Covenant Health

Senior Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist

Full Time, 80 Hours per pay period, Day shift

Covenant Health Therapy Centers Overview:

Covenant Health Therapy Centers consist of 12 outpatient therapy clinics in East Tennessee. The West Knoxville clinic is located on the Fort Sanders West campus. Covenant Health Therapy Centers provide exceptional speech therapy services including:  auditory comprehension, memory skills, reading comprehension, oral-motor integrity, voice skills, swallowing, cognitive-communicative status, verbal expression, speech characteristics, written expression, augmentative/alternative communication. 

Covenant Health Therapy Centers are a member of Covenant Health, a locally-owned, non-profit health system based in Knoxville, TN, with a “patient-focused” culture. It has been recognized by Forbes Magazine as a “Best-in-State-Employer” for Tennessee. The CEO of our company, Jim VanderSteeg, attends every new employee orientation and will ask you to sign our pledge of excellence to always put patients first, strive for excellence in everything we do, and make Covenant Health the first and best choice for patients in our region. 

Position Summary: 

Under general supervision; plans, evaluates and implements treatment programs for occupational therapy patients.  Responsible for additional job responsibilities which may include:  program development, clinical coordination of students, scheduling of supportive staff and coordinating continuing education requirements.

Recruiter: Kathleen Rice || kkarnes@covhlth.com || 865-374-5386

• Independent clinical practice - including evaluation and specialized treatment of patients
  • Performs patient evaluations (initial, progress, and discharge evaluations), establishes treatment plans, makes recommendations, and sets goals in accordance with patient needs and evidence based practice.
  • Meets established targets for passive/active treatment ratios
  • Involves patient and family in treatment, education and goal setting. Coordinates with other medical personnel regarding patient’s progress, needs and discharge planning.
  • Demonstrates knowledge and competency including providing for age-specific needs of the population served.
• Serves as a resource person for staff on an ongoing basis.
  • Provide 4 hours education/mentorship time per year.  This includes:
  • Peer counseling/Mentorship
  • Community lectures/Volunteer
  • In-services/Case studies
• Participates in development, implementation and evaluation of standards of care and evidence based This includes:
  • Evidence based practice protocols
  • Clinical outcomes analysis and communication to team
  • New policy development
  • QI/QA
• Maintains and updates patient documentation in accordance with professional, departmental, organizational, and payer guidelines and timeframes. Maintains established targets for compliance with chart audits.
• Meets established target for:
  • Quality/outcome measures
  • Service/patient satisfaction measures
  • Financial/productivity measures
  • Growth/patients-per-day measures
• Demonstrates leadership including but not limited to:
  • Participates in development and implementation of new and current programs.
  • Participates in training, orientation and supervision of support staff
  • Participates in orientation of new licensed staff
  • Acts as Clinical Instructor for at least one student per year as available.
  • Participates in peer evaluations for competency assessment.
  • Assists with continuing education courses hosted by Covenant Health
  • Participates in professional organization/meetings (TOTA, AOTA)
  • Volunteers for Covenant Health activities such as the marathon, golf tournament, sports physicals, employee education, etc.
• Complete partnering activities per established targets per month. 
  • Physician office visits
  • Community lectures/volunteer
  • Case Manager visits/marketing
  • In-services
• Follows policies, procedures, and safety standards.  Completes required education assignments annually.  Works toward achieving goals and objectives, and participates in quality improvement initiatives as requested.
• Perform other related duties as assigned or requested.

Minimum Education:          

None specified; however, must be sufficient to meet the standards for achievement of the below indicated license and/or certification as required by the issuing authority.

Minimum Experience:         

Two (2) years of experience with at least one (1) year experience in the specialty area.

Licensure Requirement:      

Current Tennessee Occupational Therapy license. CPR required.