Job Description
Description
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Summary: MUST BE CERTIFIED HAND THERAPIST*
The Occupational Therapist I provides evidence-based
evaluation, treatment interventions, and educational instruction to patients
and caregivers with various diagnoses, disabilities, and impairments affecting
client factors (body function and structures), behavior patterns/roles/habits,
and occupational performance. The
clinician provides student shadowing, clinical instruction, and participates in
departmental and community continuing education and outreach.
Responsibilities:
Completes occupational therapy documentation, billing, and statistics per team guidelines. Manage daily caseload with efficiency and efficacy. Meets productivity standards per team guidelines.
Administers assessment tools or instruments to assist in establishing a plan of care and subsequent modifications and manages resources to accomplish patient goals; Communicates relevant information to promote continuity of care.
Mentors assistive personnel and delegates responsibilities as per licensing board guidelines.
Provides clinical precepting and teaching for students and/or staff under the guidance of the clinical specialist or other subject matter experts; Provides regular feedback, coaching and mentoring. Evaluates the learners performance.
Assists in the planning and coordinating of clinical programs in collaboration with the clinical specialist or manager. Participates in continuous improvement in clinical services by attending and participating in departmental meetings and in-services.
Other Information
Other information:
Education Requirements:
Graduation from an accredited Occupational Therapy program.
Licensure/Certification Requirements:
Licensed as an Occupational Therapist in the state of North Carolina.
BLS within 3 months of hire date.
Professional Experience Requirements:
No prior experience required.
Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:
Exhibits effective communication and interprofessional skills; requires physical stamina and repetitive movements, including, but not limited to, sitting, standing, kneeling, walking, and squatting during patient interventions while supporting ones weight; can engage in high-level problem-solving to ensure patient safety during mobilization.
Job Details
Legal Employer: GP2
Entity: UNC Physician Group Practices
Organization Unit: CO Cary PT
Work Type: Part Time
Standard Hours Per Week: 24.00
Salary Range: $33.37 - $47.97 per hour (Hiring Range)
Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity
Work Assignment Type: Onsite
Work Schedule: Day Job
Location of Job: US:NC:Cary
Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: Yes
This position is employed by UNC Physicians Group Practices II, LLC, a private, for-profit subsidiary of UNC Health Care System.
Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.
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