Home Health OT

A registered professional who provides coordinated care to patients of all age groups. Plans, implements and evaluates patient care plans to restore or maintain patient well being. Evaluates occupational roles and occupational performance of patients with physical, psycho- social and/or cognitive impairments. Provides intervention to deficits and elicits responses. Collaborates with interdisciplinary team.

Job Qualifications:

Education: Bachelor of Science in Occupational Therapy.

Experience: Two years experience as an Occupational Therapist in an acute care or rehabilitation setting.

Knowledge and Skills:                 

• Therapy skills as defined as generally accepted standards of practice

• Good interpersonal skills

• Knowledge of durable medical equipment

Transportation: Reliable transportation and valid auto liability insurance.

Environmental and Working Conditions:

Works in a patient’s home in various conditions; possible exposure to blood and bodily fluids and infectious diseases; Proof of current CPR, and Hepatitis profile; the ability to work a flexible schedule; the ability to travel locally; some exposure to unpleasant weather.

Physical and Mental Effort:

The ability to do heavy lifting, bending, pulling, pushing and standing. Prolonged standing and walking required. Requires working under some stressful conditions to meet deadlines and patient needs and to meet patient/family individualized psycho social needs. Requires hand-eye coordination and manual dexterity.

Essential Functions:

• Perform clinical assessment; identifies patient needs and appropriateness of patient.

• Document, prepare/revises and completes a Plan of Care, progress notes, phone orders and other clinical record documentation on an ongoing basis.

• Accept clinical assignments that are consistent with education and competence to care for patients.

• Apply concepts of infection control and standard precautions in coordinating/performing patient care activities to prevent contamination and transmission of disease.

• Assess and facilitate through direct therapeutic intervention patient’s ROM, strength, coordination, need for and use of adaptive equipment and environmental modifications, functional mobility and safety issues as related to patient’s ADL performance needs. Fabricate and maintain adaptive equipment and hand splints.

• Uses effective interpersonal relations and communication skills; facilitates the use of these skills by other team members to achieve desirable outcomes.

• Evaluate patient occupational performance in the areas of self-care, work, leisure and rest. Assess sensory-motor neuromuscular, psycho-social and cognitive-perceptual components of occupational behavior. Assess physical, social and cultural components of the patient’s occupational environment.

• Meet mandatory continuing education requirements of the agency/licensing board.

• Demonstrate commitment, professional growth and competency.

• Promote Agency philosophy and administrative policies to ensure quality of care.

Equal Employment Opportunity:

Traditions Health is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination of any kind based on race, color, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy or any other legally protected characteristic.