Occupational Therapist

Jennicare Home Health Services • Harrisburg, PA

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About The Position

Under the general supervision of the director of nursing and in accordance with agency policies and procedures, the Occupational Therapist evaluates and treats assigned patients to help them achieve their maximum level of performance and function in the community within their capabilities. The therapist establishes priorities and a work plan consistent with agency policies and supervises certified occupational therapy assistants and occupational therapy aides in patient treatment.

The role includes developing and administering therapy plans of care based on physician orders, maintaining accurate patient records, providing consultation, and delivering individualized interventions to improve or maintain patients’ functional, physical, cognitive, and self-care abilities. The therapist also participates in home assessments, supports patients and families with adaptive techniques and equipment, and keeps current with research and professional practices.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited occupational therapy program with a bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
• Current registration through the American Occupational Therapy Association.

Nice To Haves

• One year of experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate assigned patients and document evaluations in accordance with agency policies and procedures.
• Maintain timely and accurate patient records and reports.
• Provide consultation on environmental design, adaptive equipment, patient positioning to prevent contractures, and splinting.
• Design and administer therapy plans of care based on physician orders to improve patients’ levels of functioning.
• Use therapeutic exercises and activities to improve or maintain strength, range of motion, and fine-motor coordination.
• Teach patients adapted techniques and the use of adaptive equipment for meal preparation, home management, dressing, feeding, and other self-care skills.
• Train patients to use upper-extremity prosthetic devices to resume previous daily routines.
• Participate in home assessments.
• Provide neurological integration therapy, sensorimotor integration treatment, and visual-perceptual motor remediation programs.
• Use activities to increase patients’ developmental levels.
• Design and provide individualized therapy for adult learning-disabled patients.
• Design and fabricate splints as prescribed by doctors, and design or fabricate slings and adaptive equipment to meet patients’ and families’ needs.
• Administer treatment programs for patients with traumatic brain injuries.
• Use activities to improve judgment, reality orientation, and organizational skills.
• Provide prevention therapy to maintain functional skills and teach energy conservation, joint protection, safety techniques for sensory loss, and strategies for transferring and visual-field deficits.
• Teach patients’ families personal-care techniques, including proper transfers to avoid back strain.
• Administer a prevocational program to prepare patients to return to or enter a work setting.
• Use activities to assess patients’ organizational skills, attention spans, cognitive abilities, fine- and gross-motor coordination, and adaptive-equipment needs.
• Supervise certified occupational therapy assistants and occupational therapy aides in patient treatment.
• Keep abreast of research and new techniques and attend appropriate professional and educational meetings.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time