OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST - Sign-On Incentive Available Job at Forrest General Hospital, Hattiesburg, MS

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  • Forrest General Hospital
  • Hattiesburg, MS

Job Description

Job Summary:

 

The Occupational Therapist (OT) is responsible for the implementation of the physician's order for Occupational Therapy services. The Occupational Therapist should provide all necessary aspects of Occupational Therapy within an interdisciplinary environment in order to facilitate the return of the patient to as independent and as safe of a lifestyle as possible. The Occupational Therapist must utilize growth and development knowledge based on the care of children (pediatric), adolescents, adults, and adult geriatric patients. The OT demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served and also demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development. The OT possesses the ability to assess data reflective of the patient's status and interprets the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his/her age-specific needs, and to provide the care needed.

 

Performance Expectations:

  • Able to perform patient evaluations with the use of appropriate functional tests/measures and demonstrate the ability to assimilate objective measures along with social factors, medical stability, activity restrictions, participation limitations or other relative comorbidities to determine functional deficits and construct short-term goals, long-term goals and patient/family goals with an appropriate frequency and duration to establish the therapy diagnosis and appropriate plan of care
  • Demonstrates the ability to tolerate the physically demanding tasks of moving equipment and patients, utilizing safety measures for self and patients per the physical and environmental demands specified below
  • Demonstrates proper, secure documentation in the Electronic Medical Record
  • Demonstrates the ability to use critical thinking with patient evaluation and treatment planning
  • Demonstrates understanding of moist heat, paraffin, and other physical agent modalities commonly used as they apply to each area of practice
  • Demonstrates an understanding of the cardiopulmonary, musculoskeletal, nervous, and integumentary systems, utilizing age-specific patient care indicators as it relates to each structure and system in the provision of care
  • Appropriately identifies the learning needs of patients or family members
  • Works as a team member to assist patient/family at all points of entry into the acute therapy care system and along the continuum of care as appropriate
  • This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive; the employee will also perform other job duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

 

Education/Skills

The incumbent shall, at a minimum, be a graduate of a four-year bachelor’s degree or approved

Master’s Degree Occupational Therapy Program. Acute Care Therapists and Therapy Assistants will

Have 2 hours of stroke education annually.

 

Work Experience:

May be a recent graduate.

 

Certification/Licensure-DUE UPON HIRE

  • Permanent or temporary license as an Occupational Therapist from the Mississippi State Department of Health.

 

Additional Certification/Licensure - Obtained based on required timeframe below

 

  • Basic Life Support   Within 30 Days of Employment  Required

 

Mental Demands:

Must interpret and follow physician's orders, cooperate with co-workers and leadership, be

Responsive to patient needs and requests, and demonstrates initiative towards completion of

Treatment goals.

 

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Job Tags

Permanent employment, Temporary work, Work experience placement,

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