Home Care Occupational Therapist | PRN

What you will do:
The Home Care Occupational Therapist is a professional who coordinates and directs the home care patient’s care in their home environment (private residence, assisted living, etc.) based on individual needs. The Home Care Occupational Therapist is responsible for independent management of the Home Care patient population requiring use of advanced assessment, teaching, and decision-making skills. The Home Care Occupational Therapist cares for a caseload of home care patients by evaluating the patient for appropriateness of home care needs and developing the plan of care in collaboration with the provider, caregivers, and Home Care IDG members. The Home Care Occupational Therapist provides follow up by evaluating the effectiveness of the plan of care and monitoring the patient and caregivers response to the plan. The Home Care Occupational Therapist provides patient care based on provider’s orders, departmental policies and procedures, regulatory guidelines, and best practice. The Home Care Occupational Therapist documents in the patient’s medical record in a timely manner according to agency policy. The Home Care Occupational Therapist attends and actively participates in Case Conference and team meetings. The Home Care Occupational Therapist performs on-call responsibilities. The Home Care Occupational Therapist supervises and delegates appropriate functions to the Certified Occupational Therapist Assistants.