Geriatric Occupational Therapist at Ortho Rhode Island

Ortho Rhode Island is a world-class group of talented providers and professionals, all working together to offer value and quality in everything we do. Each Ortho Rhode Island team member is dedicated to thinking like a patient, and to offering the best experience in our industry, driven by our core values: delivering on our word, respecting each other, innovating in orthopedics, valuing every individual, and engaging our community.

Our Occupational Therapist Implement progressive evidence based manual therapy, pain science, functional movement patterns on upper extremities. They perform the tasks required by an occupational therapist in compliance with state law including evaluations, reevaluations, development of treatment planning, supervision of occupational therapist assistants and support staff.

Essential Functions:

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Clinical:

1. Responsible for evaluating and treating upper extremity orthopedic and neurological injuries, with a specific emphasis on hand therapy.

Performance Requirements:

Knowledge:

1. Knowledge of policies, regulations, and requirements of clinic and regulators including infection control and observance of OSHA and HIPAA rules and regulations.
2. Knowledge of the correct usage of CPT, ICD-10 codes, and accurate coding of charges

1. Ability work in a dynamic group environment
2. Must be willing to work some evenings.
3. Experience with fabrication of custom hand and elbow orthosis is preferred but not required.

Skills:

1. Recognizes legal and policy limits of individual practice.
2. Familiarity and follow through with all HIPAA compliance.
3. Attention to detail.
4. Self-motivated, showing initiative to tackle important issues, problems, and tasks.

Abilities:

1. Embracing ORIs mission and vision through friendly and patient-oriented service
2. Demonstrate excellent teamwork, organizational, and communication skills.
3. Adheres to processes, while looking for opportunities for innovation and improvement
4. Critical thinking skills and deliberate decision making.
5. Able to work at a fast pace, while demonstrating patience with patients
6. Assertive
7. Ability to set priorities.
8. Ability to provide direction to others that is clear, concise and promotes efficiency.
9. Ability to communicate well with patients, families, co-workers, etc.

Work Environment:

This position works in an indoor clinic setting with direct exposure to patients. This position may require personal protective equipment. The environment is clean, and temperature controlled.

Physical Demands:

• Requires mobility, frequent walking, standing, and sitting, some bending, stooping, and stretching and periodic lifting of up to 50 lbs.
• Requires coordination and manual dexterity sufficient to operate office and clinical equipment.
• Requires normal (corrected) vision and hearing.

Position Type and Expected Hours of Work:
This is a full-time position. Days and hours of work are typically Monday through Friday and may vary depending on location hours and company schedule.

Travel:
No overnight travel is expected for this position. There may be occasional local day travel to various Ortho RI locations.

Required Education and Experience

1. Masters or Doctorate degree in Occupational Therapy from accredited program.
2. Current Rhode Island state Occupational Therapist license.
3. CPR Certification

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