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Occup Therapist Seasonal PRN

Sarasota Memorial Health Care System

#Documentation #EMR #BLS #PRN #Supervision #Seasonal #Background Screening #Billing #Occupational Therapy #Assessment

Quick overview

This role involves the purposeful practice of activities or interventions to achieve functional outcomes, maximizing independence for individuals limited by physical, cognitive, or psychosocial dysfunctions. Responsibilities include initial assessment, developing and implementing treatment plans with goals, accurate documentation, billing, and supervising support staff.

Requirements summary

The position requires the provision of occupational therapy services, including assessment, treatment planning, implementation, and documentation, while collaborating with the healthcare team. Preferred qualifications include Electronic Medical Record (EMR) experience, and mandatory certification is the Florida Occupational Therapist License.

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Job description

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Occupational Therapy Job Summary

This position involves the purposeful practice of activities or interventions to achieve functional outcomes, maximizing the independence and maintenance of health of any individual who is limited by a physical injury or illness, a cognitive impairment, a psychosocial dysfunction, a mental illness, a developmental or a learning disability, or an adverse environmental condition. Position responsibilities include: interpretation of the practitioner's referral; provision of the initial occupational therapy assessment of the patient; identification and documentation of precautions, special problems, contraindications; development of a treatment plan including the long and short terms goals; implementation of or directing implementation of the treatment plan; appropriate accurate and timely documentation and billing; delegation of appropriate tasks; direction/supervision of support staff in a manner appropriate for the patient's individual needs; reassessment of the patient in reference to goals, and when necessary, modification of the treatment plan; collaboration with members of the health care team as appropriate. The therapist assumes the responsibility for assessing the patient, identifying the level of acuity of illness, planning the patient’s treatment program, and implementing/directing the program.

Required Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

Prefer Electronic Medical Record (EMR) experience.

Mandatory Education

Preferred Education: Required License and Certs

FL OT: Florida Occupational Therapist

Preferred License and Certs

BLS: Basic Life Support

Employment Screening Requirements

As part of Sarasota Memorial Health Care System’s commitment to keeping people safe, all individuals providing care to vulnerable populations are required to undergo background screening through The Florida Care Provider Background Screening Clearinghouse. https://info.flclearinghouse.com/