Outpatient Occupational Therapist
Lexington Medical Center
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Lexington • South Carolina • United States
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Salary
💰 $10,000 per year
About the role
- Performs occupational therapy professional services that are concerned with the evaluation and treatment of individuals to prevent, treat and restore function following disease, trauma, psychological or social disability.
- Provides direct occupational therapy patient care upon referral by a physician, or advanced practice provider.
- Evaluates patients using special occupational therapy tests and measurements such as muscle testing, functional tests, range of motion, activities of daily living analysis and orthotics assessment.
- Develops occupational therapy treatment plans.
- Administers occupational therapy treatments, such as upper extremity strengthening and coordination exercises, splint fabrication, sensory integration, pre-vocational skills and activities of daily living training.
- Documents/records appropriate patient treatment data, such as patient progress notes, evaluation reports and discharge summaries.
- Instructs patients and their families in patient occupational therapy home program.
- Represents the department and exhibits effective communication with the interdisciplinary team.
- Consults with other professionals regarding patients' occupational therapy plan of care.
- Takes orders from physicians' offices and hospital patient care team.
- Schedules patients as needed.
- Represents department in meetings and provides in-service classes to other departments as needed.
- Assist in providing clinical supervision for students.
Requirements
- Graduate of an OT program approved by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (or other AOTA endorsed accrediting body) or other educational program which the board considers to be equivalent
- Current and active Occupational Therapist license by the State of South Carolina; CPR Certification.
- Demonstrates age specific competence to provide developmentally appropriate care/treatment for the following patient population: Infant (Birth to 1 year), Child (1 through 12 years), Adolescent (13 years through 17 years), Adult (18 years to 65 years), Geriatric (over 65 years)
Benefits
- Day ONE medical, dental and life insurance benefits
- Health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
- Employees are eligible for enrollment into the 403(b) match plan day one. LHI matches dollar for dollar up to 6%.
- Employer paid life insurance – equal to 1x salary
- Employee may elect supplemental life insurance with low cost premiums up to 3x salary
- Adoption assistance
- LHI provides its full-time employees employer paid short-term disability and long-term disability coverage after 90 days of eligible employment
- Tuition reimbursement
- Student loan forgiveness
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
occupational therapypatient evaluationtreatment planningmuscle testingfunctional testsrange of motion assessmentactivities of daily living analysissplint fabricationsensory integrationpre-vocational skills training
Soft Skills
effective communicationinterdisciplinary collaborationpatient instructionclinical supervision
Certifications
Occupational Therapist licenseCPR Certification