Occupational Therapist - PRN

Job Description

Job Description

JOB DESCRIPTION : SUNCREST HOME HEALTH OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST

Job Summary :

We currently have an opening for a PRN Occupational Therapist in a growing Home Health company. Suncrest Home Health-Southside pledges to be person centered, quality focused and community minded. In this time of uncertainty, Suncrest Home Health provides a safe and effective way to receive the care our patients need in their home. You will provide professional support for home care following established standards and practices. Occupational therapy at home works on strategies with the patient to safely perform needed daily activities or “occupations. Physical therapy helps improve patients’ strength, balance and mobility by treating the physical source of the patient’s issue. They help patients improve, regain, and develop the skills needed for day-to-day life and work. They may provide long-term patient care and acute patient care.

Classification : Exempt

Duties / Responsibilities :

• Reviewing patients' medical histories and asking them questions about the challenges they face
• Evaluating patients' conditions by observing them as they execute tasks and communicating with them about how they feel.
• Identifying specific goals and developing subsequent treatment or recovery plans
• Demonstrating exercises and physiotherapy techniques
• Recommending therapy equipment based on patients' requirements and teaching them how to use or operate the equipment.
• Visits by an occupational therapist are to assess and reassess a beneficiary's rehabilitation needs and potential, or to develop and / or implement an occupational therapy program, are covered when reasonable and necessary because of the beneficiary's condition.
• Recording patients' activities and progress
• Devise detailed treatment and care plans for each of the patients.
• Communicate and coordinate with patients’ physicians to ensure a consistent level of care.
• Visit patients in their homes and at other facilities on a limited basis.
• Exercise independent judgment based on experience to implement effective treatment combinations.
• Evaluate and report on patients’ progress.
• Assist administrative staff with billing and reporting inquiries.
• Comply with federal and state physical therapy regulations.
• Recording patients’ progress and modifying the plan of care if needed
• Educating patients and family members about the recovery process
• Perform other duties as assigned.

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