Occupational Therapist

Optimal Home Care Inc•Westminster, CO

53d•Remote

About The Position

Optimal Home Care is a trusted and growing agency serving the great Colorado area. Optimal is a Colorado owned and operated home health agency that has been serving patients since 2004. The culture at Optimal is what sets us apart. At Optimal Home Care you are not just a number. We are big enough to provide you with the support and resources you need to provide the highest possible patient care, but small enough to give you the culture and mission you’re looking for. Optimal Home Care is devoted to helping our patients achieve and maintain the best possible quality of life. Our mission is to improve and restore our clients’ lives through quality patient care, innovative specialty health care programs and state of the art technology. The Optimal team embodies compassion, heart, patience, empathy, and competence to meet our patient’s needs. Core values: Commitment Advocacy Respect Excellence

Requirements

Graduate of an Occupational Therapy program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE) or its predecessor organizations
Must be currently licensed and in good standing in the state of Colorado.
Must be able to communicate in the language of the client and document client related activity as appropriate.
Possesses adequate and effective written and verbal communication skills.
Possess adequate and effective interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

Provides occupational therapy services in compliance with AOTA standards, policies, and guidelines, applicable federal and state laws and regulations, and payer requirements related to occupational therapy practice and service delivery.
Practices and maintain patient safety and dignity by abiding by Federal, State, Local and Optimal policy & procedures as pertains to patient protected health information and HIPAA (Health Information Portability and Accountability Act).
Abides by the Occupational Therapy Code of Ethics. (AOTA, 2005)
Abides by the Standards for Continuing Competence (AOTA, 2005) by maintaining and updating professional performance, knowledge, and skills.
Responsible for all aspects of Occupational Therapy service delivery and is accountable for delivery of safe, effective OT services.
Respects the client’s sociocultural background and provides patient-centered and family-centered services ethically, with a best practice approach.
Accepts and responds to referrals, directs the evaluation process utilizing defined protocols and standardized assessments, and analyzes and interprets the data in compliance with state and federal laws and other regulatory and payor requirements.
Collaborates with the client(s) to evaluate the patient’s ability to participate in daily life with consideration of the patient’s history, goals, capacities, and needs and based on the activities the patient wants and needs to perform in the contexts and environments where the activities occur.
Abides by the time frames, protocols, and standards established per home health care guidelines, federal and state law, and other regulatory and payor requirements.
Communicates evaluation results within the established boundaries of patient confidentiality and privacy regulations (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act – HIPAA), by sharing information only with appropriate people involved in the client’s case.
Recommends additional consultations by seeking MD orders and refers clients to appropriate resources when the needs of the client(s) will be best served by the expertise of other professionals or services.
Has overall responsibility for development, documentation, and implementation of Occupational Therapy interventions based on skilled evaluation, patient goals, and clinical reasoning.
Ensures that the Plan of Care is documented, communicated, and approved by the patient’s MD within the time frames formats, and standards established by the home health agency, state and federal laws, and other regulatory and payor requirements.
Plan of Care is developed and implemented in collaboration with the client(s) and other professional services, based on the patient’s needs and priorities, safety issues, and relative benefits vs risks of the proposed interventions.
Uses clinical reasoning to select interventions including therapeutic use of self, therapeutic use of activities, consultation, education, and advocacy.
Modifies the Plan of Care as needed throughout the episode and documents, communicates, and obtains updated MD orders to accommodate changes in the client’s needs, goals, and performance.
Documents the OT interventions with the time frames, formats and standards established by home health and agency guidelines, federal and state law, and other regulatory and payor requirements.
Communicates information effectively to appropriate personnel to facilitate continuity of care.
Assists in coordinating care of all agency disciplines including, but not be limited to: Nursing, Certified Home Health Aide, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech Therapy, Medical Social Worker, Behavioral Health, and other services delivered to clients of the agency.
Responsible for selecting, measuring, interpreting, and documenting expected or achieved outcomes related to a patient’s ability to engage in activities.
Responsible for documenting changes in the patient’s performance and capacities for transitioning to other tasks or intensity of service or discontinuing services when the patient has achieved functional goals, reached the maximum potential for rehab, or wishes to discharge OT services.
Develops and implements a transitional or discharge plan based on the patient’s needs, goals, performance, and access to beneficial community resources as indicated.
Facilitates the transition or discharge process in collaboration with patients, their significant others and family, physicians, and other members of the interdisciplinary team.
Responsible for evaluating and documenting the safety and efficacy of occupational therapy interventions and outcomes in the patient’s home setting.
When assigned to supervise a COTA, completes a Supervisory Visit at least once every 30 days in compliance with home health regulations. Regulations do not require the COTA to be present during Supervisory Visits.
When assigned to supervise a CNA, completes an alternating schedule of CNA onsite Supervisory Visits and CNA Supervisory Visits without the CNA present every two weeks in compliance with home health regulations and agency protocol.
Initiates cardio-pulmonary resuscitation and institutes other emergency procedures when necessary.
Participates in Monthly, Quarterly, Annual trainings as well as Zone or other meetings required by Optimal.
Complies with agency policies, protocols, and standard procedures.
Completes all required documentation within 24 hours of the patient visit.
Completes all documentation sent back for correction within 24 hours of receipt.
May be assigned other duties and tasks by the Optimal Home Care Emergency Command Center communication tree in the event of a local, regional or national emergency and/or disaster.
Responds, as required, to support emergency response plan activation.
Completes emergency preparedness training as identified as appropriate for this employee level.
Participates in exercises and drills for emergency preparedness, as required.
Completes other duties and tasks as assigned.
Complies with agency Policies and Procedures as well as Employee Handbook detailing Human Resources policies.
Completes other duties/responsibilities that support the agency’s core values of Commitment, Advocacy, Respect, and Excellence.
Completes emergency preparedness training as identified as appropriate for this employee level.
Participates in exercises and drills for emergency preparedness, as required.
Performs other duties and tasks assigned by the Optimal Home Care Emergency Command Center communication tree in the event of a local, regional or national emergency and/or disaster.