PRN-Occupational Therapist-OT | Twin Falls | Burley, ID

Horizon Home Health and Hospice•Twin Falls, ID

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

Horizon Home Health & Hospice is seeking a PRN Occupational Therapist to join their team in the Magic Valley area. Horizon is one of Idaho's oldest and largest Home Health agencies with over 20 years of experience and multiple branches. They pride themselves on quality of care, ethical business practices, and core values: Celebrate, Accountability, Passion for Learning, Intelligent Risk Taking, Customer Second, and Ownership. They emphasize employee well-being and aim to provide life-changing services. This position is classified as hourly non-exempt during the training period, with employment status reviewed upon successful completion of training. Horizon Home and Hospice is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Requirements

Must be a licensed Occupational Therapist.
Must be able to assume responsibility for interdisciplinary assessment and individualized plan of care development.
Must be able to provide ordered services as per physician's plan of care.
Must be able to provide patient, caregiver, and family counseling and education.
Must be able to communicate with physicians and other healthcare practitioners.
Must be able to evaluate patient's functional status and home environment.
Must be able to identify equipment needs.
Must be able to participate in total plan of care development.
Must be able to maintain appropriate clinical records, notes, and reports.
Must be able to submit records in accordance with Organization policy.
Must participate in quality assessment and performance improvement programs.
Must participate in HHA-sponsored in-service training, case conferences, and other meetings.

Nice To Haves

Experience in work capacity evaluation.
Experience in fabricating splints.
Experience in training patients on prosthetic and/or orthotic devices.

Responsibilities

Assumes responsibility for the ongoing interdisciplinary assessment and development of the individualized plan of care in partnership with the patient, representative (if any), and caregiver(s).
Provides services that are ordered by the physician as indicated in the plan of care.
Provides patient, caregiver, and family counseling.
Provides patient and caregiver education.
Communicates with the physician who is responsible for the home health plan of care and other health care practitioners (as appropriate) related to the current home health plan of care.
Evaluates patient’s functional status (muscle function, endurance, visual coordination, written and verbal communication skills, self-care ability, work capacity, etc.).
Evaluates home environment for hazards or barriers to more independent living.
Identifies equipment needs.
Participates in the development of the total plan of care.
For patients who plan to return to work, the occupational therapist may perform work capacity evaluation and may refer to specialized vocational training in accordance with Organization policy.
Develops treatment program and establishes goals for improved function.
May teach new skills or retrain patient in once familiar daily activities that have been lost due to illness or injury, in accordance with Organization policy.
May fabricate splints and instruct patient in the use of various types of adaptive equipment to improve function.
May train patient in the use of prosthetic and/or orthotic devices.
Maintains appropriate clinical records, clinical notes, and reports to the physician any changes in the patient’s condition.
Submits these records in accordance with Organization policy.
Participates and contributes in the HHA’s quality assessment and performance improvement program and HHA-sponsored in-service training, case conferences, and other meetings as required by Organization policy to ensure coordinated and comprehensive plans of care for the patients of the Organization.