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Occupational Therapist I - Acute Care
Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve across North Carolina.
UNC Hospitals Rehabilitation Services is accepting applications for a full-time Acute Care Occupational Therapist I position. Supporting our Enhanced Rehabilitation program in the acute hospital setting, the OT I will provide comprehensive consultations and therapeutic interventions to a diverse patient population with varying acuity levels. This person will collaborate directly with the interdisciplinary team to provide exceptional patient-centered care, facilitating functional improvement and discharge planning throughout care transitions.
The selected candidate will serve as a stakeholder, assisting in the implementation and sustainment of unit-based care team models to optimize patient care outcomes and best practices. Excellent time management and communication skills are required for this fast-paced environment; clinical experience in acute care is strongly preferred. A strong work ethic and growth-oriented mindset are essential characteristics for interested applicants.
UNC Hospital has been recognized as a leader in patient experience, providing evidence-based care to patients from a broad geographic area throughout North Carolina. The hospital offers extensive employee incentives, which include competitive benefits and PTO accrual, health reimbursement arrangements, employee discounts, well-being programs, employee assistance programs, tuition reimbursement, legal planning, and retirement planning. Additionally, teammates will receive comprehensive orientation and mentoring, continuing education and specialty certification funds, professional development opportunities.
The Occupational Therapist I provides evidence-based evaluation, treatment interventions, and educational instruction to patients and caregivers with various diagnoses, disabilities, and impairments affecting client factors (body function and structures), behavior patterns/roles/habits, and occupational performance. The clinician provides student shadowing, clinical instruction, and participates in departmental and community continuing education and outreach.
Responsibilities include completing occupational therapy documentation, billing, and statistics per team guidelines, managing daily caseload with efficiency and efficacy, administering assessment tools or instruments to assist in establishing a plan of care and subsequent modifications, mentoring assistive personnel and delegating responsibilities as per licensing board guidelines, providing clinical precepting and teaching for students and/or staff, assisting in the planning and coordinating of clinical programs in collaboration with the clinical specialist or manager, and participating in continuous improvement in clinical services by attending and participating in departmental meetings and in-services.
Education Requirements: Graduation from an accredited Occupational Therapy program. Licensure/Certification Requirements: Licensed as an Occupational Therapist in the state of North Carolina. BLS within 3 months of hire date. Professional Experience Requirements: No prior experience required. Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements: Exhibits effective communication and interprofessional skills; requires physical stamina and repetitive movements, including, but not limited to, sitting, standing, kneeling, walking, and squatting during patient interventions while supporting one's weight; can engage in high-level problem-solving to ensure patient safety during mobilization.
Worksite address
chapel hill, NC, 27517, US
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