Join Our Team: Empower Patients as an Occupational Therapist!

Occupational Therapist to work needed to work for an Orthopedic company in Peabody, MA.
Responsibilities/Duties:
• Promotes maximum independence by selecting and constructing therapies according to individual's physical capacity, intelligence level, and interest.
• Provide comprehensive patient evaluations that set realistic short- and long-term goals, plans.
• Prepares patients to return to all aspects of daily living including home and employment by determining potential difficulties and implementing treatment plans to address all areas.
• Evaluates results of occupational therapy by observing, noting, and evaluating patient's progress, recommending, and implementing adjustments and modifications.
• Maintains appropriate patient case load to meet company required metrics of 60-65 pts/week for a 40-hour work week.
• Participate in monthly staff meetings.
• Supervise COTA, OT/COTA students as needed.
• Completes discharges and all paperwork in timely manner and consults with physicians, nurses, and other health care workers; contributing to patient care conferences as needed.
• Assures continuation of therapeutic plan following discharge by designing and instructing patients, families, and caregivers in home exercise programs
• Maintains patient confidence and protects facility operations by keeping information confidential.
• Upholds a safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures and infection control guidelines.
• Keeps up with professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, participating in professional societies.
• Complies with federal, state, and local legal and certification requirements.
• Fabrication of custom splints and UE orthotics.
• Maintains all inventory for splinting and patient needs.
• Reports to Occupational Therapy Lead.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:
• Must have graduated and completed professional Occupational Therapy training from an accredited program leading to, at minimum,
• Bachelor's degree.
• Must maintain current state Licensure through the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Allied Health Division of Professional Licensure.
• Must be CPR certified.
• Must have strong hand therapy and orthopedic experience, comfort with splinting, CHT preferred.
• Familiarity with HIPAA, insurance regulations, policies, procedures, and other regulatory policies.
• Knowledge of common safety hazards and precautions to establish a safe working environment.
• Ability to interpret, adapt and apply guidelines and procedures.
• Develop and maintain effective and professional working relationships with patients, medical staff, coworkers and the public by displaying sympathy, tact and understanding.
• Must be a team player with a positive attitude, adjust to various personalities, work with a diverse population, demonstrate patience and professionalism.
• Represents the clinic in a professional manner.
• Ability to maintain strict confidentiality on all patient issues.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.