Coordinator - Occupational Therapist

Fast-paced, high volume Outpatient Therapy Department is looking for top skilled Occupational Therapist Coordinator. Is that you?

Work location: Texas Health Dallas, 8200 Walnut Hill Lane, Dallas, TX 75231

Work hours: Full-time Day Shift; 36 hours per week

• Monday - Friday; 7:30am - 6:00pm

Outpatient Therapy Department Highlights

• Outpatient department with physical therapists, occupational therapists and speech-language pathologists who work collaboratively to provide excellent patient care.

Here's What You Need

• Bachelor's Degree Completion of an Occupational Therapy program Required
• Master's Degree Occupational Therapy Preferred
• 3 years as practicing clinician Required and
• 1 Year in designated leadership area, demonstrating progressive leadership skills and behavior Required and
• 1 Year clinical instructor for professional students preferred
• OT - Occupational Therapist Texas Occupational Therapy License Upon Hire Required
• BCLS - Basic Cardiac Life Support prior to providing independent patient care and maintained quarterly Required and
• Good verbal and written communication skills in English; Problem solving ability; Ability to teach others; Time management skills; Good interpersonal and customer service skills, Basic leadership skills and
• Provide 50% direct patient care; 50% leadership responsibilities

What You Will Do

Performs age-appropriate patient treatment

• Uses therapeutic treatment techniques appropriate to patient age and desire for treatment
• Performs treatment procedures that are within the scope of the professional license
• Performs/delegates technical procedures appropriately and safely
• Utilizes a variety of treatment techniques to achieve goals, if necessary
• Determines patient response to treatment and evaluates progress (reassessment)
• Educates patient and family through instruction, demonstration, and/or appropriate handouts in treatment plan, safety issues, home
• programs/self-management and assistive equipment
• Maintains patient safety throughout treatment

Performs age-appropriate patient assessment and establishes plan of care

• Obtains/verifies physician order for therapy and validates for appropriateness
• Reviews available medical records and obtains pertinent medical history from patient or family
• Ensures that patient has given informed consent to treatment
• Evaluates each patient using age and diagnosis appropriate assessment tests and measurements, including appropriate outcome assessment tool(s)
• Integrates assessment results to identify functional problems and prioritizes care needs with patient and family
• Sets appropriate, measurable, functional goals with time frames to address the identified problems including patient/family goals and preferences
• Determines plan for care, and/or appropriate therapeutic interventions to achieve stated goals
• Initiates therapy discharge planning in collaboration with care team and patient based on prognosis and expected discharge disposition
• Demonstrates competence in the performance of age-appropriate patient assessment and individualizes care based on age specific needs.

Performs Team Leadership

• Assists with annual performance review of therapists, assistants, and support personnel for area of responsibility
• Meets with staff to coordinate and schedule patient care or discuss problems concerning patient care for area of responsibility monitors on a daily basis patient volume versus staffing ratio and spread of patients among available staff to ensure self and staff are meeting productivity targets
• Assists and teaches less experienced staff

Additional perks of being a Texas Health Occupational Therapist Coordinator

• Benefits include 401k, PTO, medical, dental, Paid Parental Leave, flex spending, tuition reimbursement, Student Loan Repayment Program as well as several other benefits.
• Delivery of high quality of patient care through nursing education, nursing research and innovations in nursing practice.
• Strong Unit Based Council (UBC).
• A supportive, team environment
• Explore our Texas Health careers site for info like Benefits, Job Listings by Category, recent Awards we've won and more.
• Do you still have questions or concerns? Feel free to email your questions to recruitment@texashealth.org.

Entity Highlights

For more than a half-century, Texas Health Dallas has been at the forefront of health care in North Texas. We're an 875-bed, Magnet-designated, full-service hospital serving our community in and around Dallas since 1966. We specialize in cancer care, cardiology, neurosciences, women's services and emergency medicine, we've got it. Plus, we're a renowned Level III neonatal intensive care unit, a Comprehensive Stroke and Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence and provide wellness services, outpatient surgery and women's imaging services. *Texas Health Dallas is a joint Commission-certified Comprehensive Stroke Center, a Level I Trauma Center, a Comprehensive Heart Attack Center, and a designated Magnet hospital. We're a top choice in North Texas for cancer and emergency services, bariatric services, cardiac care and much more. As part of the Texas Health family and its 28,000+ employees, we're one of the largest employers in the Dallas Fort Worth area. Our career growth and professional development opportunities are top-notch and our benefits are equally outstanding. Come be a part of our exceptional team as we improve the health of the people in our communities every day. You belong here!

Explore our Texas Health careers site for info like Benefits, Job Listings by Category, recent Awards we've won and more.

Do you still have questions or concerns? Feel free to email your questions to recruitment@texashealth.org.

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