Occupational Therapist (OT)

Watertown-Health-Care-Center; Watertown (WI); In loco; USD 65.000 - 95.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Health, Dental and Vision Insurance

Tuition Reimbursement

Paid Time Off

Great Work Environment

401k matched at 10%

Flexible Hours (8 hour shifts)

Paid Holidays

Same day pay with Tapcheck

Job location: Watertown, WI

Descrizione del lavoro

Watertown Health Care Center is seeking an Occupational Therapist to join our team in Watertown, WI. The role involves evaluating residents, developing restorative programs, and participating in interdisciplinary care conferences to improve daily living activities.

Requirements include an M.S. in Occupational Therapy and NBCOT certification. We offer a supportive environment, competitive benefits, and opportunities for professional growth within a tight-knit care team.

Competenze

• Excellent verbal and written communication and organizational skills.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common medical information.
• Ability to effectively communicate with residents, their families and other healthcare professionals.

Mansioni

• Evaluate and document evaluations of referred residents in accordance with facility policies and procedures.
• Provide appropriate treatment to help residents attain the highest level of function.
• Maintain timely and accurate resident reports as required by regulators and payers.
• Participate in interdisciplinary care conferences and rehabilitation conferences.

Conoscenze

Communication skills

Reasoning ability

Computer skills

Formazione

M.S. in Occupational Therapy

NBCOT Certified

Strumenti

Word

Excel

Descrizione del lavoro

COME JOIN HOUR HEALTHCARE FAMILY!

Watertown Health Care Center is a skilled nursing home facility and takes pride in providing our residents with an amazing experience. We have an incredible tight-knit family of caregivers that serves our residents everyday with compassion, care and a positive attitude! We value and work hard to appreciate our caregivers because we recognize they are the foundation of our organization. We would love for you to join that family!

Respect, compassion, and dignity they deserve. We understand that caring is what makes a community and without a sense of caring, there can be no sense of community. It is what sets us apart from any other skilled nursing facility. At WatertownHealthcare Center, our nursing staff are overly courteous, respectful and maintain a high level of professionalism at all times. Our primary goal is to get you back in a condition to be independent once again while maintaining a friendly environment and providing nutritionally enhanced meals. We are currently recruiting for a Occupational Therapist to join our team!

Benefits of this position:

• Health, Dental and Vision Insurance

• Tuition Reimbursement

• Paid Time Off

• Great Work Environment

• 401k matched at 10%

• Flexible Hours (8 hour shifts)

• Paid Holidays

• Same day pay with Tapcheck

• Job location: Watertown, WI

Purpose of this position

The purpose of this position is to evaluate, treat, document and/or facilitate care for residents with impaired ability to perform activities of daily living at an independent level due to disease process; participate in the interdisciplinary team meetings as required; develop restorative nursing programs related to improving residents' function in activities of daily living.

Essential Job Duties & Responsibilities

· Evaluate and document evaluations of referred residents in accordance with facility policies and procedures

· Provide Appropriate treatment to help residents maintain or attain the highest level of function possible within the confines of his/her physical abilities

· Recommend and/or provide appropriate treatment, preventative measures and adaptive equipment to prevent decline in residents’ function

· Provide appropriate resident or caregiver education to help residents maintain or attain the highest level of function possible within the confines of his/her physical abilities

· Maintain timely and accurate resident reports as required by federal, state and local regulatory agencies and third-party payers

· Make recommendations to administration for adaptive equipment and preventative measures to prevent decline in residents’ function

· Observe infection control procedures

· Be responsible for the safety of residents under his/her supervision.

· Assume duties related to completion of Minimum Data Set assessments as assigned.

· Complete documentation related to evaluations, treatment plans, MDS assessments, resident care plans and progress notes in a timely manner.

· Participate in resident care conferences, interdisciplinary care conferences and rehabilitation conferences as scheduled.

· Participate in implementation of programs to improve resident care related to Quality Indicators.

· Assume Quality Assurance duties as assigned.

· Consistently work cooperatively with residents, residents' representatives, facility staff, physicians, consultants and ancillary service providers.

· Observe all facility policies and procedures.

· Observe all facility safety policies and procedures.

· Observe guidelines in the employees' handbook.

· Follow facility Residents' Rights policies.

· Adhere to Corporate Compliance Program Code of Conduct and policies and procedures.

· Attend Corporate Compliance Program in servicing as required.

· Comply with facility policies and procedures against discrimination and sexual harassment.

· Protect the privacy of resident Protected Health Information.

· All other duties as assigned

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to execute each essential physical and intellectual duty as identified. The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required.

· Communication/Language Skills — Must have excellent verbal and written communication and organizational skills. Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common medical information. Ability to effectively communicate with residents, their families and other healthcare professionals. Ability to present information to supervisor.

· Reasoning Ability — Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw conclusions.

· Computer Skills — Must be familiar with software such as Word and Excel.

· MS in Occupational Therapy

· NBCOT Certified