Home Health Care Occupational Therapist - Full Time

Carle Health; Hoopeston (IL); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Carle Health, based in Urbana, IL, seeks an Occupational Therapist to evaluate and treat patients of all ages. The role models professional service delivery and acts as a clinical resource for staff and students, with responsibilities spanning assessment, teaching, transfer support, documentation, and care planning.

The position requires a Bachelor's in Occupational Therapy and an active IL OT license, with demonstrated ability to educate patients and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team in

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Occupational Therapy and active IL OT license.
• Current licensure with IDFPR required.

Responsibilities

• Perform patient evaluations to determine physical therapy diagnoses and outcomes.
• Educate patients, families, caregivers, students and other health care providers using effective teaching methods.
• Demonstrate safe body mechanics and assist with patient transfers as needed.
• Document evaluations, goals, and plans of care per department policy.
• Screen and assess patients to determine the need for further therapy services and expected outcomes.
• Coordinate with support personnel and other clinicians while documenting progress.

Skills

Patient care

Communication

Teaching

Body mechanics

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Occupational Therapy

Licensed Occupational Therapist (IDFPR)

Job description

The occupational Therapist evaluates and treats patients of all ages. Serves as a role model in the delivery of professional services and as a clinical resource for staff and students.

Field Of Study

• Bachelor's Degree
• Occupational Therapy
• Licensed Occupational Therapist (OT) - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates ability to perform patient transfers with assistance as needed from bed, chair and floor.
• If applicable is aware of and demonstrates safe and appropriate body mechanics to reduce the risk of injury to self, staff and patients.
• Educates patients, family, caregivers, students and other health care providers using relevant and effective teaching methods.
• Evaluates clinical findings to determine physical therapy diagnoses and outcomes of care.
• Performs examination, selecting reliable and valid examination methods relevant to the chief complaint, results of screening and history.
• Screens patients using procedures to determine the effectiveness of and need for further therapy services, if appropriate.
• Uses support personnel according to legal standards and ethical guidelines. Documents evaluations and plans of care according to department policy including goals, modifications of treatment plans and patients' response to treatments.
• Documents care

The place where growth meets balance - and opportunities meet flexibility. Find it all at Carle Health.

Based in Urbana, IL, Carle Health is a healthcare system with nearly 16,600 team members in its eight hospitals, physician groups and a variety of healthcare businesses. Carle BroMenn Medical Center, Carle Foundation Hospital, Carle Health Methodist Hospital, Carle Health Proctor Hospital, Carle Health Pekin Hospital, and Carle Hoopeston Regional Health Center hold Magnet designations, the nation's highest honor for nursing care. The system includes Methodist College and Carle Illinois College of Medicine, the world's first engineering-based medical school, and Health Alliance. We offer opportunities in several communities throughout central Illinois with potential for growth and life-long careers at Carle Health.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. Carle Health participates in E-Verify and may provide the Social Security Administration and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security with information from each new employee's Form I-9 to confirm work authorization.

| This represents a good faith minimum and maximum range for the role at the time of posting by Carle Health. The actual compensation offered a candidate will be dependent on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, the candidate's experience, qualifications, location, training, licenses, shifts worked and compensation model.

• Carle Health offers a comprehensive benefits package for team members and providers.