Occupational Therapist

Continuum Healthcare Inc.; Jasonville (IN); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Serenity Spring Senior Living at Jasonville Rehabilitation and Nursing in Jasonville, IN seeks an Occupational Therapist to manage resident rehabilitation care within approved standards. The role integrates with an interdisciplinary team and supervises assistants and aides under a shared plan of care.

You will evaluate resident needs, design effective treatment plans, and coordinate with staff while ensuring compliance with facility, state, federal, and accrediting guidelines.

Qualifications

• Licensed therapist in Pennsylvania as an Occupational Therapist or related health care profession.
• Bachelor's or higher degree in therapy as specified in the job posting.
• Experience in long-term care facilities is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide and direct patient rehabilitation care meeting facility, state, federal, and accrediting standards.
• Evaluate patient needs and establish effective treatment plans.
• Coordinate supervision of treatment plans with staff and disciplines.
• Participate in patient screening per schedules and practices.
• Provide feedback to Team Leader on clinical and rehab issues.
• Participate in facility-directed processes and services.
• Manage treatment and non-treatment activities effectively.
• Document clinically to meet all regulatory requirements.
• Maintain billing records accurately and timely.
• Assist with marketing efforts as directed.
• Participate in in-service training programs.
• May travel to other facilities to provide services.
• Perform other duties as required.

Skills

Interdisciplinary teamwork supervision

Supervision of assistants

Cost and productivity management

Outpatient experience

Regulatory guidelines knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Physical or Occupational Therapy

Master's degree in Speech-Language Pathology

Equivalent certification

Job description

Serenity Spring Senior Living at Jasonville Rehabilitation and Nursing

Occupational Therapist

The therapist’s overall responsibility is to manage the care of the patient/resident, managing quality of all related outcomes. The therapist participates as an integral part of the interdisciplinary team, manages resources to meet the needs of the patient/resident and related customers balancing outcomes and cost effective and efficient treatment.

Supervises clinically all assistants and aides of patients to which the therapist is directing or overseeing the delivery of services according to an established plan of care. Supervision follows all accepted state and federal guidelines for the respective discipline.

Education: Graduate of an accredited college or university with minimally a bachelors degree in physical therapy or occupational therapy, or a masters degree in speech-language pathology and/or equivalent certification accepted by the designated professional accrediting body

1. Prefer-experience/knowledge managing other rehabilitation personnel.
2. Prefer-experience/knowledge in long term care facilities.
3. Prefer-experience/knowledge managing cost and productivity
4. Prefer Outpatient experience/ knowledge.
5. Knowledge in governmental and regulatory guidelines in designated healthcare settings

Actively licensed therapist in Pennsylvania as an Occupational Therapist or related health care profession

• 1. Provides and directs patient/resident rehabilitation care within all general accepted practice methods, meeting all facility, state, federal, and accrediting standards.
• 2. Evaluates patients/resident needs and establishes effective and efficient treatment plans for the patient/residents assigned.
• 3. Manages and coordinates the supervision of treatment plans with all staff and other disciplines as indicated.
• 4. Participates in the screening of all patients according to directed schedules and practices.
• 5. Provides feedback o the Team Leader on all clinical and rehabilitation issues.
• 6. Participates in all facility directed processes and services.
• 7. Shows effective management of treatment and non-treatment related activities.
• 8. Performs necessary clinical documentation to meet facility, state, federal, and accrediting agency requirements.
• 9. Maintains complete, accurate and timely billing records to meet facility, state, federal, and accrediting agency requirements
• 10. Assists with marketing efforts as directed.
• 11. Participates in in-service training programs as requested
• 12. May travel to other facilities to provide services
• 13. Performs other duties as requirements