Occupational Therapist

Vista Ridge Senior Care; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 56,000 - 79,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Disability Insurance

Health Savings Account

Life Insurance

Opportunities for advancement

CEU and Licensure Reimbursement

Job summary

Vista Ridge Senior Care in Lakeway, TX, is hiring an Occupational Therapist to join our skilled nursing facility serving both short-term and long-term residents.

The ideal candidate holds a Texas OTR license, welcomes new grads, and will provide rehabilitative therapy, maintain records, and ensure compliance with federal, state, and local guidelines. Salary starts at $49 per hour with full-time benefits including CEU/licensure reimbursement.

Qualifications

• Current Texas licensure as an OTR is required.
• New grads welcome to apply!

Responsibilities

• Provides rehabilitative and skilled therapy maintenance services to persons with mental, physical, psychosocial, or developmental impairments.
• Maintains expected productivity/efficiency set by the Director of Rehab or Administrator.
• Maintains accurate and timely patients' occupational therapy records by recording resident’s progress and daily notes under federal, state, and insurance guidelines.
• Records accurate billing information of occupational therapy services rendered.
• Maintains safe, secure, and healthy work environment by following facility guidelines and procedures.
• Helps keep therapy equipment operating by following operating instructions, troubleshooting breakdowns, maintaining supplies, performing preventive maintenance, and calling for repairs as needed.
• Serves and protects occupational therapy practice by adhering to professional standards, policies and procedures, federal, state, and local requirements.
• Enhances occupational therapy practice reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests and exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.

Skills

Patient rehabilitation

Documentation

Billing records

Safety compliance

Education

Texas licensure as an OTR

Job description

This position is at a skilled nursing facility in Lakeway that serves both short-term and long-term patients. Vista Ridge Senior Care has an in-house therapy team with smaller daily case loads, all new equipment, and an emphasis on optimizing time with patients.

We are dedicated to creating a family-like atmosphere for our residents, and our employees look forward to coming to work and delivering the highest quality of healthcare services possible.

We offer CEU and licensure reimbursements for full-time employees!

Occupational Therapist's Job Responsibilities:

• Helps residents by providing rehabilitative and skilled therapy maintenance services to persons with mental, physical, psychosocial, or developmental impairments.

• Maintains expected productivity/efficiency set by the Director of Rehab or Administrator.

• Maintains accurate and timely patients' occupational therapy records by recording resident’s progress and daily notes under federal, state, and insurance guidelines.

• Records accurate billing information of occupational therapy services rendered.

• Maintains safe, secure, and healthy work environment by following facility guidelines and procedures.

• Helps keep therapy equipment operating by following operating instructions, troubleshooting breakdowns, maintaining supplies, performing preventive maintenance, and calling for repairs as needed.

• Serves and protects occupational therapy practice by adhering to professional standards, policies and procedures, federal, state, and local requirements.

• Enhances occupational therapy practice reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests and exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.

• These job responsibilities stated above are subject to change or additions at any time.

Schedule:

Full-time

Education, Experience, and Licensing Requirements:

• Current Texas licensure as an OTR is required

• New grads welcome to apply!

Salary: From $49.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Health Insurance

• Dental Insurance

• Vision Insurance

• Disability Insurance

• Health Savings Account

• Life Insurance

• Opportunities for advancement

• CEU and Licensure Reimbursement