OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST - SERMC
Location: Lincoln Nebraska
Description: Saint Elizabeth Sports and Physical Therapy is at the momment seeking for OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST - SERMC right now, this position will be placed in Nebraska. More complete informations about this position opportunity kindly see the descriptions. General SummaryWorks under the supervision of the Physical Therapy Director. Plans and administers medically prescribed or referred occupational ! therapy treatment programs for patients to restore function, relieve pain, and prevent disability following disease, injury, surgery, or loss of body part. Must document patient care, educate and inform patient and referring physician on outlined plan of care and discharge as guided by patient progress and managed care directives. The occupational therapist treats and evaluates patients with upper extremity dysfunction disease or muscular discord, pediatric patients, patients with neuromuscular disease and the patient requiring orthotic or prosthetic attention.Uses and Discloses patient protected health information: 1) Only as it applies to job functions, 2) in amounts minimally necessary for intended purpose, 3) in a confidential manner.Principle Duties and ResponsibilitiesEssential Job Functions: 1.Establishes yearly goals.2.Establishes an occupational therapy diagnosis through baseline assessment of function and form.3.Supervises aides in preparation or assistance with p! atient care.4.Communicates assertively and openly about patien! t's care plan.5.Maintains daily progress notes, correspondence with referring physician and departmental documentation procedures.6.Recognizes responsibilities and role as primary therapist when other therapists are involved with patient care.7.Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care based on the physical, psychosocial, safety and related criteria appropriate to the age of the patients served.Marginal Job Functions: 1.Participates in staff meetings.
2.Administers manual therapeutic exercise. 3.Instructs, motivates and assists patients in non manual exercises. 4.Trains/educates staff personnel, students, community, etc. 5.Completes other delegated projects or duties as assigned.
6.Participates in department's QI activity. Ages of Patients Served: Neonates, children, adolescents, adults and geriatricsRole-Based AccessAssociates should only have access to protected health information (PHI) that they need based on their roles and respon! sibilities at Saint Elizabeth. (i.e. clinical staff will need more access than maintenance staff).
Role Based Access used properly, in conjunction with Saint Elizabeth’s Policy Minimum Necessary Standard for Internal Use of Protected Health Information, ensures that associates use or disclose only the minimum amount of PHI needed to perform their jobs. Key: Privacy Access Grid for PHILevelDescription1Does not have access to medical or billing records, only routine incidental access is recognized.2May access minimum necessary PHI to complete assigned tasks (outside of routine job duties). 3Has ability to access medical record information.4Has ability to access billing record information.5Has ability to access to medical and billing record information. LevelDescription1Has ability to access restricted or confidential patient information and sensitive organizational information.2Has ability to access confidential patient information.
3Has ability to access ! sensitive organizational information.4Does not have access to confident! ial patient or sensitive organizational information, only routine incidental access is recognized.
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This position starts available on: Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:16:33 GMT