Occupational Therapist - Home Healthcare

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Summary:

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* Educational and career development options, including tuition and certification reimbursement, scholarship opportunities
* Staff Safety (a wearable badge that allows nurses to quickly and discreetly call for help when safety is a concern)
* Differentials for night/weekend shifts, higher education, certifications and various lead roles (for eligible positions)
* Malpractice liability insurance
* Loan forgiveness through the New Mexico Higher Education Department
* EPIC electronic charting system

Responsibilities:

In this role you will evaluate and establish treatment program and provide occupational therapy and instruct care givers, Presbyterian Home Health staff, and patient in treatment program and safe Activities of Daily Livings in patients home. This includes promoting client/caregiver ability for self-determination and care, optimizing their participation in this process and optimizing outside resource utilization to achieve self-management. The Occupational Therapist is responsible for coordinating and communicating with various disciplines or services involved in client care and coordinating their efforts toward discharge goals established at onset and during course of care. Is a patient advocate.

Additional Job Duties:

• Evaluates patients, develops plans and goals, and implements treatment programs for improvement of physical or developmental dysfunction and independence in activities of daily living. Continuously reassess treatment plans and goals.
• Evaluates, observes and Instructs patient/family/care givers in follow through with Occupational Therapy program, leaving written instructions in the home.
• Order and adapt equipment for safety and patient independence at home, instruct in care and use of adaptive equipment.
• Initiates documentation in the home and completely records all care delivery as required by the profession and the department by the end of each day; this includes admissions.
• Communicates with patient, family, physician/Advanced Practice Clinician (APC), and other healthcare providers regarding patient care.
• Maintains established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality assurance program, safety, environmental and infection control standards.
• Participate in weekly team conferences, educational programs, in-services and other meetings as required. Participates on special project teams,
• Participates in agency continuous quality improvement activities as required
• Maintains a department defined productivity standard for visits and caseload management.
• Precepts newly hired therapists and students and serves as a resource person and professional role model as needed
• Supervise Certified Occupational Therapy Assistants, supervise/instruct Home Health Aides/Certified Nursing Assistants in therapy program follow through.
• Responsible for holiday and weekend coverage for agency admission and patients home visits as required on a rotating basis.
• Performs other functions as required.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Occupational Therapy
• NM Licensure as an Occupational Therapist
  One-year experience in supervised clinical practice in acute care or rehab setting preferred.
• Basic typing competency preferred.
• Need to have current drivers license as well as auto insurance.
• BLS REQUIRED AT TIME OF HIRE

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About Presbyterian Healthcare Services

Presbyterian exists to improve the health of patients, members, and the communities we serve. We are locally owned, not-for-profit healthcare system of nine hospitals, a statewide health plan and a growing multi-specialty medical group. Founded in New Mexico in 1908, we are the state's largest private employer with nearly 14,000 employees - including more than 1600 providers and nearly 4,700 nurses.

Our health plan serves more than 580,000 members statewide and offers Medicare Advantage, Medicaid (Centennial Care) and Commercial health plans.

AA/EOE/VET/DISABLED. PHS is a drug-free and tobacco-free employer with smoke free campuses.

Compensation Disclaimer

The compensation range for this role takes into account a wide range of factors, including but not limited to experience and training, internal equity, and other business and organizational needs.