Eskenazi Health serves as the public hospital division of the Health & Hospital Corporation of Marion County. Physicians provide a comprehensive range of primary and specialty care services at the 327-bed hospital and outpatient facilities both on and off of the Eskenazi Health downtown campus as well as at 10 Eskenazi Health Center sites located throughout Indianapolis.
FLSA Status
Non-Exempt
Job Role Summary
This position is for an occupational therapist who is a certified hand therapist (or sitting for it within the next year).The applicant must be knowledgeable of thorough evaluation techniques; possess extensive experience in splinting and treatment skills; familiarity with various outcome measures; and be committed to enhancing the patient's quality of life throughout the course of therapy. Patient population consists of almost entirely upper extremity care, including post-operative, fractures, tendon repair, repetitive stress, multi-trauma, wound care, and occasional serial casting to the adult population. The OT, CHT will work in a hospital-based outpatient clinic and in an interdisciplinary clinic alongside the specialty hand surgeons who refer to them.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities
Evaluation
Adapts evaluation appropriately based on the age and cultural background of patient.
Reviews medical history and adjust clinical decisions based on information
Completes thorough and effective evaluation
Administers appropriate standardized and non-standardized assessments
Develops age appropriate and reasonable plan of care
Sets reasonable and appropriate client-centered goals
Treatment:
Adapts treatment appropriately based on the age and cultural background of patient
Implements appropriate and timely treatment based on evaluation of patients' physical and psychosocial needs
Provides client-centered education
Treatments are creative and effective
Documentation:
Accurately and timely documents patient evaluation and treatment per documentation standards
Obtains appropriate signatures
Justifies charges, reflects skilled therapeutic need, functional improvement and progress towards goals
Productivity:
Works at or above established productivity level
Volunteers to take walk-in patients
Volunteers to float to other teams as needed
Adjusts schedule according to caseload
Administrative:
Completion of ancillary tasks that affect patient care
E-learning and other assigned tasks are completed by the required due dates without reminders
Authorization requests and insurance requirements are submitted without delaying patient care
Professional Communication/Collaboration:
Demonstrates effective communication and teamwork with peers and other staff
Consults appropriately with physicians and caregivers regarding patient management
Delegates routine aspects of care as appropriate
Demonstrates effective verbal and written communication skills with staff, patients, family members
Provides meaningful patient education materials and completes available interdisciplinary forms
Attends rounds and care conferences
Responsive when asked to assist co-workers
Performance Improvement:
Actively embraces opportunities and ways of improving services, patient care and/or productivity by impacting cost, outcomes and/or patient satisfaction
Participates in committees and activities and takes an active role in improving processes for the hospital and department
Promotes change and assists coworkers to transition in a changing work environment
Job Requirements
-Strong splinting skills and experience in postoperative and post-trauma shoulder, elbow and hand therapy.
- Certification in Hand Therapy (or sitting for it within the next year)
- Active Indiana Occupational Therapist license
- Current BLS certification
Accredited by The Joint Commission and named one of the nation's 150 best places to work by Becker's Hospital Review for four consecutive years and Forbes list of best places to work for women, and Forbes list of America's best midsize employers' Eskenazi Health's programs have received national recognition while also offering new health care opportunities to the local community. As the sponsoring hospital for Indianapolis Emergency Medical Services, the city's primary EMS provider, Eskenazi Health is also home to the first adult Level I trauma center in Indiana, the only verified adult burn center in Indiana, the first community mental health center in Indiana and the Eskenazi Health Center Primary Care - Center of Excellence in Women's Health, just to name a few.
