Occupational Therapist OT Home Health

Occupational Therapist OT Home Health Palm Coast, FL

AdventHealth Home Health

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• Job Schedule: Full-time
• Pay Range: $31.55 - $58.68 per hour
• Job ID: 25018929
• Job Family: Home Care
• Shift: 1 - Day
  
  

Every day, our fellow team members show up to work, unified by one shared mission: Extending the Healing Ministry of Jesus Christ. As a faith-based health care organization, our story is one of hope as we strive to heal and restore the body, mind and spirit. Though our facilities are spread across the country, this unwavering belief binds us together. Across every office, exam and patient room, we’re committed to providing individualized, holistic care. This is our Christian mission, and it inspires us to help make communities healthier and happier.

Home Health Occupational Therapy Care Manager – AdventHealth Home Health

All the benefits and perks you need for you and your family:

• Up to $10,000 Sign-On Bonus
• Benefits from Day One
• Paid Days Off from Day One
• Career Development
• Whole Person Wellbeing Resources
• Mental Health Resources and Support
  
  

Schedule: Full Time

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The Role You’ll Contribute

The Home Health Occupational Therapy (OT) Care Manager is a professional therapist who coordinates and directs the home care patient's services based on individual patient needs. The OT Care Manager is responsible for independent management of the Home Health patient population requiring the use of advanced assessment, teaching and decision-making skills. The OT is responsible for ensuring that appropriate referrals to other services are made, interdisciplinary conferencing takes place regularly, and appropriate documentation is completed. Relevant knowledge and experience is consistently applied to new patient populations. The OT Care Manager cares for a caseload of home health patients requiring occupational therapy as the primary service by evaluating the patient for appropriateness of home health and developing the home care plan in conjunction with the physician. S/he educates patients, families, caregivers and community providers to safely perform care. S/he provides follow up by evaluating effectiveness of the home care plan, and monitoring patient/family's response to the plan to achieve patient/family goals and top decile outcomes. The OT Care Manager also identifies performance improvement and home health standard of care initiatives and assists to design or implement programs to address needed changes.

The Value You’ll Bring To The Team

• Coordinates and directs the care of a caseload of home patients requiring occupational therapy as the primary skill. Provides comprehensive assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation for that caseload as the primary Care Manager.
• Performs an evaluation, assessing function using a method which objectively measures activities of daily living such as, but not limited to, eating, swallowing, bathing, dressing, toileting, walking, climbing stairs, using assistive devices and mental and cognitive factors, documenting the measurement results in the clinical record. Sets priorities of home care caseload adapting to the changing needs of the home care patients and families. Optimizes schedule daily to support productivity, efficiency and maintain best practice visit utilization.
• Assesses physical, functional, psychosocial, social, spiritual, educational, developmental, cultural, cognitive status and discharge planning needs of the home care patient utilizing interview observations and physical exam techniques. Assesses the home environment for safety, infection control, and community resource needs. Reviews patient history and physical, diagnostics and laboratory data. Reviews available information obtained by other team members. Reports abnormal items and results to the physician as appropriate and reviews with patient family. Accurately and timely documents these assessments.
• Utilizing assessment data, formulates a patient specific plan of care along with the patient, family and physician which is feasible within the physical, financial and emotional resources of the family. Establishes individualized, realistic, measurable patient centered goals in consultation with the patient, family and other health care providers including goals to improve or stabilize patient’s medical condition, functional abilities and promote independence. Considers the physical, cultural, psychosocial, spiritual, age specific and educational needs of the patient when developing the plan of care.
  
  

The expertise and experience you’ll need to succeed :

Minimum Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Occupational Therapy
• 1 year relevant clinical occupational therapy experience
• Occupational Therapy
• Active American Heart Association BLS
• Valid in state Driver’s License with current car insurance
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Recent, relevant experience in a Medicare-certified home health agency as a case-manager
• Certified Case Manager
• Certificate for OASIS Specialist - Clinical
  
  

This facility is an equal opportunity employer and complies with federal, state and local anti-discrimination laws, regulations and ordinances.

Category: Home Care

Organization: AdventHealth Home Health

Schedule: Full-time

Shift: 1 - Day

Req ID: 25018929

We are an equal opportunity employer and do not tolerate discrimination based on race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, age or disability/handicap with respect to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion, wages, benefits and other terms and conditions of employment.

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Our Promise To You

Joining AdventHealth is about being part of something bigger. It’s about belonging to a community that believes in the wholeness of each person, and serves to uplift others in body, mind and spirit. AdventHealth is a place where you can thrive professionally, and grow spiritually, by Extending the Healing Ministry of Christ. Where you will be valued for who you are and the unique experiences you bring to our purpose-minded team. All while understanding that together we are even better.