to make fine discrimination in sound

EQUIPMENT/TOOLS:

• Operate office equipment such as computers, printers, copy machine, calculator, facsimile, and scanners
• Ability to understand oral and written instructions regarding set-up, operations of equipment, preparations of patients for treatment and other related activities
• Must be able to apply the theory of Occupational Therapy; have the ability and competency to operate the equipment of his or her position and profession

WORKINGCONDITIONS:

The work environment characteristics described here arerepresentative of those an employee encounters while performing the essentialfunctions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enableindividuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Good physical stamina in this department/facility; fairlystrong, energetic, much walking, standing, writing, stooping, carrying,talking, seeing, bending, handling, color vision, speed; healthy back isnecessary; able to be on feet most of the day.

The physical demands described here representative of thosethat must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functionsof this job.

Hours may vary depending on departmental staffing needs.

Conducts self with professional dignity, pleasant, tactful.Maintains optimum physical and emotional health; understands the importance ofgood human relations; able to motivate others; broad interest; possess strengthof all extremities and back; initiative and good judgment; flexibility;enthusiasm; thoroughness.

Providing and assisting other therapists, COTA and supportpersonnel in hospital, private home, or rehab setting to provide rehabilitationtherapy to patients. The worker occasionally will be required to assist withbiohazardous material and will be required to educated in its handling.

Thoughtful of others, gentle, courteous, patient, neat,well-groomed, healthy, friendly, average intelligence, good memory, tactful.Should have ability to organize his or her time in order to treat the maximumnumber of patients in the allotted working day.

Works inside under normal temperature conditions withadequate light, in a well-ventilated, clean area; some areas are limited inspace, usually works around others; sometimes moderate noise.

No unusual hazard risks. May be exposed to muscular strainin supporting, lifting, and assisting patients.

Individual is considered at risk for experience to bloodbornepathogens, infections and infectious wastes, and minimal hazards; re: chemicalsused for cleaning/sanitizing/disinfecting.

Vision must be correctable to view computer screens and readprinted information. Specific visionabilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, colorvision, peripheral vision and ability to adjust focus.

Hearing must be in the normal range for telephone contactsand other conversations.

The above is intended to describe the general content of andrequirements for this job. It is notintended to be a complete statement of duties, responsibilities orrequirements.