Occupational Therapist Home Health

EvergreenHealth•Bellevue, WA

4d•Remote

About The Position

EvergreenHealth is one of the largest, most innovative stand-alone Home Health providers in the nation with a local vision, dedicated to serving patients and families in the Pacific Northwest since 1992. From Everett to South Seattle and beyond, our compassionate, skilled providers have the opportunity to provide care in their own community. As an interdisciplinary team, we work together to enrich the health and wellbeing of every life we touch. Our care teams are composed of Nurses (RN & LPN), Certified Wound Care Specialists, Psychiatric Nurses, Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Speech Therapists, Social Workers, and Certified Nursing Assistants (Home Health Aides). As an employee of EvergreenHealth, we believe in helping our staff by utilizing innovative technologies like Epic to streamline workflows, creating flexible and customized careers with flexible schedules, offering work/life balance with a variety of territories, providing training with experienced preceptors, offering professional development through a Tuition Assistance program, paid CEUs, and career advancement through leadership pathways, maintaining low staff to patient ratios, committing to building an inclusive and diverse workforce, and providing a culture of safety recognized by The Leapfrog Group with an "A" grade for patient safety.

Requirements

Current OT licensure to practice Occupational Therapy in Washington State
Recent applicable clinical experience in a medical/ surgical unit, rehab, or home health setting.
Current Washington State Driver’s license and proof of insurability
Current Healthcare Provider BLS certification by date of hire
Reliable transportation

Nice To Haves

Bachelors, Masters, or Doctorate in Occupational Therapy

Responsibilities

Provide, coordinate and oversee skilled intermittent care to patients and include instruction and education of patients and/or caregivers to promote maximal functional status, in the patient’s home.
Regularly evaluates and re-evaluates patient status.
Initiates, develops, implements and revises the patient’s plan of care (POC).
Addresses all problems identified in the POC.
Provides educational information to the patient/family/caregiver concerning knowledge deficits or needs regarding the patient’s condition.
Communicates with other disciplines involved in the case as warranted.
Reports signs/symptoms signaling a change in patient condition to the patient’s physician and case manager as needed.
Reassesses the patient within 48 hours following a change in patient condition or discharge from a 24-hour or longer hospital stay, or as ordered by the physician.