What are the responsibilities and job description for the Hand Therapist position at M Health Fairview?
Overview
We are seeking a hand therapist to join our team at M Health Fairview Clinic Burnsville and Southdale Place in Edina!
The therapist is responsible for providing safe and effective delivery of patient care including examination, evaluation, diagnosis, planning, intervention and establishing outcomes.
- 0.6 FTE position, authorized for 48 hours per pay period.
- Schedule: Monday and Friday in Burnsville and Tuesday or Wednesday in Edina.
Full benefits such as medical, HSA, dental insurance, vision insurance, 403b, PTO, Shift Differentials, health & wellbeing resources, paid for continuing education credits, and more!
M Health Fairview Rehabilitation offers a broad range of services that serve patients across 10 acute-care hospitals, 3 post-acute settings and 70 outpatient adult and pediatric therapy clinics. Consisting of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapy as well as Audiology and Cardiac & Pulmonary Rehab, our therapists collaborate with colleagues in all medical settings and offer dozens of specialty programs.
As an academic health system with residency and fellowship programs and a rehab-focused clinical quality team, we have a collaborative culture that is centered on learning with an emphasis on evidence based, patient-centered care. Rehab’s continuing education program offers 40 continuing education courses per year at no cost to employees and further supports numerous external CE courses each year.
As a member of the M Health Fairview rehab team, you would have opportunities for formal mentorship, clinical specialization and further recognition and compensation through our clinical specialist program. As an industry leader in rehabilitative care with nationally recognized programs, our therapists play a critical role in helping patients reach their goals and live more fulfilling lives.
Responsibilities/Job Description
The hand therapist partners with patients and their families while performing evaluation and re-evaluation
Evaluates and reassesses patient condition.
Gathers pertinent data.
Performs appropriate examination.
Determines occupational therapy diagnosis.
Determines plan of care.
Analyzes data to identify needs and potential risks.
Determines prognosis for recovery.
Establishes goals with patient or caregiver.
Implements and modifies plan of care based on reassessment and patient response.
Coordinates care and communicates optimally with interdisciplinary team to achieve desire outcomes.
Establishes appropriate discharge plan.
Provides appropriate and effective interventions.
Educates patient and family on appropriate care.
Complies with standards of productivity and time management.
Provides accurate documentation of interventions provided and patient response.
Supervises and directs appropriate members of rehab team.
Delegate tasks appropriately to assistants/clerks/aides/transporters/extenders.
Participates in department/facility process/quality improvement initiatives.
Responsible for personal and professional development to ensure current knowledge required for position.
Actively mentors or otherwise assists in the professional development of Hand Therapists
Mentors Fairview Hand Therapists
Provides periodic continuing education sessions to staff.
Periodically supervises Level II Fieldwork students
Qualifications
Required
Certified Hand Therapist (CHT) Credential from the Hand Therapy Certification Commission
MN License including certification to practice of physical modalities NBCOT
Active Minnesota Basic Life Support Certification
Preferred
Master’s or Doctoral Degree in Occupational Therapy
1 year of Hand Therapy experience
