What are the responsibilities and job description for the Casual Hand Therapist position at M Health Fairview?
Overview
Come join our Rehab Flexible Work Force team! We are seeking an outpatient occupational therapist to provide hand therapy services with M Health Fairview Rehab! Preferred candidate will be a Certified Hand Therapist (CHT). Where CHT is not completed, M Health Fairview offers mentoring and development opportunities for professional growth.
- Casual position, authorized to work up to 40 hours in a given week.
- Be a part of our rehab teams in Blaine, Maple Grove, Minneapolis, Edina, Burnsville and Eagan!
M Health Fairview Rehabilitation offers a broad range of services that serve patients across 10 acute-care hospitals, 3 post-acute settings and 70 outpatient adult and pediatric therapy clinics. Consisting of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapy as well as Audiology and Cardiac & Pulmonary Rehab, our therapists collaborate with colleagues in all medical settings and offer dozens of specialty programs.
As an academic health system with residency and fellowship programs and a rehab-focused clinical quality team, we have a collaborative culture that is centered on learning with an emphasis on evidence based, patient-centered care. Rehab’s continuing education program offers 40 continuing education courses per year, including many at no cost to employees.
Responsibilities/Job Description
The hand therapist partners with patients and their families while performing evaluation and re-evaluation.
Evaluates and reassesses patient condition
Gathers pertinent data
Performs appropriate examination
Determines occupational therapy diagnosis
Determines plan of care
Analyzes data to identify needs and potential risks
Determines prognosis for recovery
Establishes goals with patient or caregiver
Implements and modifies plan of care based on reassessment and patient response
Coordinates care and communicates optimally with interdisciplinary team to achieve desire outcomes
Establishes appropriate discharge plan
Provides appropriate and effective interventions
Educates patient and family on appropriate care
Complies with standards of productivity and time management
Provides accurate documentation of interventions provided and patient response
Supervises and directs appropriate members of rehab team
Delegate tasks appropriately to assistants/clerks/aides/transporters/extenders
Participates in department/facility process/quality improvement initiatives
Responsible for personal and professional development to ensure current knowledge required for position
Actively mentors or otherwise assists in the professional development of Hand Therapists
Mentors Fairview Hand Therapists
Provides periodic continuing education sessions to staff
Periodically supervises Level II Fieldwork students
Qualifications
Required
Certified Hand Therapist (CHT) Credential from the Hand Therapy Certification Commission
MN License including certification to practice of physical modalities NBCOT
Active Minnesota Basic Life Support Certification
Preferred
Master’s or Doctoral Degree in Occupational Therapy
1 year of Hand Therapy experience
