Occupational Therapist (OT) - Home Health
About The Position
The Occupational Therapist provides home health therapy services while maintaining a high degree of care quality and supervising therapy assistants. The role evaluates patients’ functional status and home environments, identifies equipment needs, and participates in developing and communicating plans of care. It develops treatment programs and goals, supports patients in regaining or learning daily activities, and may provide work capacity evaluations, fabricate splints, and train patients in adaptive, prosthetic, or orthotic equipment use. The therapist maintains clinical records, coordinates care with other personnel, identifies needs for additional home health services, instructs families and caregivers, participates in discharge planning, and follows company policies and applicable standards and regulations. When therapy is the only skilled service, the therapist instructs, supervises, and evaluates home health aide care every 14 days.
Requirements
- Graduate of an occupational therapy curriculum accredited jointly by the Committee on Allied Health Education and Accreditation of the American Medical Association and the American Occupational Therapy Association.
- Registered with the National Registration Examination of the American Occupational Therapy Association.
- Two years of clinical experience as an occupational therapist.
- Current and valid therapy license in the state of employment.
- Good verbal and written communication and organization skills.
- Current CPR certification.
- Licensed driver with an insured automobile in good working order, in accordance with state or organization requirements.
- Capable of performing the job functions with or without accommodation.
Responsibilities
- Evaluate patients’ functional status, including muscle function, endurance, visual coordination, communication skills, self-care ability, and work capacity.
- Evaluate home environments for hazards or barriers to independent living and identify equipment needs.
- Participate in developing the total plan of care and communicate it to the referring physician and other company professionals.
- Develop treatment programs and establish goals for improved function.
- Teach or retrain patients in daily activities affected by illness or injury.
- Perform work capacity evaluations and refer patients to specialized vocational training when appropriate and in accordance with company policy.
- Fabricate splints and instruct patients in adaptive equipment use; train patients in prosthetic or orthotic device use as appropriate.
- Maintain clinical records, notes, and reports to the physician about changes in patient condition, submitting records according to company policy.
- Coordinate and communicate with personnel involved in patient care and contribute to in-services, case conferences, and other required meetings.
- Identify patient and caregiver needs for other home health services and make referrals as appropriate.
- Instruct patients’ families, caregivers, and other home health personnel in treatment regimes when indicated and appropriate.
- Supervise certified occupational therapy assistants according to organization policy and state regulations.
- When therapy is the only skilled service, instruct, supervise, and evaluate home health aide care every 14 days.
- Participate in patient discharge planning.
- Follow company policies and procedures and perform other duties as assigned.
