Hand therapist

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Exemption Status:

Exempt

Schedule Details:

Friday, Thursday, Tuesday, Wednesday

Scheduled Hours:

7a-5:30.

Shift:

1 - Day Shift, 10 Hours (United States of America)

Hours:

40

Cost Center:

10010 - 3882 Hand Therapy

This position may have a signing bonus available a member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process.

Everyone Is a Caregiver

At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver – regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 20,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other. And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day.

Evaluates and treats patients using manual techniques, purposeful activities and physical agent modalities. Provides clinical supervision to assistants, aides, and students. Participates in departmental activities to assure smooth operations and facilitate program enhancement.

I. Major Responsibilities:

1. Administers occupational therapy evaluations and develops treatment plan for patients with hand/upper extremity injuries or dysfunction, including infants and children, adolescents, adults, geriatrics, and frail elderly, inpatient and outpatient.

2. Provides individual treatment to remediate, restore and/or compensate for sensorimotor,

neuromuscular, or musculoskeletal dysfunction.

3. Fabricates static and dynamic splints, utilizes physical agent modalities as per licensure and training.

4. Facilitates return to activities of daily living through the provision of adaptive devices, education in compensatory techniques and use of goal directed activities.

5. Educates patient in injury prevention and health promotion techniques.

II. Position Qualifications:

License/Certification/Education:

Required:

1. Graduate of an accredited Occupational Therapy program.

2. Current license to practice Occupational Therapy in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

3. NBCOT certification, or eligible and registered for next examination.

Preferred:

Experience/Skills:

Required:

1. Thorough knowledge of the discipline of Hand Therapy.

2. Effective verbal and written communication skills.

3. Excellent customer service skills and ability to work cooperatively with all members of the healthcare team.

4. Proficient with Microsoft Office products.

Preferred:

Unless certification, licensure or registration is required, an equivalent combination of education and experience which provides proficiency in the areas of responsibility listed in this description may be substituted for the above requirements.

III. Physical Demands and Environmental Conditions:

Work is considered light. Position requires work indoors in a patient care environment.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

We’re striving to make respect a part of everything we do at UMass Memorial Health – for our patients, our community and each other. Our six Standards of Respect are: Acknowledge, Listen, Communicate, Be Responsive, Be a Team Player and Be Kind. If you share these Standards of Respect, we hope you will join our team and help us make respect our standard for everyone, every day.

As an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, UMass Memorial Health recognizes the power of a diverse community and encourages applications from individuals with varied experiences, perspectives and backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity and expression, protected veteran status or other status protected by law.

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