Occupational Therapist

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Occupational Therapist 7 On/Off


Location: Jackson, MS - Main Campus


Time Type: Part time


Posted on: Posted Yesterday


Job Requisition ID: R00038030


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Important Applications Instructions: Please complete this application in entirety by providing all of your work experience, education and certifications/ license. You will be unable to edit/add/change your application once it is submitted. Job Requisition ID: R00038030
Job Category: Allied Health
Organization: Acute Care Occupational Therapy and Physical Therapy
Location/s: Main Campus Jackson
Job Title: Occupational Therapist 7 On/Off


Job Summary: To plan, organize and to conduct occupational therapy programs in hospital, institutional or community settings, to help rehabilitate those impaired because of illness, injury, or psychological or developmental problems. To administer treatments that contribute to optimal occupational performance including self-care; daily living skills essential for productivity; functional communication and mobility; positioning social integration; cognitive mechanisms, enhancing play and leisure skills.


Education & Experience: Graduate of an accredited Occupational Therapy program. Experience cannot be substituted for educational requirement.


Certifications, Licenses or Registration Required: Must have temporary or permanent Mississippi Occupational Therapist License prior to start or no later than 3 business days after start for new graduates.


Knowledge, Skills & Abilities: Knowledge of anatomy, physiology, and/or kinesiology. Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions and for counseling and guidance. Interpersonal skills to interact with patients, family members, and staff. Ability to observe, assess, and record symptoms, reactions, and progress. Ability to motivate individuals to set and attain goals.
Responsibilities
Synthesize complex medical data, and utilize results to administer appropriate tests and evaluations of patients' physical and cognitive status. Demonstrate sound clinical reasoning to develop a comprehensive plan of care. Develop and update appropriate plan of care in collaboration with the patient/family as related to the person's age and lifestyle with measurable long and short term goals and a defined discharge plan. Utilize appropriate methods and materials for effective learning, monitor responses to education, and adapt program appropriately. Ensure that patient/family verbalizes and/or demonstrates understanding of the education/information provided. Follow intervention protocols and revises interventions appropriately. Discharge patient when goals have been met or medical necessity is no longer indicated. Ensure that patient care documentation is timely, legible and efficient. Demonstrate concise and pertinent documentation that meets the profession's and department's documentation standards. Provide clear, concise and pertinent oral reports. Design, provide and train patients/family in the use of assistive technology, devices, orthotics, prosthetics, splints, and/or environmental adaptations to compensate for loss of occupational performance. Provide training and supervision in therapy techniques and objectives for students and other medical staff. Collaborate and communicate effectively with other members for the health care team regarding the patient's treatment program. Consistently meet patient care productivity standard as established for job classification. The duties listed are general in nature and are examples of the duties and responsibilities performed and are not meant to be construed as exclusive or all-inclusive. Management retains the right to add or change duties at any time.

Physical and Environmental Demands: Requires occasional handling or working with potentially dangerous equipment, occasional exposure to biohazardous conditions such as risk of radiation exposure, blood borne pathogens, fumes or airborne particles, and/or toxic or caustic chemicals which mandate attention to safety considerations, occasional travelling to offsite locations, frequent activities subject to significant volume changes of a seasonal/clinical nature, constant work produced subject to precise measures of quantity and quality, constant bending, occasional lifting and carrying more than 100 pounds, occasional climbing, occasional crawling, frequent crouching/stooping, constant kneeling, occasional pushing/pulling, constant reaching, frequent sitting, constant standing, frequent twisting, and constant walking. (occasional-up to 20%, frequent-from 21% to 50%, constant-51% or more)
Time Type: Part time
FLSA Designation/Job Exempt: No
Pay Class: Hourly
FTE %: 88
Work Shift: Day
Benefits Eligibility: Benefits Eligible
Grant Funded: No
Job Posting Date: 08/31/2024
Job Closing Date (open until filled if no date specified):


About Us
The University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC), headquartered in Jackson, is the state's only academic medical center. Here, we work to improve the lives of Mississippians through our three missions of education, research, and health care.
Education: UMMC includes seven health science schools: medicine, nursing, dentistry, health related professions, graduate studies, population health, and pharmacy. (The School of Pharmacy is headquartered on the University of Mississippi campus in Oxford.) Enrollment in all programs is more than 3,000 students.
Research: From world-renowned studies on heart disease, diabetes, and hypertension to advanced treatment for cancer and a human physiology simulation program used by NASA, researchers at UMMC are unraveling the diseases that affect Mississippians, while creating new, high-tech jobs and injecting tens of millions of dollars annually into the state's economy.
Health Care: UMMC provides a wide-range of patient care programs. At our main campus in Jackson, in addition to outpatient clinics, we offer a women and infant's hospital and a critical care hospital along with University Hospital, plus the state's only: Children's hospital (Batson Children's Hospital) Level IV neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) Heart, kidney, liver, and pancreas transplant programs Level 1 trauma center Adult and pediatric congenital heart programs Children's cancer care program We also care for Mississippians statewide with community hospitals UMMC Grenada, UMMC Holmes County, plus pediatric clinics in Tupelo, Hattiesburg and the Gulf Coast. In addition, our Center for Telehealth offers specialized care remotely, through online video chat technology, at more than two hundred locations throughout the state.
EEO Statement: The University of Mississippi Medical Center provides equal opportunity in any employment practice, education program, or education activity to all qualified persons. The Medical Center complies with all applicable laws regarding equal opportunity and affirmative action and does not unlawfully discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment based upon race, color, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or genetic information. Inquiries or complaints may be referred to the Office of the Director, Employee Relations, 2500 North State Street, Jackson, MS 39216-4505.

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