Occupational Therapist

Encore Parkside; West Meadow (DE); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Encore at Parkside is seeking a Full-Time Occupational Therapist to organize and conduct therapy programs in Skilled and Outpatient Departments, directing patient participation to restore and enhance daily functioning. The OT will assess patients, develop goals, and plan treatment in collaboration with the rehab team to adapt care and ensure safe, compassionate service with thorough documentation.

Current Delaware licensure and CPR are required; experience with NetHealth documentation is

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited OT program.
• Current Delaware state licensure.
• CPR Certification.
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills.
• Proficient with therapy documentation (NetHealth).
• Results-oriented with strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Supervise OT Assistants, temporary licensees, students, and support personnel as needed in line with licensure and standards.
• Deliver rehab services per plan of care; adhere to schedules and document services.
• Attend patient care conferences and related meetings.
• Make referrals to other disciplines and agencies to address patient needs.
• Collaborate with rehab team to select appropriate therapy regimens.
• Adapt plans of care to individual patient needs.
• Promote a safe environment and address fire and safety hazards.
• Order supplies and maintain equipment.
• Ensure documentation and record keeping for services.
• Provide patient- and family-centered care with compassionate service.

Skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Interpersonal skills

Critical thinking

Problem-solving

Therapy documentation

Education

Accredited OT program

Tools

NetHealth

Job description

Encore at Parkside is currently hiring for a Full-Time Occupational Therapist. The Occupational Therapist organizes and conducts occupational therapy programs for the facility to facilitate rehabilitation, and will work in both Skilled and Outpatient Departments. In addition, they direct patient participation in selected tasks to restore, reinforce, and enhance performance. The Occupational Therapist facilitates the learning of those skills and functions essential for adaptation and productivity, to diminish or correct pathology.

RESPONSIBILITIES/ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• As necessary or applicable, supervision of Occupational Therapy Assistants, temporary licensees, students, and support personnel in accordance with state licensure requirements and professional standards.
• Responsible for the effective and efficient delivery of rehab services; adherence to an established plan of care, department, and patient(s)' schedule, and timely documentation of services.
• Attends and contributes to patient care, staffing conferences, and other related meetings.
• Makes referrals to other disciplines, and agencies to address the comprehensive needs of the patient.
• Consults with other members of the rehabilitation team to select the most appropriate therapeutic regimen consistent with the needs and capabilities of each patient.
• Adapts the program and/or plan of care according to the needs of individual patients.
• Promotes a safe environment and enforces the elimination of fire and safety hazards.
• Orders supplies and equipment as necessary.
• Cleans, maintains, identifies, and reports the need for repair of equipment as necessary.
• Puts patient service first: ensures that patients and families receive the highest quality of service in a caring and compassionate atmosphere that recognizes the individuals' needs and rights.
• Screens, examines, and evaluates patients, including history, systems review, and application of appropriate tests and measures, synthesis information, and interprets examination findings in order to establish a diagnosis, identify impairments, determine the predicted level of improvement and the time required to achieve it, identify precautions/contraindications and design and plan of care. Develops appropriate treatment goals and methods in collaboration with the patient and caregivers, implements the occupational therapy treatment plan, and completes all related documentation and record keeping regarding these services. Services include but are not limited to the application of therapeutic techniques in areas such as:
  • Cognitive skills
  • Muscle strength coordination.
  • Endurance.
  • Mobility
  • Perceptual abilities.
  • Sensory awareness.
  • Sitting and standing tolerance.
  • Balance
  • Activities of daily living
  • Joint protection
  • Work simplification
  • Orientation
  • Physical agent modalities
• Designs, fabricates, fits, and/or applies adaptive devices, and trains patients in the use of adaptive devices including orthotics and prosthetics.Selects appropriate activities suited to the individual's physical and mental capacity, intelligence level, and interest.
• Instruct patients in the skills and techniques required for participation in functional activities and evaluates patient progress, attitudes, and behavior as related to rehabilitative potential.
• Performs routine reexamination as needed/required to modify/progress the plan of treatment.
• Performs other related duties as required.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Graduate of an accredited Occupational Therapist (OT) therapy program.
• Current DE state licensure.
• CPR Certification.
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills.
• Results-oriented with strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Proficient with therapy documentation (NetHealth).

This organization does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of ancestry, race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, military status, veteran status, or disability.

No question on the application is intended to secure information to be used for such discrimination.

This application will be given every consideration, however its receipt does not imply employment for the applicant.