Certified Hand Therapist

Closing Date: September 30, 2010

Company:	Proaxis Therapy and Howard Head Sports Medicine Center Greeneville, SC
Job Location:	Vail, CO (All Counties County)
Employment Type:	Full Time
Department:	Howard Head Sports Medicine Center - OT out patient
Salary Range:	Negotiable
Benefits:	401-k, Bonus Plan, Dental and Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Paid Vacation, Continuing Education

Description:

There is not a more trusted name in physical therapy, sports medicine, and orthopedics than Howard Head Sports Medicine Centers. Our goal is to help our patients achieve their personal performance goals – from elite athletes to weekend warriors to our next door neighbors. We expect all of our therapist staff to contribute to this by providing outstanding patient care by administering therapy services/procedures according to clinic policies and procedures.

Duties:

Essential Job Functions:
 Provide outpatient hand therapy/patient cars.
 Utilization and further development of post-operative patient protocols.
 Close communication with hand surgeons for patient care.
 Participation in mentor program.
 Provide a monthly Management Plan to direct supervisor.
 Promote hospital and physician relationships through program development, marketing, and support of existing VVMC programs/departments.
 Foster positive professional relationships for the mutual support of HHSMC, VVMC, and local physicians.
 Ensure your schedule meets physician and patient needs.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
 Communicates Effectively – Keeps others well informed; adapts messages to fit audience; listens carefully to feedback; expresses ideas clearly and concisely.
 Promotes Teamwork – Works with and promotes an environment where people work well with one another; creates an open environment where people say what is on their minds in a respectful manner; and teamwork is rewarded.
 Acts with Integrity – Is a role model for honesty, respect, and accountability; is consistent and fair when dealing with others; keeps commitments.
 Takes Initiative – Understands the implications of decisions; foresees future challenges and takes action to resolve them; reacts quickly and appropriately to problems; follows-up in a timely manner to issues not immediately resolvable; ties all loose ends.
 Promotes Empowerment – Knows own strengths and weaknesses; initiates action to develop self and staff; celebrates accomplishments; provides continual feedback; promotes growth as a team.
 Practices Expertise – Has confidence in abilities; knowledgeable in field; creates a sense of urgency; gets results despite large workload; completes demands in a fast-paced environment; delegates appropriately.
 Safety – Enforces safety policies and procedures; is a safety role model; holds everybody to a high safety standard.
 Healing Environment – Provide patient care which is age specific/appropriate for patients served; enable positive interactions with patients/families and other health care professionals; achieve 95% patient satisfaction.

Qualifications:

 Graduation from an approved school of occupational/physical therapy.
 Current license – Occupational or Physical Therapy License in the State of Colorado.
 Certified Hand Therapist
 Minimum of 3 years as a CHT
 Post Operative Experience
 Hands on treatment style
 Current CPR certification.
 Experience/training from Indiana Hand Center or working closely with experienced hand surgeons.

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