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Come join our Rehab Flexible Work Force team! We are seeking a certified hand therapist to provide hand therapy services with M Health Fairview Rehab!

• Casual position, authorized to work up to 80 hours per pay period.

M Health Fairview Rehabilitation offers a broad range of services that serve patients across 10 acute-care hospitals, 3 post-acute settings and 70 outpatient adult and pediatric therapy clinics. Consisting of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapy as well as Audiology and Cardiac & Pulmonary Rehab, our therapists collaborate with colleagues in all medical settings and offer dozens of specialty programs.

As an academic health system with residency and fellowship programs and a rehab-focused clinical quality team, we have a collaborative culture that is centered on learning with an emphasis on evidence based, patient-centered care. Rehab’s continuing education program offers 40+ continuing education courses per year, including many at no cost to employees.

Responsibilities Job Description

The hand therapist partners with the patient and their care providers while performing evaluation/re-evaluation

Evaluates and reassesses patient condition

Gathers pertinent data

Performs appropriate examination

Determines occupational therapy diagnosis

Determines plan of care

Analyzes data to identify needs and potential risks

Determines prognosis for recovery

Establishes goals with patient or caregiver

Implements and modifies plan of care based on reassessment and patient response

Coordinates care and communicates effectively with interdisciplinary team to achieve desire outcomes

Establishes appropriate discharge plan

Provides appropriate and effective interventions

Educates patient and family on appropriate care

Complies with standards of productivity and time management

Provides proper documentation of interventions provided and patient response

Supervises and directs appropriate members of rehab team

Delegates tasks appropriately to assistants/clerks/aides/transporters/extenders

Participates in department/facility process/quality improvement initiatives

Responsible for personal and professional development to ensure current knowledge required for position

Actively mentors or otherwise assists in the professional development of Hand Therapists

Provides periodic continuing education sessions to staff

Periodically supervises Level II Fieldwork students

Qualifications

Required

Occupational Therapy Licensure in State of Minnesota or temporary license

Certified Hand Therapist (CHT) Credential from the Hand Therapy Certification Commission

MN License including certification to practice of physical modalities NBCOT

Active Basic Life Support Certification

Preferred

Master’s Degree in Occupational Therapy

1+ years as CHT

EEO Statement

EEO/AA Employer/Vet/Disabled: All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to any lawfully protected status