Full-Time
Occupational Therapist
Acute Care
Duke University
Private research university in Durham, NC
No salary listed
Raleigh, NC, USA
In Person
Bachelor's, Master's
Category
 Medical, Clinical & Veterinary (1) |
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Required Skills
Patient Education
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Requirements
- A Bachelor's degree in Occupational Therapy is required.
- A current Occupational Therapy license in North Carolina is required.
- The ability to push-pull, lift-carry, and transfer patients is required.
Responsibilities
- Develop, improve, or restore patients' skills in activities of daily living, work or productive activities, and play or leisure.
- Use therapeutic occupations, environmental adaptations, health and wellness promotion, graded tasks, assistive technology, orthotic or prosthetic devices, physical agent modalities, and ergonomic principles in interventions.
- Serve as a resource person for the team and department.
- Demonstrate sound clinical reasoning when synthesizing complex evaluation data, identifying diagnoses, and developing comprehensive plans of care.
- Develop and update plans of care with patients, families, and related healthcare providers, including measurable goals and defined discharge plans.
- Select and administer appropriate assessment and treatment techniques.
- Perform competency skills appropriate to the practice area and individual patient needs.
- Follow intervention protocols and revise interventions appropriately.
- Discharge patients when goals are met or medical necessity no longer applies, and establish continuing services or follow-up as needed.
- Meet competency requirements for evaluations in the practice area.
- Meet patient-care productivity standards for the job classification.
- Work cooperatively with supervisors and peers to support overall team productivity.
- Use support personnel appropriately when available.
- Support and participate in patient coverage efforts across department divisions as necessary.
- Assess the learning needs and capabilities of patients and caregivers.
- Provide timely patient and family education based on age, length of stay, readiness to learn, and emotional status.
- Use appropriate methods and materials for education, monitor responses, and adapt the program appropriately.
- Ensure patients and families understand when and how to access further intervention.
- Complete timely, legible, concise, pertinent, and standards-compliant patient-care documentation.
- Provide clear, concise, relevant, and timely oral reports.
- Complete required departmental data collection accurately and within expected time frames.
- Meet peer-review standards.
- Collaborate effectively with members of the healthcare team.
- Take one to two students for short-term clinical rotations and adjust supervisory techniques to individual student needs.
- Provide in-services on clinical education attended.
- Perform other related duties incidental to the described work.
Desired Qualifications
- A Master's degree is preferred.
- Additional experience may be preferred at times.
Duke University is a research university offering undergraduate, graduate, and professional education alongside interdisciplinary research and health care.
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