Oxford Healthcare is rapidly growing in our Home Health department. We have an immediate need to add a PRN OT to our team. We are locally owned and operated and have been providing exceptional home health services for several years in our community.
Qualifications:
A person who is a graduate of an occupational therapy curriculum accredited jointly by the Council on Medical Education of the American Medical Association and the American Occupational Therapy Association; has at least one year experience in a health care setting as a practicing occupational therapist and has a current license in the state of practice. Must possess and maintain proof of current CPR training.
Report to: Director of Clinical Operations/Agency Supervisor
Job Duties (include, but are not limited to the following):
- Assists the physician in evaluating the patient’s level of function. Assess patient’s home environment for safety hazards and architectural barriers, identifies equipment needs.
- Identifies functional problems and establishes goals and a plan of care designed to improve the patient’s functional status (revising as necessary).
- Guides the patient in the use of therapeutic, creative, and self-care activities for the purpose of improving function. Implements skills concerning the following:
- Gross and fine muscle strength and coordination.
- Cursory sensory evaluation, tactile sensation, proprioception, stereognosis.
- Active and passive range of motion of upper extremities.
- Evaluation for functional or dynamic splits.
- Evaluation for adaptive equipment to increase independence in ADL’s.
- Activities to increase functional level of performance.
- Performs and complete recertifications, resumption-of-care, and discharge Comprehensive OASIS assessments and associated paperwork in accordance to agency policy.
- Instructs patient and family members, as well as other health team members, to perform or assist in performance of selective treatment procedures and functional activities.
- Periodically re-evaluates and upgrades the patient’s program to maximize functional improvement.
- Confers with the family, referring physician, and other agency professional staff to obtain information to promote coordinated, efficient, and quality patient care.
- Performs and submits required documentation of patient’s evaluations, plan of care, clinical notes, and progress reports, summaries along with changes in orders. All patient visit notes must be turned in the next scheduled work day, not to exceed forty-eight (48) hours.
- Maintains necessary statistical and billing data.
- Orients, instructs, and supervises the home health aide every two weeks in carrying out specific occupational therapy modalities.
- Keeps abreast of changes in occupational therapy theories and practices, contributes to the ongoing development of programs and professionals within the service of sharing expertise, contributing resources and giving in-services.
- Keeps his/her immediate supervisor informed of problem areas and makes suggestions for improvement.
- Attends and contributes to in-services, clinical records reviews, meetings required to ensure coordinated and comprehensive plans of care for the patients of the agency.
- Performs occupational therapy assistant on-site supervision every 4-6 visits in Illinois, and at least once every 30 days in Missouri. The supervisory visits may be made either when the occupational therapy assistant is present so that the supervisor may observe and assist, or when the occupational therapy assistant is absent so that the supervisor may assess relationships and determine whether goals are being met. The supervisory visit will include a complete on-site functional assessment, an on-site review of activities with appropriate revision of treatment plan, and an assessment of the utilization of outside resources.
- The Occupational Therapist will be accessible by phone to the occupational therapy assistants at all times while the occupational therapy assistant is treating patients.
- Complies with Homecare Agency Compliance Plan.
- Complies with Homecare Agency’s Infection Control Policies.
- Complies with Homecare Agency’s HIPAA Policies.
Job Type: Part-time
Benefits:
Experience:
- Occupational Therapy: 1 year (Preferred)
Willingness to travel:
Work Location: In person
