St. Croix Hospice is hiring: Music Therapist in Indianapolis

This position is for an occupational therapist who is a certified hand therapist (or sitting for it within the next year). The applicant must be knowledgeable of thorough evaluation techniques; possess extensive experience in splinting and treatment skills; familiarity with various outcome measures; and be committed to enhancing the patient’s quality of life throughout the course of therapy. Patient population consists of almost entirely upper extremity care, including post-operative, fractures, tendon repair, repetitive stress, multi-trauma, wound care, and occasional serial casting to the adult population. The OT, CHT will work in a hospital-based outpatient clinic and in an interdisciplinary clinic alongside the specialty hand surgeons who refer to them.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

1. Evaluation
   • Adapts evaluation appropriately based on the age and cultural background of patient.
   • Reviews medical history and adjusts clinical decisions based on information.
   • Completes thorough and effective evaluation.
   • Administers appropriate standardized and non-standardized assessments.
   • Develops age-appropriate and reasonable plan of care.
   • Sets reasonable and appropriate client-centered goals.
2. Treatment
   • Adapts treatment appropriately based on the age and cultural background of patient.
   • Implements appropriate and timely treatment based on evaluation of patients’ physical and psychosocial needs.
   • Provides client-centered education.
   • Treatments are creative and effective.
3. Documentation
   • Accurately and timely documents patient evaluation and treatment per documentation standards.
   • Obtains appropriate signatures.
   • Justifies charges, reflects skilled therapeutic need, functional improvement and progress towards goals.
4. Productivity
   • Works at or above established productivity level.
   • Volunteers to take walk-in patients.
   • Volunteers to float to other teams as needed.
   • Adjusts schedule according to caseload.
5. Administrative
   • Completion of ancillary tasks that affect patient care.
   • E-learning and other assigned tasks are completed by the required due dates without reminders.
   • Authorization requests and insurance requirements are submitted without delaying patient care.
6. Professional Communication / Collaboration
   • Demonstrates effective communication and teamwork with peers and other staff.
   • Consults appropriately with physicians and caregivers regarding patient management.
   • Delegates routine aspects of care as appropriate.
   • Demonstrates effective verbal and written communication skills with staff, patients, family members.
   • Provides meaningful patient education materials and completes available interdisciplinary forms.
   • Attends rounds and care conferences.
   • Responsive when asked to assist co-workers.
7. Performance Improvement
   • Actively embraces opportunities and ways of improving services, patient care and/or productivity by impacting cost, outcomes and/or patient satisfaction.
   • Participates in committees and activities and takes an active role in improving processes for the hospital and department.
   • Promotes change and assists coworkers to transition in a changing work environment.

Job Requirements

• Strong splinting skills and experience in postoperative and post-trauma shoulder, elbow and hand therapy.
• Certification in Hand Therapy (or sitting for it within the next year).
• Active Indiana Occupational Therapist license.