Occupational Therapist Hand, PRN-Avon

Job Summary:

Outpatient Occupational TherapistHand TherapistPRN

Outpatient Occupational Therapist

Hand Therapist

PRN

Cleveland Clinic Richard E Jacobs Health Center

33100 Cleveland Clinic Blvd

Avon, Ohio

And

Cleveland Clinic Lorain

5800 Cooper Foster Park Rd

Lorain, Ohio

Orthopedic based outpatient sites where the therapist will be responsible for developing/implementing specific O/P Orthopedic Occupational Therapy Plans of Care.

Experience in Outpatient Orthopedic Settings desired and Orthopedic Continuing Education with hand populations.

Patient population: Orthopedic, Orthopedic post-operative Monday-Friday

Hours of operation 7 am until 7 pm, Fridays til 5pm

PRN staff are required to work a minimum of 16 hours / month and have flexibility for the 7am-7 PM time periods

Prefer at least 3 years of Outpatient hand clinical experience and CHT

Responsibilities:

* Assesses patient 's ability to safely and effectively perform independent living skills and designs the appropriate plan of care, including type and frequency of treatment.

* Implements the treatment plan using appropriate modalities and documents subjective and objective findings of patient progress.

* Educates the patient and family/caregiver about patient deficits.

* Directs and supervises the activities of support personnel.

* Acts a clinical instructor or participates in the education and evaluation of students.

* Other duties as assigned.

Education:

* Bachelor's Degree required.

* Must be graduate of an Occupational Therapy Program accredited by the American Occupational Therapy Association.

Certifications:

* Current Ohio Licensure as Occupational Therapist (OT).

* Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare providers.

Complexity of Work:

* Within scope of job, requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision.

* Must be able to work in a stressful environment.

Work Experience:

* Experience in clinical area preferred.

Physical Requirements:

* Ability to walk without assistive device and to maintain balance despite sudden load in order to support patient from falling.

* Ability to meet physical demands characterized at the heavy level defined by 1993 Leonard Matheson and Ministry of Labor.

* Ability to lift and reach with arms sufficiently to lift patient's arm and leg during therapeutic treatment program.

* Sensation of touch and manual dexterity to be able to palpate muscle tension or to monitor patient pulse.

* Visual acuity to observe patient's gross and fine motor movements in order to analyze these movements and to read all patient monitors.

* Ability to speak clearly enough to instruct patients and families.

* Ability to hear at a conversational level to understand patient's description of symptoms and response to treatment.

Personal Protective Equipment:

* Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.