About this role
Occupational Therapist
- Janesville, Wisconsin
- PRN/Pool Flexible Schedule - Looking for coverage on weekends and holidays
The Mercyhealth Behavioral Health Inpatient Unit is dedicated to serving patients who are suffering from acute mental illnesses and medically monitor withdrawal. There are between six to twelve patients within the unit at one time and staffing is appropriately aligned. This team demonstrates their passion for making lives better by providing care in a safe environment through assessment of needs, individual and group intervention, development of trusting rapport, de-escalation as needed and development of a discharge plan.
The Occupational Therapist is responsible for the evaluation, planning and implementation of a treatment plan addressing the functional needs of a variety of patient diagnoses.
Responsibilities
Job Duties:
- Integrates subjective and objective data to establish a treatment plan.
- Utilizes exercise, physical agents, and manual techniques to address deficits.
- Maintains a thorough record of services provided with appropriate coding and billing.
- Communicates with other disciplines and referring providers to enhance outcomes.
- Performs thorough and timely electronic documentation
- Strengths in care delivery as evidenced by peer review feedback; consistently demonstrates advanced evaluation and treatment techniques
- Participates actively in the PI and CQI process
- Assists in the orientation, training and mentoring of new partners
- Participates in cost saving initiatives within the department
- Takes an active role in the performance improvement process
- Maintain a high standard of patient care and provide effective communication between occupational therapists, assistants and the physician group
- Plans and conducts lectures and training programs on occupational therapy and related topics for medical staff, students and community groups.
Requirements:
Graduate of an accredited school of Occupational Therapy
Licensed as an occupational therapist in WI
CPR/BLS required within 90 days of hire
NBCOT
Benefits
Mercyhealth offers a generous total rewards package to eligible employees including, but not limited to:
· Comprehensive Benefits Package: Mercyhealth offers a retirement plan with competitive matching contribution, comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance options, life and disability coverage, access to flexible spending plans, and a variety of other discounted voluntary benefit options.
· Competitive Compensation: Mercyhealth offers market competitive rates of pay and participates in various shift differential and special pay incentive programs.
· Paid Time Off: Mercyhealth offers a generous paid time off plan, which increases with milestone anniversaries, to allow employees the opportunity for a great work-life balance.
· Career Advancement: Mercyhealth offers a number of educational assistance programs and career ladders to support employees in their educational journey and advancement within Mercyhealth.
· Employee Wellbeing: Mercyhealth has a focus on wellbeing for employees across the organization and offers a number of tools and resources, such as an employer-sponsored health risk assessment and a Wellbeing mobile application, to assist employees on their wellbeing journey.
· Additional Benefits: Mercyhealth employees have access to our internal and external employee assistance programs, employee-only discount packages, paid parental and caregiver leaves, on-demand pay, special payment programs for patient services, and financial education to help with retirement planning.
Other facts
About Mercyhealth
At Mercyhealth, our doctors, nurses and staff are committed to making lives better for our patients and their families. They bring knowledge and innovation to ensure that our patients receive world-class health care, close to home.
As an integrated health system, we provide exceptional, coordinated health care for almost every need. Integration improves access to services, technology and treatments, and leads to better outcomes. To best serve our patients, our integration centers around four core service areas: hospital-based services, clinic-based services, post-acute and retail services (home health, hospice, pharmacies, etc.), and a wholly owned and operated insurance company.
At the heart of our organization are more than 7,000 doctors, nurses, staff and volunteers who live the Mercyhealth mission of providing exceptional health care services with a passion for making lives better. We’re committed to working together to make lives better for our patients and their families.
Our passion drives and inspires us to do our very best, and we continuously look for ways to make each life better with the utmost care and professionalism. This can be as complex as a cutting-edge procedure or as simple as a smile. Nothing is ever too small or taken for granted. Everything matters.
What you'll do
- The Occupational Therapist is responsible for evaluating, planning, and implementing treatment plans for patients with various diagnoses. They integrate data to establish treatment plans and maintain thorough documentation of services provided.
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