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Occupational Therapy Assistant - Registry
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Full Time | Business Services
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Insight is Hiring an Occupational Therapy Assistant - Registry Near Chicago, IL
WE ARE INSIGHT:
At Insight Hospital and Medical Center- Chicago, we believe there is a better way to provide quality healthcare while achieving health equity. Our Chicago location looks forward to working closely with our neighbors and residents, to build a full-service community hospital in the Bronzeville area of Chicago; creating a comprehensive plan to increase services and meet community needs. With a growing team that is dedicated to delivering world-class service to everyone we meet, it is our mission to deliver the most compassionate, loving, expert, and impactful care in the world to our patients. Be a part of the Insight Chicago team that provides PATIENT CARE SECOND TO NONE! If you would like to be a part of our future team, please apply now!
GENERAL SUMMARY:
Under the administrative and clinical direction of the Director of Rehabilitation Services and the supervision of Supervisor of Occupational Therapy, the Occupational Therapist is responsible for assigned administrative functions in a clinical capacity, participates in the educational activities of the department, and provides for personal and professional growth and development. The Occupational Therapy Assistant reflects the Occupational Therapy Code of Ethics as set forth by the Representative Assemble of the American Occupational Therapy Association. The Occupational Therapist practices within the boundaries outline in the State of Illinois Occupational Therapy Practice Act.
These duties are to be performed in a highly confidential manner, in accordance with the mission, values and behaviors of Mercy Hospital and Medical Center. Employees are further expected to provide a high quality of care, service, and kindness toward all patients, staff, physicians, volunteers and guests.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- Contributes to the evaluation process by providing verbal and written reports of observation and patient capabilities to the occupational therapist (OT).
- Collaborates with the OT to develop treatment goals.
- Acknowledges evaluations results and patient goals as related to intervention planning.
- Provides input into intervention plan.
- Selects implements and makes modifications to therapeutic activities and intervention that area consistent with competency levels and patient goal in their social and cultural context.
- Discusses the need to modify, continue or discontinue services by exchanging information with the OT about patient responses and communication during interventions.
- Acknowledges patient plan of care and target outcomes providing information to OT on outcome achievement
Participates in Staff Development and Competency:
- Attends and participates in department and organizational meetings assigned.
- Participate in departmental in-services and educational venues
- Demonstrate core competencies related to patient care and education on an annual bases.
Participates in Safety and Environment of Care Tasks:
- Adheres to all departmental and organizational safety standards, attends mandatory in-services and reports unsafe conditions (environment, equipment, etc.)
- Participates in Quality Control indicators in assigned areas
- Participates in assigned unit safety in-services and assists in coordinating department safety in-services.
- Ability to maintain patient safety
Contributes to Fiscal Compliance:
- Contributes and assist in inventory of department supplies and equipment
- Maintains departmental/organizational productivity standards
Functions in a clinical capacity:
- Responds to Referral/Request for Service:
- Follows department standards for turn around time of appropriate response to request for Occupational Therapy service.
- Oversees the response of assigned OTA students, aides/techs as required
- Functions (and ensures assigned other function) within the Occupational Therapy Scope of Practice, Code of Ethics and compliant with AOTA (American Occupational Therapy Association) Practice Standards and Illinois licensure.
Clinical Documentation:
- Maintains all clinical records and documentation in accordance with clinical and departmental, organizational and regulatory protocols and monitors compliance of assigned personnel.
- Follows departmental and organizational protocols for use of information technology (i.e. computers).
- Reviews, approves and co-signs OTA student,
- Assists with chart reviews and conducts chart reviews as needed.
Communication:
- Attends and actively participates in patient staffing, interdisciplinary conferences and team meetings.
- Participate in staff mentorship
- Adheres to organizational and departmental standards of confidentiality.
Functions in an educational capacity:
- Acts as clinical education supervisor for occupational therapy assistant (Level I/II) students.
- Reviews and prepares education materials and provides student in-services.
- Implements educational objectives
- Assigns and monitors student caseloads in conjunction with OT.
- On an ongoing basis, assesses students’ competency and ensures that student(s) provide a high level of patient care.
- Completes all required fieldwork documentation ( i.e. the FEW) and adheres to AOTA guidelines for student supervision
- Reports on student status, to school and departmental fieldwork coordinator.
Provides for professional growth and development:
- Remains abreast of clinical developments in the field of Occupational Therapy
- Completes all competency requirements of the position.
- Participates in a minimum of 24 hours of continuing education (i.e. workshops, in-services, seminars, structured reading, self-study course, mentorship, etc.)
- Participates (at least monthly) in department leadership activities.
- Presents a minimum of (1) clinically focused in service topics per year
- Represents the department on interdisciplinary (clinically focused) cross functional groups.
- Maintains CPR certification.
- Participates in recruitment and retention activities for the department
- Assist in marketing activities as assigned.
- Participate in professional activities as appropriate.
- Performs all other duties as assigned
Qualifications:
- Graduate of an ACOTE accredited Occupational Therapy Assistant Program with entry-level Associate Degree and Active Illinois licensure or eligibility required.
- Must have successfully completed the certification examination for occupational therapy assistant and initial registration with the National Board of Certification in Occupational Therapy (NBCOT) required.
- Must hold current valid license for occupational therapy practice in the State of Illinois required.
- Must be able to demonstrate evidence of regular continuing education that supports current clinical and student educational practice required.
- Possess thorough knowledge of clinical and theoretical aspects of occupational therapy application in the area(s) assigned and ability to share knowledge and skills through formal and informal adult educational experiences required.
- Possess an interest and willingness to master a specialized body of knowledge applicable to occupational therapy required
- Possess general knowledge and demonstrated clinical competence in the use of occupational therapy treatment theories, and modalities required
- Possess the ability to develop patient treatment plans and facilitates therapeutic relationships with patients and families required.
- Acts as an exemplary role model of Insight Chicago behaviors and mission.
- Possess basic knowledge and experience with the use of technology (i.e. computers) in treatment, documentation, or willingness and ability to learn required.
- Ability to effectively and appropriately communicate with inter and intra departmental personnel and with patients and families.
- Ability to foster and facilitate cooperative team relationships, staff problem solving, and conflict resolution required.
- Ability to foster a therapeutic environment and to develop and implement sound treatment plans that maximizes the patient’s potential and available resources required.
- Ability to adapt to method of communication to meet the cognitive, psychosocial, and physical needs of the patient required
- Ability to adapt to change and to implement new procedures and plans quickly required
- Ability to provide weekend and evening treatment as assigned preferred.
Insight Employees are required to be vaccinated for COVID-19 as a condition of employment, subject to accommodation for medical or sincerely held religious beliefs.
Insight is an equal opportunity employer and values workplace diversity!
Job Summary
JOB TYPE
Full Time
INDUSTRY
Business Services
SALARY
$81k-97k (estimate)
POST DATE
05/15/2023
EXPIRATION DATE
05/14/2024
WEBSITE
insight.com
HEADQUARTERS
CHARLOTTE, NC
SIZE
7,500 - 15,000
FOUNDED
1988
TYPE
Public
CEO
JEFF LONGO
REVENUE
$5B - $10B
INDUSTRY
Business Services
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