Overview
Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist - Neuro Preferred
PRN/OCC, Variable Hours & Shifts
Parkwest Overview:
Parkwest Medical Center, Covenant Health’s flagship facility in West Knoxville, combines world-class cardiacexpertisewith the warmth of home in serving a vibrant East Tennessee community. Since 1973, Parkwest has grown into the region’s largest hospital in the area, offering advanced services like an all-digital catheterization lab, comprehensive breast health, emergency, and critical care.It’sconsistently ranked among Tennessee's top 10 hospitals by U.S. News & World Report and earns national recognition as a Top 100 Heart Hospital, as well as an “A” safety grade from Leapfrog. As part of Covenant Health, the region’s largest employer, ParkwestMedicalCenter,marriescutting-edgetechnology with compassionate, community-centered care, earning accolades for cardiology, stroke, surgical excellence, and patient safety.
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Position Summary:
Under general direction, plans, evaluates and implements treatment programs for occupational therapy patients. While maintaining a patient load, assumes additional responsibility of program development, staff training and orientation, and consultation in area of expertise for fellow staff members.
Responsibilities
- Advanced clinical practice – including evaluation and specialized treatment of patients.
- Performs patient evaluations (initial, progress, and discharge evaluations), establishes treatment plans, makes recommendations, and sets goals in accordance with patient needs and evidence based practice.
- Meets established targets for passive/active treatment ratios
- Involves patient and family in treatment, education and goal setting. Coordinates with other medical personnel regarding patient’s progress, needs and discharge planning.
- Demonstrates knowledge and competency including providing for age-specific needs of the population served.
- Serves as resource person for staff and senior staff on an ongoing basis.
- Provides 8 hours education/mentorship time per year. This includes:
- Peer counseling /Mentorship
- Community lectures/Volunteer
- Orientation of new staff in area of specialty
- In-services/Case Studies
- Lunch and Learns
- Development, implementation and evaluation of standards of care and evidence based practice:
- Evidence base practice protocols
- Clinical outcomes analysis and communication to team
- New policy development
- QI/QA
- Maintains and updates patient documentation in accordance with professional, departmental, organizational, and payer guidelines and timeframes. Maintains established targets for compliance with chart audits.
- Meets established targets for:
- Quality/outcome measures
- Service/patient satisfaction measures
- Financial/productivity measures
- Growth/patients-per-day measures
- Demonstrates leadership, including but not limited to:
- Development and implementation of new and current programs.
- Participates in training, orientation and supervision of support staff.
- Participates in orientation of new licensed staff in area of specialty
- Acts as Clinical Instructor for at least one student per year as available.
- Participates in peer evaluations for competency assessment.
- Assists with continuing education courses hosted by Covenant Health.
- Complete partnering activities per established targets per month.
- Physician office visits
- Community lectures/volunteer
- Case Manager visits/marketing
- Provide in-services
- Follows policies, procedures, and safety standards. Completes required education assignments annually. Works toward achieving goals and objectives, and participates in quality improvement initiatives as requested.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Minimum Education
None specified; however, must be sufficient to meet the standards for achievement of the below indicated license and/or certification as required by the issuing authority.
Minimum Experience
Four (4) years of experience with a minimum of three (3) years in specialty area.
Licensure Requirement:
Must have and maintain Tennessee State Occupational Therapy Licensure, with achievement of at least one of the following at time of hire or placement in the position:
- Advanced degree in specialty area
- Advanced degree associated with specialty area
- Professionally recognized certification in specialty area
- 100 hours (10.0 CEU’s) of continued education
