Occupational Therapist

				Overview:

$10,000 Sign On Bonus

M-F 8am-4:30pm

Responsibilities:

* Makes visits to the homes of patients requiring home health occupational therapy services and assumes responsibility for an ongoing interdisciplinary assessment of the patient.
* Evaluates and assesses the patient's level of functioning by applying appropriate tests.
* Develops specific occupational therapy procedures as well as functional activities in accordance with written physician plan of treatment and patient evaluation.
* Develops and administers plan of treatment including environmental modifications.
* Oversees use of treatment modalities, prosthetic devices and therapeutic appliances.
* Ensures quality and safe delivery of services to patients according to the care plan.
* Performs and directs therapy treatment as ordered.
* Uses equipment and supplies safely, effectively, and efficiently.
* Promotes patient independence by teaching patients and family members to understand the following as well as any additional education needs identified by the assessing clinician and/or physician:
* Treatment and disease management
* Medications purpose, use, side effects, potential adverse effects
* Proper use, safety hazards, and infection control issues related to the use and maintenance of any equipment provided
* Patient plan of care
* Emergency preparedness
* Phases of occupational therapy in which they may assist and use of prosthetic and orthotic devices and medical and adaptive equipment.

* Provides the services that are ordered by the physician as indicated in the plan of care.
* Provides patient, caregiver and family counseling and education as indicated in the plan of care.
* Contributes to the continual update of the plan of care that includes measurable outcomes that will occur as a result of implementing and coordinating the plan of care. 

Qualifications:

Education:

* Graduate of an occupational Therapist education program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE) of the American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc. (AOTA), or successor organizations of ACOTE 

* Eligible to take, or has successfully completed the entry-level certification examination for Occupational Therapists developed and administered by the Master's degree

National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy, Inc. (NBCOT)

Experience:

* One year experience caring for similar patient population as to be assigned.

License(s)/Certification(s):

* Licensed or otherwise regulated, if applicable, as an Occupational Therapist by the state in which practicing, unless licensure does not apply in the practicing state. 
* Valid licensed driver with automobile insurance in accordance with state(s) and/or organizational requirements. 
* Mandatory Reporter: Child & Dependent Adult Abuse. 
* CPR: Maintain a valid Basic Life Support (BLS) Healthcare Provider Card with Re-certification.
			

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