Occupational Therapist - PRN

Adoration Home Health & Hospice • Portland, TN

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About The Position

Adoration Home Health is currently seeking a PRN Occupational Therapist - OTR/L to support our skilled nursing patients in Gallatin, TN. The home health OTR/L will make intermittent home-visits to our skilled nursing patients in a particular area. Discover the flexibility a career in home health can offer today!

Requirements

• Bachelors degree in Occupational Therapy.
• Maintain professional license and/or certification as required by the state in which the therapist is practicing.
• 1 year of experience preferred.
• Knowledge of rehabilitation techniques related to complex neurological injury generally required.
• Effective communication skills are also required.
• Current CPR certification is required.
• The candidate must successfully complete any/all required pre-employment evaluation test(s) per policy in each assigned area of practice.
• Good organizational and communication skills are needed.
• Ability to function with minimum supervision.
• Reliable transportation is required.
• The candidate will have the physical ability to perform job related duties which may require lifting, standing, bending, stooping, stretching, walking, pushing, and pulling with or without reasonable accommodation.
• A health examination must be successfully completed prior to assignment and periodically thereafter, as required by Company Policy, and/or state regulations to verify that he/she is physically capable of performing assigned duties with or without reasonable accommodations.

Responsibilities

• Perform a thorough evaluation of daily living and work-related skills, assessing the needs of the person receiving services and set measurable objectives that are formulated in conjunction with the rehabilitation team.
• Adjust treatment as needed to achieve maximum results.
• Design community reintegration activities to assist the person served in physical and cognitive reconditioning and coordinate the plan with members of the interdisciplinary team.
• Assist the person receiving services in understanding their needs and limitations and how to manage them during function.
• Recommend and/or design special adaptive equipment for the person served to improve function in their home, community and/or work environments.
• Incorporate the use of adaptive equipment to enhance the rehabilitation program.
• Design retraining programs and train staff and family members to carry out the retraining program including dressing, feeding, grooming, hygiene and community re-entry skills.
• Provide training to the person receiving services and as appropriate, all others involved in that person's rehabilitation.
• Analyze and document the result of any training.
• Responsible to professional knowledge and skills in accordance with accepted standards of clinical practice, to facilitate problem resolutions, and to achieve individualized goals and outcomes for the person served.
• Document and report changes in the condition of the person served to the Clinical Coordinator/designee, attending physician and other team treatment team members as appropriate.
• Provide treatment progress and status documentation on the person served in accordance with the Plan of Treatment.
• Participate in the team process provide input and effective treatment strategies.
• Attend case conferences and family educational meetings.
• Develop, teach and assess the plan of treatment.
• Guide the Rehabilitation Specialist/Certified Nursing Assistant in fulfillment of the plan.
• Use appropriate methods and tools in all teaching and training activities, including teaching in preparation for discharge.
• Perform other duties as assigned in response to person served office and/or program needs.

Benefits

• Flexible schedule
• Competitive pay + mileage reimbursement
• 401K with Company match!
• Career advancement opportunities

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Ambulatory Health Care Services
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree