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The Occupational Therapy Technician performs general clinical, clerical and reception duties as needed in the facility under the direct supervision of all Staff Occupational Therapists. The Occupational Therapy Technician supports Occupational Therapy care delivery by preparing treatment area, patient equipment/materials and administers treatment according to sources and procedures as directed by the Therapists.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Prepares treatment area for patients by following prescribed procedures and protocols. Towels under table, tables wiped cleaned with disinfecting wipes.
- Greets patients and notifies Therapist of patient arrival.
- Prepares patients for Occupational Therapy treatment by welcoming, comforting, providing and/or assisting patients as directed by the therapists.
- Provides information to patients by answering questions and requests, if not sure of questions asked always redirect patient to the therapist
- Educates patients by demonstrating proper use of equipment and exercise routines.
- Follows safety standards while performing patient related duties.
- Uses good body mechanics.
- Carries out transfer procedures correctly.
- Uses equipment in a safe manner.
- Maintains patient confidence and protects operations by keeping information confidential.
- Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations.
- Provides equipment and supplies by sterilizing and delivering equipment and supplies to treatment area; positioning equipment for therapist access; positioning patient as directed by the therapist.
- Ensures operation of Occupational Therapy equipment by completing preventive maintenance requirements; following manufacturer's instruction; troubleshooting malfunctions; calling for repairs.
- Assists with maintaining Occupational Therapy supplies inventory by checking stock to determine inventory level; anticipating needed supplies; placing and expediting orders for supplies; verifying receipt of supplies and putting supplies away when received in the clinic.
- Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications if directed by therapist; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations.
- Enhances Occupational Therapy department and organization reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.
- May assist with front office procedures if directed – by answering the phone, scheduling patients and accepting co-pays if properly trained.
Under direct supervision of Therapist:
- Performs treatment as designated by the Therapist.
- Performs treatment as directed by the therapist in a timely manner.
- Follows written and verbal instructions.
- Discusses with the Therapist patient response, instructions, and need for treatment update.
- Helps set up patients by applying heat packs; paraffin dips.
- Assisting patients in and out of the fluidotherapy.
- Helping patients with exercise equipment such as the BTE, monitoring progress and reporting to therapist
- Performing prescribed exercises and strengthening techniques as directed by the therapist.
Core Competencies
Action Orientation - Targets and achieves results, overcomes obstacles, accepts responsibility, establishes standards and responsibilities, creates a results-oriented environment, and follows through on actions.
Communications - Communicates well both verbally and in writing. Effectively conveys and shares information and ideas with others. Listens carefully and understands various viewpoints. Presents ideas clearly and concisely and understands relevant detail in presented information.
Creativity/Innovation - Generates novel ideas and develops or improves existing and new systems that challenge the status quo, takes risks, and encourages innovation.
Critical Judgment - Possesses the ability to define issues and focus on achieving workable solutions. Consistently does the right thing by performing with reliability.
Customer Orientation - Listens to customers, builds customer confidence, increases customer satisfaction, ensures commitments are met, sets appropriate customer expectations, and responds to customer needs.
Interpersonal Skills - Effectively and productively engages with others and establishes trust, credibility, and confidence with others.
Leadership - Motivates, empowers, inspires, collaborates with, and encourages others. Builds consensus when appropriate. Focuses team members on common goals.
Teamwork - Knows when and how to attract, develop, reward, and utilize teams to optimize results. Acts to build trust, inspire enthusiasm, encourage others, and help resolve conflicts and develop consensus in creating high-performance teams.
Professional Requirements
- Meets dress code standards and adheres to policies.
- Completes annual education requirements.
- Maintains regulatory requirements.
- Maintains patient confidentiality at all times.
- Reports to work on time and as scheduled, completes work within designated time.
- Wears identification while on duty, uses computerized punch time system correctly.
- Completes in-services and returns in a timely fashion.
- Attends annual review and department in-services, as scheduled.
- Attends staff meetings as scheduled, reads and returns all monthly staff meeting minutes.
- Represents the organization in a positive and professional manner.
- Actively participates in performance improvement and continuous quality improvement (CQI) activities.
- Complies with all organizational policies regarding ethical business practices.
- Communicates the mission, ethics and goals of the hospital, as well as the focus statement of the department.
- Assists other staff members in performing any duty that enhances the delivery of patient care.
Advanced Orthopedic and Spine Certification Requirements
(CR.1c) As part of the Advanced Orthopedic and Spine Certification, at a minimum, the Program direct-care staff, must have eight (8) hours of education specific to the Program scope, initially, and at least annually thereafter.
(CR.1e) As part of the Advanced Orthopedic and Spine Certification, staff possess adaptability to processes as related to up-to-date best practices, collaboration between departments, compliance with protocols/processes, communication, cooperation and exceptional customer service.
Within 90 days of hire or, if currently employed, within 90 days of signing the job description, must adhere to:
- Orientation of Advanced Orthopedic and Spine Certification
- In compliance with the Program education requirements
- Completed department specific competencies
Regulatory Requirements
- High School graduate
- Experience with Medical Terminology
- Current BLS (Basic Life Support) CPR Certification for Health Care Professionals or eligibility to obtain within 30 days of employment.
Skills
- Basic clerical skills
- Good communication skills
Physical Demands
Involves lifting no more than 20 pounds at a time with frequent lifting or carrying of objects weighing up to 10 pounds. Even though the weight lifted may be very little, a job in this category when it requires a good deal of walking or standing, or when it involves sitting most of the time with some pushing and pulling of arm or leg controls. To be considered capable of performing a full or wide range of light work, you must have the ability to do substantially all these activities. If someone can do light work, we determine he or she can also do sedentary work, unless there are additional limiting factors such as loss of fine dexterity or inability to sit for long periods of time.
