Occupational Therapist (OUTPATIENT)
Therapists at Heartspring are strategic partners. We are tasked with interdisciplinary collaboration to provide the best comprehensive services to our children and families.
Primary Functions
- Conduct occupational therapy assessments, re-assessments, and make recommendations using pediatric assessments and industry best practice interventions.
- Develop rapport with family and child to involve family’s input and priorities in the therapy plan and home program.
- Create individualized and measurable goals based on the child and family needs and the interdisciplinary collaboration.
- Implement and utilize occupational therapy interventions that are established by the industry and best practices with pediatric research and practices that align with Heartspring philosophy.
- Maintain records of professional, accurate and timely (average of 2 days from DOS) documentation on each child on the occupational therapist’s caseload using industry best practices and meets payor requirements within practice standards.
- Meet or exceed 90 billable hours per month and 56% billed per worked hours per month.
- Follow KSBHA and AOTA code of ethics, and all Heartspring policies and procedures.
- Customer Service – ability to interact appropriately with a variety of individuals with varying needs within a timely matter.
- Clinical Outcomes – ability to use best practice interventions in an individualized manner to demonstrate positive clinical outcomes for the child and family with a comprehensive interdisciplinary team.
- Industry Best Practice Interventions - ability to learn and implement occupational therapy best practice interventions in the individualized therapy plans for the child and family.
- Interdisciplinary Collaboration – ability to create a positive work environment that fosters interdisciplinary team collaboration and coordination of therapeutic best practice interventions.
- Interdisciplinary Collaboration – ability to create a positive work environment that fosters interdisciplinary team collaboration and coordination of therapeutic best practice interventions.
- Effective Communication – ability to communicate in written, verbal and non-verbal communication with others to seek solutions and implement most ideal plan.
- Relationship Building – ability to develop rapport and struggle with team members towards a solution.
- Adaptable – ability to provide billable services and sustain attention with interruptions and/or distractions of the scheduled plan.
Secondary Functions
- Participate in training and supervision of clinical education programs for occupational therapy students or exercise science students when needed.
- Participate in outreach to the public and medical community through attending events, networking and participating in content of marketing materials.
- Participate in pediatric professional organizations and remain current and updated in literature and technology related to the field of occupational therapy.
- Participate and encourage innovation and exporting knowledge and skills to new areas of practice and development.
Benefits:
Heartspring offers a generous benefits package including three weeks of paid vacation, sick leave, medical/dental/vision insurance, life insurance, short term disability insurance and retirement plans. Heartspring also offers opportunities to grow within and advance your careers through on-the-job training, internal promotion preferences, and the Heartspring scholarship program to help you go back to school.
Heartspring is a drug-free campus. Heartspring is an EEO employer.