What are the responsibilities and job description for the Occupational Therapist position at McKenzie Health?
Job Details
Description
Occupational Therapist
Here at McKenzie Health our patients and their families are our number one priority. We take pride in providing a prominent level of care to the community and surrounding areas. This position needs someone with a pleasing personality and customer service attitude. If you are someone who loves interacting with people, putting them at ease and helping others, this position may be for you.
What we have to offer:
- Lifestyle: Opportunity to live in a caring and welcoming community.
- Activities: Only hours away from Mount Rushmore and the Canadian border
- Educational Opportunities: We offer tuition assistance and reimbursement. We encourage our employees to grow and will help you to flourish within our hospital.
- Culture: McKenzie Health is growing by the day. We offer different specialties, OB, Pediatrics, Assisted Living and Long-Term Care and value the AIDET program.
What you will do:
Leads, guides and directs the delivery of occupational therapy services in the facility in accordance with local, state and federal regulations, standards and established facility policies and procedures to provide appropriate care and services to patients/residents.
Responsibilities:
- Evaluates/Reevaluates/Discharge of patients
- Plans, develops, organizes, implements, evaluates and directs the delivery of occupational therapy services as well as its programs and activities, in accordance with current state and federal laws and regulations, and respective practice act in the state.
- Verifies client information by interviewing client, reviewing and recording medical history, confirming purpose of treatment.
- Maintains patient occupational therapy records by recording client’s progress for use by the occupational therapist.
- Generates revenue by recording billing information of services rendered.
- Maintains safe, secure, and healthy work environment by establishing, following, and enforcing standards and procedures and complying with legal regulations.
- Serves and protects occupational therapy practice by adhering to professional standards, policies and procedures, federal, state, and local requirements, and Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) standards.
- Enhances occupational therapy practice reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests and exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.
- Adapt to the variety of settings and situations that occur in a rural healthcare setting
Qualifications
What you will need:
- Master’s degree in occupational therapy
- Pass the NBCOT (National Board Exam)
- Occupational Therapy Licensure for the state of North Dakota
