Certified Hand Specialist
Company: Emory
Location: Alpharetta
Posted on: June 20, 2022
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Job Description:
At Emory Healthcare, we integrate science and caring to change
the face of health care. Our team members are courageous
individuals who are willing to challenge the status quo and help
find solutions to complex problems. We're empowered to influence
change for, and with, our patients, their families, the community
and each other.As one of the leading academic medical systems,
we're eager to share what we learn with hospitals around the
country, and the world. We've got the backing, knowledge,
experience and permission to lead the way in developing new and
better approaches to preventing and treating disease, and our
patients get treatments years before anyone else.We're defining a
new standard of care for humankind. Are YOU ready to join us?JOB
DESCRIPTION:Responsible for the evaluation, plan of care,
treatment, re-evaluation, discharge, and appropriate communications
of high quality occupational therapy and hand therapy services to
patients and customers.Develop treatment plans, supervise
assistants and aides, contribute to case management, and provide
quality patient care.Maintain positive level of interaction with
facilities and clients.Enhance and expand client relations with
facilities and their staff.Evaluate and develop patients-- - plans
of care in accordance with the American Occupational Therapy
Association (AOTA) standards of care.Evaluate and treat patients
for whom occupational hand therapy is medically necessary and
document this clearly.Perform all treatment and re-evaluations in
accordance with the AOTA-- -s standards of care.Complete and
maintain all required corporate training and maintains compliance
with state/local regulations.Develop objective patient goals and
establish the type, frequency and duration of occupational
therapy/hand therapy in collaboration with the referring
physician.Responsible for the alteration of each patient-- -s
program as changes in the patient-- -s status occur.Responsible for
ensuring accurate documents of each patient-- -s evaluation and
progress letters to physicians and payer sources, case managers,
etc.as indicated appropriately and in a timely manner.Demonstrate
completion of patient care responsibilities and documentation
requirements in an appropriate and timely manner.Participate in
aspects of education, including but not limited to, patient home
programs, community talks, site in-services.Participate in student
clinical clerkships and affiliation programs in agreement with the
AOTA-- -s clinical education agreements from schools Attend and/or
participate in facility meetings as directed by Center Manager (may
include utilization review, infection control, disaster
preparedness, etc.).Communicate pertinent patient information to
referring physicians, staff, employers, insurance carriers and
rehabilitation specialists.Provide injured worker with guidelines
for job modification and energy conservation in accordance with
physician Custom fabricate splints/casts to meet a variety of
complex diagnoses.Performs other duties or special projects as
assigned. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:Must be a graduate of an American
Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) accredited school of
Occupational Therapy.Specialty certification from Hand Therapy
Certification Commission (HTCC) required in hand therapy.National
registration and state licensure or registration where
applicable.Minimum of two years experience in application of custom
splinting pre and post-op orthopedic is preferred.Minimum two years
in adult rehabilitation; hand and splinting experience preferred.
(CPR) certification.Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification in
accordance with the American Heart Association required.
Keywords: Emory, Alpharetta , Certified Hand Specialist, Other , Alpharetta, Georgia
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