Occupational Therapist-Full time

Continuum Healthcare Inc.; Philipsburg (Centre County); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Apploi is seeking an Occupational Therapist to manage patient rehabilitation care within a facility setting, collaborating with an interdisciplinary team to meet quality outcomes.

The role involves supervising assistants, developing treatment plans, documenting care, and ensuring compliance with state and federal standards; travel to other facilities may be required. Active Pennsylvania licensure is required. Experience in long-term care and supervision is preferred.

Qualifications

• Licensed/registered Occupational Therapist in Pennsylvania
• Experience supervising rehabilitation assistants is preferred
• Experience in long-term care facilities is preferred

Responsibilities

• Provide and direct rehabilitation care following approved plans of care.
• Evaluate patient needs and develop effective treatment plans.
• Coordinate supervision of treatment plans with all staff and disciplines.
• Screen patients according to directed schedules and practices.
• Document clinical activities to meet regulatory requirements.
• Assist with marketing and outreach as directed.
• May travel to other facilities to provide services.
• Perform other duties as required by the facility.

Skills

Supervision of staff

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in OT/PT

Master's degree in SLP or equivalent

Job description

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