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Required Skills/Experience:
Experience treating all listed hand-therapy diagnoses is required.
Experience with assessment and reassessment, treatment progression, recognizing when to notify the hand surgeon of issues, and splinting/casting is required.
Special Requests:
RTO requests must go through the manager.
Unit Details:
Average daily volume is 10 patients.
Patients range from children/adolescents to geriatrics, but are mostly adults.
Common cases include carpal tunnel, tendon issues, overuse injuries, trauma, post-surgical cases, flexor tendon repairs, Dupuytren disease, wrist fractures, finger deformities, cyst removals, and trigger fingers.
Visits are about 45 minutes per patient; evaluation visits are about 1 hour.
Burn care and dry needling are not performed.
The clinician will be the sole hand-therapy OT; other general OTs are in the office.
An on-site hand surgeon is available.
Unit-specific equipment includes ultrasound/e-stim, fluidotherapy, paraffin wax, and Volt communication.
Shift & Scheduling:
Monday-Friday schedule.
No weekend rotation.
No call.
The clinic is closed on major holidays.
Floating Requirements:
May float to the orthopedic clinic to assist if the OT department has low census.
Pre-employment modules may be required for this role. Please upload any certifications or health documents you have to your profile to expedite your on-boarding process.
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Travel Occupational Therapist Job Responsibilities & Salary
Occupational Therapists care for patients with conditions that can interfere with daily activities, such as surgical procedures, arthritis, neurological diseases (for instance, stroke and multiple sclerosis), injuries related to an accident, and developmental conditions. Examples of job responsibilities for Occupational Therapists are patient assessment and developing a plan of care. The care plan may include exercises, how to use assistive devices, and strategies tailored to the person’s role at work and home. Occupational Therapists, who may supervise Occupational Therapy Assistants, obtain certification through the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy. In addition, the American Occupational Therapy Association offers Occupational Therapists the opportunity to achieve board certification or specialty certification in certain areas. The average annual salary for Occupational Therapists in the United States is more than $95,000.
