Occupational Therapy

Pay rate : $20.00-$25.00 hr

Job location: Sacramento CA VA Medical Center

Education/Training:

Mandatory:

VA Privacy & Information Security Awareness & Rules of Behavior

(TMS) – 1.5 hrs.

Privacy & HIPAA Focused Training (TMS) – 1.5 hrs.

CPRS (TMS) – 2.0 hrs.

License Requirements:

Current license to practice medicine in any State, Territory, or

Commonwealth of the United States or the District of Columbia.

All licenses should be full and unrestricted licenses.

No history of a license restricted, suspended, revoked, voluntarily

revoked, voluntarily surrendered pending action or denied upon

application will not be considered for the purposes of this contract.

Certifications

Mandatory:

Board Certified by the National Board for Certification in Occupational

Therapy.

Currently certified in Basic Life Support (BLS) Advanced Cardiac Life

Support (ACLS) or equivalency.

Credentials:

Occupational Therapist(s) should possess requisite credentials enabling

the granting of privileges. (refer VHA Handbook 1100.19)

Approval needed by the Professional Standards Board, Medical

Executive Board and Medical Center Director before providing services.

Technical Proficiency:

Technically proficient in the skills necessary to fulfill the government’s

requirements, including the ability to speak, understand, read and write

English fluently.

Minimum Qualifications/ Experience:

Minimum of one year of inpatient rehabilitation experience for inpatient

rehabilitation.

For outpatient rehabilitation, the Occupational Therapist must have a

minimum of one year in outpatient ortho and neuro experience.

Roles and Responsibilities:

Direct Patient Care: 80% of the time involved in direct patient care.

- Evaluate a wide variety of patients as appropriate for their diagnosis to

determine current levels of functioning and areas of impairment.

Evaluations may include the following areas: activities of daily living,

strength, range of motion, sensation, perception and cognition.

- Develop a treatment plan and measurable goals designed to restore

function, compensate for dysfunction, and minimize debilitation.

- Implement occupational therapy plans to meet the patient’s

rehabilitation objectives.

- Evaluate for, prescription of, and training in the use of wheelchairs and

power mobility devices.

- Assess patient’s fixed and modifiable deformities, sitting/postural

requirements, presence of amputations, skin integrity, pressure areas,

living environment, and mode of transportation for the device.

- Make mechanical adjustments and/or attaching positioning devices and

accessories to ensure an appropriate fit of a manual wheelchair.

- Re-evaluate patient progress and make appropriate modifications to

treatment.

- Train family members/caregivers in handling of patients.

- Practices all infection control and safety standards

Administrative: 20% of time not involved in direct patient care.

- Interdisciplinary Team Meetings: Participate in continuous

interdisciplinary team activities and meetings with committee

participation as required by the VA Chief, Occupational Therapy, or

designee.

- Staff Meetings: Attend staff meetings as required by the VA Chief,

Occupational Therapy, or designee. Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Service All Staff Conference Call: Meets every month on the 2nd

Tuesday of the month for 30 minutes.

- QA/QI documentation: Complete the appropriate QM/PI documentation

pertaining to all procedures, complications and outcome of

examinations. Ensure completion of required clinical and medical record

documentation, including the use of computerized patient record system,

where applicable. Document all evaluations and recommendations in

electronic patient record; writing notes and/or orders. Note types may

include pre-op notes, progress notes (detailing urgent management),

admission history & physical, transfer notes, death notes, restraint notes,

and procedure notes.

- Patient Safety Compliance and Reporting: Follow all established patient

safety and infection control standards of care. Make every effort to

prevent medication errors, falls, and patient injury caused by acts of

commission or omission in the delivery of care. All events related to

patient injury, medication errors, and other breaches of patient safety

shall be reported immediately using the ePER (Electronic Patient Event

Reporting) system as required under VANCHCS Policy 00Q-20. At the

time of submission of the ePER, a copy shall be forwarded to the VA

Chief, Occupational Therapy or designee. Follow-ups with VA should

be provided as required or requested.

Other Mandatory Requirements:

Copies of current Continuing Medical Education (CME)/Certified

Education Unit (CEU)