What are the responsibilities and job description for the Occupational Therapist / Physical Therapist / HandTherapist position at Certified Hand Rehab Center Inc?
Job Summary:
- Assesses, plans, organizes, and administers rehabilitative programs that improve mobility, relieve pain, increase strength, and improve or correct disabling conditions resulting from disease or injury.
General Accountabilities:
- Performs and documents an initial exam, evaluating findings to identify problems and determine a treatment plan prior to intervention.
- Plans, prepares, or carries out individually designed programs of physical treatment to maintain, improve, or restore physical functioning, alleviate pain, or prevent physical dysfunction in patients.
- Records prognosis, treatment, response, and progress in patient's chart or enters information into computer.
- Identifies and documents goals, anticipated progress, and plans for reevaluation.
- Administers manual exercises, massage, or traction to help relieve pain, increase patient strength, or decrease or prevent deformity or crippling.
- Evaluates effects of treatment at various stages and adjust treatments to achieve maximum benefit.
- Tests and measures patient's strength, motor development and function, sensory perception, functional capacity, or respiratory or circulatory efficiency and record data.
- Instructs patient and family in treatment procedures to be continued at home.
- Confers with the patient, medical practitioners, or other appropriate parties to plan, implement, or assess the intervention program.
- Reviews physician's referral and patient's medical records to help determine diagnosis and occupational therapy treatment required.
- Complies with professional, ethical, and legal standards.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- LICENSED OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST
- 1-3 YEARS OUTPATIENT ORTHOPEDIC OR HAND THERAPY EXPERIENCE PREFERRED
- CUSTOM ORTHOSIS/SPLINT FABRICATION EXPERIENCE
- KNOWLEDGE OF POST-OPERATIVE REHAB PROTOCALS
- EXPERIENCE TREATING: TENDON REPAIRS, FRACTURES, NERVE INJURIES, RSI, CRUSH INJURIES, AND POST-SURGICAL UPPER EXTREMITY CONDITIONS
- EFFECTIVE TIME MANAGEMENT SKILLS
- EXCELLENT KNOWLEDGE OF ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY
- PASSION FOR GROWTH AND EXCELLENCE
For more than 27 years Certified Hand Rehabilitation Center has provided specialized rehabilitation services with a detail oriented and patient centered approach. We offer post surgical recovery care, injury prevention strategies, and personalized treatment plans tailored to each individual's unique needs. Our therapeutic modalities are designed to promote healing, restore function, reduce pain, and enhance overall quality of life. We are dedicated to helping every patient achieve optimal recovery and long term wellness.
Salary : $87,000 - $123,000