Essential Job Responsibilities
Each job responsibility is related to the MFB Pillars of Excellence. The responsibility is identified to a pillar by the following letters: Q (Quality), S (Service), P (People), G (Growth), F (Financial).
· Staff will provide patient care, treatment, and services within the scope of their license, certification or registration and as required by law and regulation.
· Provides patient care. (Q)
o Evaluates patient condition.
o Establishes treatment goals in collaboration with patient and family as appropriate, and in collaboration with the treatment team. Treatment goals should be interdisciplinary and patient-centered whenever possible. Establishes written treatment plan, and administers treatment for each patient according to the stated goals. Delegates responsibilities to occupational therapy assistants as appropriate.
o Re-evaluates patient’s status and effects of treatment. Revises treatment plan as necessary Reviews revised goals with patient and family as appropriate.
o Evaluates patient’s need for medical equipment and orders the appropriate equipment as necessary. Evaluates equipment upon delivery and instructs patient, patient’s family, and health care workers on its use.
o Participates in planning for patient discharge by considering and communicating with patient, family, community support/services, and environmental limitations.
· Demonstrates competence in relevant software and hardware required to meet job responsibilities. (Q)
· Documents patient’s status and progress through initial evaluation, progress notes, and discharge summary according to established internal/external time standards and adherence to reimbursement guidelines. (Q)
· Communicates with others to integrate occupational therapy treatment with all aspects of patient care. (Q,S)
§ Participates in conferences/discussions as needed and exchange of written records with other interdisciplinary team members to integrate occupational therapy treatment plan.
§ Instructs the patient and the family in occupational therapy procedures as part of providing patient and family education including written instructions as necessary.
· Attends various meetings and in-services as designated. (Q,P)
· Follows all hospital policy and procedures including but not limited to patient confidentiality and infection control. (Q)
· Meets or exceeds program productivity expectations. (F)
· Provides discipline specific coverage (following cross training) within the Mary Free Bed system as requested.(F,S)
· Adheres to the Mary Free Bed Standards of Behavior when working with patients, coworkers and members of the community. (Q,S,P)
· Supports program operations as assigned. (Q, S, P, G, F)
· May perform the following items to meet program or hospital needs. (Q, S, P, G, F)
o Participates in orientation and training of new staff. (Q,P)
o Serves as clinical instructor for occupational therapy students. Supervises, teaches, and evaluates skills of students. Communicates with participating universities regarding skill levels of students. (S)
o Participates in program development and/or research activities.
o Meet or exceed clinical outcome collection standards established by department leadership.
o Meet or exceed clinical outcome performance/improvement goals established by department leadership in designated programs.