**Job Title:** Occupational Therapist Home Health
**Job Specialty:** Occupational Therapist Home Health
**Job Duration:** 13 weeks
**Shift:** 08:00 AM-04:30 PM
**Guaranteed Hours:** Not specified
**Experience:** Minimum of 1 year
**License:** Registered with the Board of Registration
**Certifications:** Basic Life Support (BLS)
**Must-Have:**
- Two years of experience in acute care, rehab, or homecare as an Occupational Therapist
- Strong customer service skills and ability to work with diverse populations
- Excellent verbal, written, and electronic communications skills
- Ability to prioritize work and adapt to changing situations
- Ability to work with various computer software
**Job Description:**
- Provide occupational therapy services to patients in their residences who have cognitive and/or physical impairments resulting from injury, disease, disability, or other causes.
- Collaborate with patients, families, physicians, and other health professionals to determine patient needs and coordinate services.
- Develop plans of care that are patient and family-focused, and implement standardized interventions for goal-oriented outcomes.
- Conduct daily documentation in a computerized system accurately reflecting objectivity and measurability.
- Apply standard treatment procedures and provide teaching to patients and caregivers.
- Maintain regular interdisciplinary communication.
- Reassess and modify the plan of treatment every two weeks in alignment with patient, caregiver, and team goals.
- Ensure physician orders are current and align with the plan of care.
- Submit patient schedules daily.
- Orient and supervise home health aides according to agency and state guidelines.
- Manage caseloads for Occupational Therapy Assistants in compliance with agency, state, and professional guidelines.
- Complete documentation and submit it punctually, adhering to agency standards.
- Verify payor information at admission according to agency standards.
- Support managed care authorizations and DME requirements documentation within specified time frames.
- Plan visit schedules consistent with authorizations from managed care payors.
- Identify realistic, objective, time-oriented goals for patient performance based on examination findings.
- Discuss utilization and caseload with management as needed and make necessary adjustments to meet goals.
- Select treatment and discharge plans based on examination findings and patient goals.
- Attend regular staff meetings and educational in-services.
- Complete clinical competencies and mandatory training as required.
- Inform patients of their weekly schedule and any changes as necessary.