Home Health Occupational Ther HH PRN Seminole County

Nurse on Call, part of the Brookdale family; Melbourne (FL); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Nurse on Call Home Care, LLC in Melbourne, FL seeks an Occupational Therapist to evaluate and treat patients in Seminole County and surrounding areas. The OT will design treatment plans, assess progress, and coordinate care with the patient and family.

Responsibilities include developing home programs, training caregivers, collaborating with physicians, and ensuring compliance with infection control and safety standards.

Qualifications

• Optimizes patients' physical abilities by supervising therapy staff, initiating referrals, evaluating patients, and documenting progress.
• Establishes individual patient schedules in conjunction with other team members.
• Develops treatment plans with goals and methods; coordinates with physicians and team.
• Coordinates and implements treatment plans; monitors responses and adapts care per physician orders.
• Develops home programs to maintain and improve function at home.
• Documents assessments, treatments, follow-ups, and service termination.
• Provides or recommends adaptive devices and trains users and caregivers.
• Refers patients to COTA with eval and initial plan; supervises COTA implementing plan.
• Reviews service quality and OT programs; submits billing and reports; assists data collection.
• Adheres to policies, infection control, universal precautions, and OSHA standards.
• Engages in continuing education and provides training to staff and community.

Responsibilities

• Optimizes patients' physical abilities by supervising therapy staff, initiating referrals, evaluating patients, and documenting progress.
• Establishes individual patient schedules in conjunction with other team members.
• Develops treatment plans with goals and methods; coordinates with physicians and team.
• Coordinates and implements treatment plans; monitors responses and adapts care per physician orders.
• Develops home programs to maintain and improve function at home.
• Documents assessments, treatments, follow-ups, and service termination.
• Provides or recommends adaptive devices and trains users and caregivers.
• Refers patients to COTA with eval and initial plan; supervises COTA implementing plan.
• Reviews service quality and OT programs; submits billing and reports; assists data collection.
• Adheres to policies, infection control, universal precautions, and OSHA standards.
• Engages in continuing education and provides training to staff and community.

Job description

• Location 7332 Office Park Pl,Ste 201 & 202,Melbourne, FL, 32940-8241,United States
• Employee Type PRN

Contact information

• Name cheryl connelly Brown

Description

This OT will see patients in Seminole County Performs evaluations and assessments, administers treatments and screenings, and documents services. Assists patients in reaching their maximum level of performance and provides plan of care.

Essential Functions

1. 1. Optimizes the physical abilities and skills of patients by performing or supervising therapy staff in the following activities: initiating referrals; evaluating and treating appropriate patients; effectively participating in the care planning process; appropriately documenting progress toward identified objectives and communicating patient status and needs to the patient, the patient’s family, the staff and other professionals as appropriate.
2. 2. Establishes individual patient schedules in conjunction with other team members.
3. 3. Develops treatment plans by identifying a problem list, including long and short-term goals and methods to achieve identified goals. Confers formally and informally with the physician and other team members in coordinating the total rehabilitation program of the patient.
4. 4. Coordinates treatment plan with patient, family and other team members. Implements and conducts treatment as outlined in the treatment plan. Monitors patient’s response to intervention and modifies treatment as indicated to attain goals in accordance with physician orders. Adapts treatment to meet the individual needs of the patient.
5. 5. Develops appropriate home program to maintain and enhance the performance of the patient in his/her own environment.
6. 6. Documents results of patient’s assessment, treatment, follow-up and termination of services.
7. 7. Provides/recommends/fabricates adaptive devices, orthotics or prosthetics. Trains patient, family and appropriate staff in the use or application of the device, orthotic or prosthetic.
8. 8. Refers patients for treatment to Certified Occupational Therapy Assistants (COTA) by completing evaluation and initial plan of treatment and communicating necessary and sufficient information. Supervises and directs COTA in the implementation of the treatment plan.
9. 9. Reviews the quality and appropriateness of the total services delivered and of individual occupational therapy programs for effectiveness and efficiency, using predetermined criteria. Submits billing, payroll and expense documentation in an accurate and timely manner. Assists in the collection of statistics as directed.
10. 10. Adheres to Central Pyramid policies and procedures. Complies with all Infection Control, Universal Precautions, and OSHA standards for the healthcare professional.
11. 11. Assumes responsibility for ongoing continuing education and professional development. Attends in-service training as well as provides education to members of the patient care team and members of the community.